Keeping It Heel
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The UNC Basketball program’s Top 10 players of the 1990s

By Nick Delahanty

7 Dec 1996: North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Dean Smith confers with guard Ed Cota during the Pepsi Challenge against the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC won the game, 86-75. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones /
7 Dec 1996: North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Dean Smith confers with guard Ed Cota during the Pepsi Challenge against the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC won the game, 86-75. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones / /
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21 Feb 1998: Guard Vince Carter of the North Carolina Tar Heels looks on during a game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina State defeated UNC 86-72. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jo /

UNC basketball 1990s top player No. 3: Vince Carter

Career Stats: 11.8 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.6 APG, 43.3 FG%, 38.6 3PT%

Half-Man/Half-Amazing!

Vince Carter became one of the must-see college basketball players in the country, as his athleticism and electrifying dunks took the sport by storm.

Carter was a starter throughout the majority of his time with the UNC basketball program, as he became a dominant force prior to his Hall of Fame-worthy 22-year NBA career.

His best season with the program was his last, as his 15.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game helped the Tar Heels earn a 34-4 record and a Final Four berth in Bill Guthridge’s first season at the helm.

Yes, Carter was (and still to this day is) a very athletic human being, but he was much more than that for the UNC basketball program. A consensus All-American and two-time All-ACC selection, Carter was an outstanding college basketball player for the UNC basketball program, as his highlight tape shows you just how gifted of an athlete he was, especially during his college days.

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