Who would you pick as the best forward duo to start for UNC..
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...or later Walter Davis and Mike O'Koren.
Or you can also go a tad older school with Dennis Wuycik and Bill Chamberlain and not go wrong.
Speaking of which, that 1971-72 team (that should've won it all) put up some sick numbers.
Averaged 89 PPG (with no shot-clock or 3-pointer) and only allowed just over 71, shot almost 53% FGs. Dayumm.
Other starters were the great Bob McAdoo at Center, and a two-PG backcourt of George Karl and Steve Previs. Bobby Jones was the 6th man. What a team.
If you consider Rasheed a PF, the Stackhouse-Wallace combo would be in the discussion. Sheed's classification could go either way.
On a side-note, I was trying to think which (modern era) title team would have the best forward combo. 82 has Doherty-Worthy, 93 has Reese-Lynch, 05 has McCants-Williams, and 09 has Green-Thompson. I would have to say 05 of that group.
On a side-note, I was trying to think which (modern era) title team would have the best forward combo. 82 has Doherty-Worthy, 93 has Reese-Lynch, 05 has McCants-Williams, and 09 has Green-Thompson. I would have to say 05 of that group.
My pick would be Jamison and Carter. Wallace and Stack were great as well.
Worthy-Perkins made a heck of duo as well.
I thought of this, but it kind of got into the "are certain players PF's or C's" area. Because if we count guys like Perkins, May, and Hansbrough as PF's, well then you have several different options that would be worthy of inclusion (May-McCants and Hansbrough-Green come to mind as particularly tough combos) but it just sort of depends on how you label certain guys position wise.
Yeah, I considered Perkins a center on that team. I know he held his own against Sampson, very few can say that.
Yeah, if we're going for the 4-5 combination that's pretty much the gold standard.
Worthy and Hansbrough. Hands down. 
Sweet Fancy Moses, THAT would have been unreal!
Sweet Fancy Moses, THAT would have been unreal!Also impressive that they were on the same high school team.
#1) Wallace and Stackhouse
#2) Jamison and Carter
*Scary to think if Wallace and Stackhouse stuck around, these 4 guys could have all played together.
#2) Jamison and Carter
*Scary to think if Wallace and Stackhouse stuck around, these 4 guys could have all played together.
What was the deal with Melendez? Sometimes he'd come into the game and make a move that would just leave you (and every body else) with your mouth hanging open.
What kept him from developing into the dazzling starter that those occasional moves hinted at?
All I can think of is that he never seemed to take things too seriously. Was that it or was there more to it?
Every year we heard how amazing he was in practice, "can jump outta the building", etc., but he never helped much come game time. Not sure, but maybe there were some injuries? Or maybe he was just one of those guys who "didn't pan out" wrt being a true ACC level player.
Don't think it was injuries, I just don't think his game/skills/shot were on a level with his athletic ability. He went on to play overseas and for the Globetrotters, at least for a short while.
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