ACC Basketball: Five freshmen to watch

Posted Jul 17, 2012
Marcus Paige, UNC: With Cousy Award winner Kendall Marshall now playing in the NBA, senior shooting guard/backup point guard Dexter Strickland returning from a knee injury and last season's third-stringer, Stilman White, away on a Mormon mission, the left-handed Iowan is going to play a lot of minutes. But he's coming off a summer foot injury. (ESPN.com)

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