Paige’s return has UNC in ‘comfort zone,’ looking like title favorite Posted Dec 2, 2015 November’s Most Noticeably Absent Guard spent an early portion of Tuesday working on a paper due Wednesday for a globalization class. Marcus Paige’s topic: the decline of the nation-state and its impact on the global economy. He had to put the paper aside to make the early shootaround at the Smith Center. Paige took his shots and started feeling the good kind of nervous. (Sports Illustrated)