Marcus Paige leads championship-level UNC defensive effort

Posted Mar 14, 2016
Lockdown defense has turned North Carolina from a very good team to a potentially great team, and the team’s leader, Marcus Paige, was the catalyst in turning that into an ACC championship. Paige took on the challenge of defending Virginia's ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon. He was more than up for the task. (Raleigh & Company)

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