Sophomore Point Guards at UNC

The Tar Heel basketball program has been the beneficiary of a long tradition of good-to-stellar play at the point guard position.  As a result of this, as well as the departure of Ty Lawson, who authored one of the most scintillating seasons in Carolina (and ACC, for that matter) history, it is no surprise that the play of Larry Drew II has been among the most scrutinized aspects of a season that has been dissected more times than a med school cadaver, including here, where a little over a month ago I posted a column looking at UNC’s guard play that included a comparison of Larry Drew’s season to the sophomore campaigns of  Ty Lawson, Raymond Felton, and Ed Cota.  THF has recently asked me if I would update and expand this.  With the help of our friends at SCACCHOOPS (who maintain a database that houses the career and single-season stats of every player who has ever played in the ACC) I have complied a list of the output of every PG  who played 20 or more MPG (rounded) for UNC during their sophomore season.  [Note: I have taken the liberty of classifying Steve Hale, Kenny Smith, and Jeff Lebo as PGs, though if they played now they would more likely be referred to as "zero-guards" and this list only dates back to  the 1979-80 season because that is the first season in which MPG were tracked officially.]