No. 7: Charlie Scott

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Name: Charlie Scott

Position: Guard/Forward

Jersey #: 33

Years: 1967-70

Honors: 2-time, 1st-team All-America; 3-time All-ACC; 1969 East Region MVP; 1969 ACC Tournament MVP; 1970 ACC Male Athlete of the Year;

Notable Stats: Led the ACC in scoring in 1970 with 27.1 points per game; 3rd all-time at UNC averaging 22.1 points per game over his career; 6th all-time in scoring with 2,007 points; Shot 48 percent from the floor for his career; Averaged 7.1 rebounds per game for his career, totaling 649; Only Tyler Hansbrough attempted more shots than Scott (1,678) in his UNC career; 4th all-time with 805 made field goals at UNC.

In Closing: One of the most important players in UNC history, Scott was the first African-American to earn an athletic scholarship at Carolina. He’s long been a tremendous ambassador for the school and for decades the Dean Smith way of running a program and the kind of man Smith was. Scott was a great player, too, helping lead the Heels to consecutive ACC Tournament championships and Final Fours in 1968 and 1969. Scott scored 40 points in 1969 ACC Tournament title game win over Duke. He sank a buzzer-beating jumper to give UNC the East Region championship advancing the Tar Heels to the Final Four in 1969. Scott scored in double figures in 52 consecutive games as a Tar Heel, the third longest streak in school history. Scott is worthy of this lofty ranking based on his performance, but adding the other factors makes him a no brainer.

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30 - Brice Johnson

29 - Ed Cota

28 - Pete Brennan

27 - Mike O'Koren

26 - John "Hook" Dillon

25 - J.R. Reid

24 - Bobby Jones

23 - Brad Daugherty

22 - Raymond Felton

21 - Jerry Stackhouse

20 - Sean May

19 - Kenny Smith

18 - Joseph Forte

17 - Mitch Kupchak

16 - Ty Lawson

15 - Walter Davis

14 - George Glamack

13 - Bob Lewis

12 - Jack Cobb

11 - Al Wood

10 - Sam Perkins

9 - Billy Cunningham

8 - James Worthy