Ever since he stepped on campus ahead of the COVID-altered, 2020-2021 college basketball season, RJ Davis has carved out a name for himself as one of the North Carolina Tar Heels’ all-time greats.
Davis is one of the best pure scorers I can ever remember playing at UNC. Davis averaged 8.4 points per game and started just 10 of North Carolina’s 29 games in his freshman year. Since then, Davis has started 108 of 109 games and is fresh off the best season of his career, averaging 21.1 points per game and winning ACC Player of the Year.
One could make the case that RJ didn’t become a leader until the 2023-2024 campaign, but according to Tar Heels head coach Hubert Davis at ACC Tipoff on Thursday, RJ has been a leader since Day One.
“It’s not a transition from last year to this year,” Hubert said at UNC’s press conference during ACC Tipoff. “RJ has been a leader in the five years that he’s been here. One of the things that we talk at great length, with each of our players is for them to be elite in three areas: on the court, off the court, in the classroom. I can’t think of anybody better than RJ, he’s checked all three of those boxes for five straight years. He’s had a historic career: ACC Player of the Year, First Team All-American. For him to stay in that spot and be disconnected with the others, his ability to reach out and connect the three freshmen, the three transfers, the four walk-ons and being able to bind us together as a team, has been something that’s been really special to all of us.”
You can bet that this coming season, especially with no more Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram or Cormac Ryan, RJ will become an even better leader. RJ is THE veteran – both on and off the court – and UNC is extremely lucky he decided to return for one final year.
Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Basketball | Tar Heels Wire…