It’s always tough to measure the importance of a player to his team’s success. When looking at the Iron Five that carried UNC to a national title game, each member contributed something vital to the team’s success: Armando Bacot was a force down low, Leaky Black locked down the opposing team’s best player, Brady Manek became a matchup nightmare, and Caleb Love consistently delivered big shots. Despite the many ways in which those guys contributed, I believe there is one player that, both then and now, means more to the team than anyone: RJ Davis.
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After dropping 12 assists in a convincing first round win over Marquette, Davis put the team on his back against Baylor.