Fansided

Ranking the top 30 UNC basketball players in program history

By Cooper Watson

CHAPEL HILL, NC - MARCH 7: Michael Jordan kisses former coach Dean Smith of the North Carolina Tar Heels during a halftime ceremony honoring the 1993 national championship team during a game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at the Dean Smith Center on March 7, 2007 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC - MARCH 7: Michael Jordan kisses former coach Dean Smith of the North Carolina Tar Heels during a halftime ceremony honoring the 1993 national championship team during a game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at the Dean Smith Center on March 7, 2007 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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GREENVILLE, SC – MARCH 17: Rameses, the mascot of the North Carolina Tar Heels, performs during their game against the Texas Southern Tigers during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 17, 2017 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)
GREENVILLE, SC – MARCH 17: Rameses, the mascot of the North Carolina Tar Heels, performs during their game against the Texas Southern Tigers during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 17, 2017 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /

10. Larry Miller (1965-68)

Larry Miller was the star player on Dean Smith’s first truly successful teams in Chapel Hill. Miller led the Heels to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 1967 and 1968. The 1968 squad made the National Championship game but ended up falling to John Wooden and Lew Alcindor’s UCLA Bruins.

UNC’s combined record in the 1966-67 and 1967-68 seasons was 54-10 (24-4 in the ACC). They won the regular-season and tournament titles in both seasons with Miller as a back-to-back ACC Tournament MVP. He was also the ACC Player of the Year in both seasons—one of 10 players all-time (and the only UNC player) to win the award multiple times.

For his career, Miller averaged 21.8 PPG and 9.2 RPG on 51.1% shooting, an incredibly efficient number for the time. He ranks seventh all-time at UNC in career scoring but has a career rank of third among non-four-year players.