North Carolina's Kennedy Meeks (3) is all smiles as he heads off the court at halftime with the Tar Heels holding a big lead against Texas Southern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. UNC advanced, 103-64. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/TNS)

 Chuck Liddy

Meeks has been a consistent double-double force for North Carolina, piling up 13 games this year with 10 or more points and rebounds, and another half-dozen in which he felt short a point or rebound or two. Justin Jackson gets most of the pub on this Tar Heels squad, and rightfully so, but Meeks deserves his bite, too. 

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