The 23-year-old UNC basketball guard and a 17-year-old rival roughly 10 miles away could be two of the top three talents in the country.
Duke basketball rookie forward Cooper Flagg, who doesn't turn 18 until December but is a widely projected one-and-done No. 1 overall draft pick, is the highest-rated prospect to enter the ACC this decade. Meanwhile, fifth-year UNC basketball guard RJ Davis just turned 23, is the defending ACC Player of the Year, and sits within striking distance of Tyler Hansbrough's UNC basketball career scoring record.
According to CBS Sports' Kyle Boone, Gary Parrish, and Matt Norlander in "The Top 100 and 1 Best Players" list that theyahead of season openers getting underway across the nation on Nov. 4, RJ Davis and Cooper Flagg — in that order at No. 2 and No. 3 — stand below only Alabama graduate guard Mark Sears.
At No. 8, Wake Forest senior guard Hunter Sallis is the only other ACC player in the trio of experts' top 10. UNC basketball freshman guard Elliot Cadeau, the only other Tar Heel on their list, checks in at No. 85. The top 101 includes three more Blue Devils in junior guard Tyrese Proctor at No. 44, freshman guard Kon Knueppel at No. 48, and sophomore guard Caleb Foster at No. 83.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of North Carolina Tar Heels on SI, Duke Blue Devils on SI, and NC State Wolfpack on SI, making him a key source for comprehensive coverage of these storied college basketball programs.
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