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Wear Twins Leaving UNC???
just heard JH talking about it on the animal in tulsa...
just heard JH talking about it on the animal in tulsa...
Wear twins will not return to North Carolina
Mike DeCourcy
Thursday, May. 6, 2010 - 7:57 a.m. ET
The Wear twins, David and Travis, are planning to transfer away from North Carolina – doing double the damage to the Tar Heels' frontcourt depth for the 2010-11 season.
Long Beach Press-Telegram basketball writer Frank Burlison reported on his blog that their father, Dave Wear, informed UNC coach Roy Williams his sons wish to be released in order to transfer elsewhere. When they were recruited out of Mater Dei in Santa Ana, Calif., the Wears had considered UCLA and Arizona before choosing the Tar Heels.
Losing the Wears leaves North Carolina with only 7-0 Tyler Zeller and 6-10 John Henson to play the power positions. This past year's team had six players who were 6-9 or taller, but Deon Thompson completed his eligibility and Ed Davis entered the NBA draft. The Heels' three recruits to date – 6-6 Harrison Barnes, 6-6 Reggie Bullock and 6-3 Kendall Marshall – are perimeter players.
The Wear brothers each averaged more than 10 minutes per game as freshmen. Travis, who is 6-10, 235, contributed 3.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. David, who is 6-10 225, was good for 2.9 points and 1.7 rebounds.
David proved to be a promising long-distance shooter for a player his size, making 8-of-16 3-pointers on the season. He started two games. In his best performance, he scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting in a loss to Virginia Tech. He missed the final 10 games of the season with a hip injury.
Travis started once, in a loss to Wake Forest, producing a season-best 13 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes.
Mike DeCourcy is a writer for Sporting News. E-mail him at decourcy@sportingnews.com.
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