Early season collegiate standouts from the North Carolina 2018 class: Part 1
The North Carolina 2018 was an absolutely loaded and deep class. 65 plus players are playing at the D1 level and 40 plus players are playing at the D2 or D3 level. Year after year, the state of North Carolina continues to produce the country’s best players and has the most depth of any state. Just look at the list of players on the Phenom Hoop Report Top 100 and see the number of players that being recruited nationally and out of region. Pure and simple, North Carolina is a “hotbed” for basketball talent.
Now, let’s take a closer look at the North Carolina 2018 class and let’s see how we did, not to mention the early season success of many of this class that are having standout seasons thus far. Naturally, this is somewhat skewed by “proper fit” and the immediate needs of each school. That being said, let’s look at some of the players we got right and also some of the ones we may have missed. Throughout the year, the battle for the number one spot was a toss up between 6’5 Coby White (UNC) and 6’2 Devon Dotson (Kansas). In many cases, we had both tied for the number one spot for the majority of the year.
No. 1 6’5 Coby White (UNC)
We first noticed Coby White when he attended our NC Junior Phenom camp. We knew he was good, but didn’t have any idea how good. During his freshman year, he immediately grabbed our attention and was selected to the NC Top 80 event and we stated the following.
