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Dan Lyons

UNC Basketball Bizarrely Cited Duke, Zion Williamson While Recruiting No. 1 Prospect

Utah Prep's AJ Dybantsa drives to the basket on Highland's Jemal Smith, left, and Josh Hamilton during a game at Emmanuel College in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. | Marc Vasconcellos/The Enterprise / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

North Carolina was one of the various college basketball powers spurned by No. 1 recruit AJ Dybantsa this week when the Massachusetts native committed to play at BYU. CBS Sports' Matt Norlander detailed how the nation's top prospect came to this surprising decision, including one detail sure to drive Tar Heels fans crazy.

In a pitch outlining the impact of playing for a blue-blood program like North Carolina, Hubert Davis's staff compared Dybantsa not only to program greats like guards Michael Jordan and Vince Carter, but also to forward Zion Williamson—whose one-and-done stint at Duke helped vault him into a national superstar.

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