Before the season started, the big question for the North Carolina Tar Heels was at point guard.  Could Larry Drew II take over for Ty Lawson and get the job done?  As the Tar Heels have struggled during conference play, it has become fashionable to blame Drew for the team’s failures.

But is that fair?  Let’s take a look at Drew’s statistics through Carolina’s 29 games so far this year, compared to recent Tar Heel point guards in their first season running the team—Raymond Felton in 2002-03, Bobby Frasor in 2005-06, and Ty Lawson in 2006-07. 

Granted, Drew is a sophomore and the other three were freshmen when they took over as the starting North Carolina point guard, howe...

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