Addition of Simi Shittu the missing piece for one of the best classes of the Williams era

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Addition of Simi Shittu the missing piece for one of the best classes of the Williams era

North Carolina coach Roy Williams watches during the NCAA college basketball team's annual Late Night With Roy midnight madness-style event in Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

With North Carolina’s NCAA troubles behind them, Roy Williams is looking to put the finishing touches on North Carolina’s 2018 signing class.

The Tar Heels recently added a top ten wing in Nassir Little – the program’s highest-rated recruit since James Michael McAdoo. They’ve also brought on board a top-25 combo guard in Coby White, and another solid consensus top-100 guard in Rechon Black. Now, UNC is looking to finish the job by landing an elite power forward. The top candidate is Simisola “Simi” Shittu, a Canadian attending Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont.

UNC was…

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