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Tyler Nickel
The Intro: Tyler Nickel
October 18, 2022 | Men's Basketball
Tyler Nickel, one of four freshmen on the University of North Carolina men's basketball roster for the 2022-23 season, is a wing from Harrisonburg, Va., who comes to the Tar Heels with a reputation as a top-notch long-range shooter and scorer.
The 6-7 Nickel enrolled at Caroina for the second session of summer school in 2022 and aims to earn minutes among a group of wings that also includes Leaky Black, RJ Davis, Caleb Love, Puff Johnson, Dontrez Styles and D'Marco Dunn.
Get to know Carolina's freshman guard/forward better via this profile from Adam Lucas and a feature originally shown on Twitter at @unc_basketball:
The 6-7 Nickel enrolled at Caroina for the second session of summer school in 2022 and aims to earn minutes among a group of wings that also includes Leaky Black, RJ Davis, Caleb Love, Puff Johnson, Dontrez Styles and D'Marco Dunn.
Get to know Carolina's freshman guard/forward better via this profile from Adam Lucas and a feature originally shown on Twitter at @unc_basketball:
THE INTRO: Tyler Nickel 🥶#CarolinaFamily | @abg_tnick5 pic.twitter.com/97CXsp77Ss
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) October 14, 2022
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