North Carolina At Chapel Hill

North Carolina’s 2022-23 season begins with a bang next Monday as four of the five starters from last year’s National Runner-Up team return to Chapel Hill – Armando Bacot, Caleb Love, Leaky Black, and RJ Davis. The lone difference is the absence of Brady Manek and the presence of Pete Nance. Many have tried to pigeon-hole Nance into being Manek, but that’s just simply not who he is.

The North Carolina Tar Heels dominated Johnson C. Smith last Friday evening in their lone exhibition game of the 2022-23 season. Caleb Love led all scorers with 20 points, followed by Pete Nance’s 19. Armando Bacot had 20 rebounds in just 23 minutes of action. Four Tar Heels sat out the game, including RJ Davis, Puff Johnson, Jalen Washington, and Justin McKoy. Coach Hubert Davis expects to have his entire starting lineup of Davis, Love, Leaky Black, Bacot, and Nance ready to go for Monday’s season-opener against UNC-Wilmington.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels return a stacked lineup to the 2022-23 season. Hubert Davis gets four starters back in Armando Bacot, Caleb Love, RJ Davis, and Leaky Black. Add in Northwestern transfer Pete Nance to that starting lineup, plus returning reserves Puff Johnson, Dontrez Styles, D’Marco Dunn, and Justin McKoy and you’ve got a team primed for another Final Four run.

But Carolina’s capability doesn’t end there. UNC brings in a four-person freshman class of Seth Trimble, Jalen Washington, Tyler Nickel, and early-enrollee Will Shaver. The question is – how will the freshmen carver out a role for themselves on this already loaded roster? Sports Illustrated’s Director of Basketball Recruiting Jason Jordan joins host Isaac Schade to discuss.

THI publisher Andrew Jones and basketball recruiting director/analyst David Sisk sit down to preview Northwestern transfer Pete Nance and his role on this year’s UNC basketball team ahead of the start of the season on November 7.

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THI publisher Andrew Jones and basketball recruiting director/analyst David Sisk sit down to preview preseason AP All-American/ACC POY Armando Bacot and his role on this year’s UNC basketball team ahead of the start of the season on November 7.

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THI staff writer Jacob Turner and publisher Andrew Jones hit on 3 Things from No. 21 UNC’s 42-24 ACC Coastal Division win over Pittsburgh in Chapel Hill on Saturday, October 30.

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