![]() ![]() This team is taking more 3-pointers (32.1% of its shots are from beyond the arc, compared to 22.3% last season) and Davis has emphasized the positionless basketball he embraced as a combo guard in the NBA. Davis learned a lot in nine years next to Roy Williams, but he has taken a vastly different approach. I think the transition is difficult for any head coach in their first gig - even the head coaches with significant experience as assistants. Medcalf: I'm surprised that Hubert Davis has a real shot at the ACC crown in Year 1. Lunardi score prediction:: North Carolina 76, Duke 73ĭajuan Harris feeds David McCormack on the alley-oopĭajuan Harris throws it up to David McCormack, who flushes it home for Kansas. Can the Heels keep it going and upset the hated Blue Devils? Let's say "yes," as Hubert Davis takes one from Coach K on his last official visit to Chapel Hill. The surprise, then, is Carolina even being in this position. A friendly schedule has helped, along with some friendly whistles at Louisville, but February ain't about style points. ![]() The Tar Heels seemed destined for the bubble after back-to-back losses at Miami and Wake Forest - by a combined 50 points! - but have righted the ship with a four-game winning streak. That's a commentary on the lackluster ACC, of course, but also on UNC's resilience. Lunardi: Don't look now, but North Carolina could take over the top spot in the ACC with a win over Duke. What has surprised you most about North Carolina (16-6, 8-3 ACC) in Year 1 of the Hubert Davis era? What do the Tar Heels have to do to beat Duke? With that in mind, ESPN's college basketball team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Joe Lunardi made their predictions for all three big games on the Saturday slate, while also ID'ing some of the other top matchups of the first college basketball weekend of February. 5 Kentucky Wildcats travel to meet an up-and-down but immensely talented Alabama Crimson Tide squad (8 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN App) in a top-10 matchup at storied Allen Fieldhouse, while the streaking No. ET, ESPN and ESPN App), meeting the North Carolina Tar Heels in one of three compelling Sonic Blockbuster matchups on this weekend's slate. 9 Duke Blue Devils will make their final trip to Chapel Hill in the Coach K era on Saturday (6 p.m.
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