North Carolina landed a really talented pass-catcher:

Coach L, when speaking in an interview with inside the U about portal needs, mentioned the need for bigs at Miami.
The article highlighted some bigs that Miami had interest in.
Then at the end of the interview JL mentioned what he was looking for from the portal. "Guards that can handle, shooters, and bigs that can play with their back to the basket" " Also bigs that can step away, like Quinten Post and P.J. Hall types"
Isn't it a direct violation to talk about players from other programs that are not even in the portal?
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Nobody likes this matchup and I really don’t like the time of the game because my wife and I will be in Winston Salem to see Gabriel Inglesias (Fluffy) in concert. Hopefully my radio in the car and my cell phone work. Somebody else will have to keep everybody updated on the score.

State’s star is the 6’1 guard who when he played for Northwestern a few years ago lit Carolina up for 28 points so he is the real deal. Michigan State plays three guards and the other two stand at 6’4.

To me the players that have to come thru is Cadeau with his passing and his drives and Ingram with his rebounding and posting up.

If the Spartans guards open up big do not be surprised to see Withers come in to help on defense. Same can be said about Trimble.,

The home crowd needs to really be ready to back the Tar Heels today

AJ is down on the floor on press row, Jacob and Bryant are on press row on the concourse and I am down on the floor shooting.

NCAA WEST REGION SECOND ROUND
No. 1 CAROLINA 85, No. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 69
MARCH 23, 2024
SPECTRUM CENTER, CHARLOTTE, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 20
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram 7
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 4
Team Records: Carolina 29-7, Michigan State 20-15

Carolina
... 133-49 all-time in the NCAA Tournament (the most wins in NCAA Tournament history).
... 25-8 in the round of 64 since the field expanded in 1985.
... 36-2 in NCAA Tournament games in the state of North Carolina, including 14-1 in Charlotte.
... 65-12 as a No. 1 seed.
... advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time as a No. 1 seed (first time since 2019).

... advanced to a regional final for the 38th time, the round of 16 for the 36th time and to what the NCAA calls the Sweet 16 for a record 31st time.
... trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half, its largest comeback in an NCAA Tournament game since trailing Southern California by 16 in the 2007 Sweet 16 in the NJ Meadowlands.
... overcame a double-digit deficit in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since Washington led by 11 in a second round game in Spectrum Center in 2011.
... 17-0 run in the first half was UNC’s largest in an NCAA Tournament game since a 19-0 run vs. Marquette in the Sweet 16 in 2011.
... 20th game this season the Tar Heels went on at least one 10-0 run

... fifth time this season UNC went on at least a 17-point run (22 vs. Florida State, 19 vs. Notre Dame, 19 and 17 vs. UC Riverside and 17 vs. Michigan State).
... committed five turnovers, equaling the fewest this season (Charleston Southern and vs. Duke at home) and the fewest in the Hubert Davis era.
... five turnovers are the fewest in an NCAA Tournament game since UNC committed four vs. Gonzaga in the 2017 championship.
... four Tar Heels scored in double figures. UNC is 20-1 this season when four or more score in double figures.
... first time UNC was outrebounded in 25 games, since Oklahoma did so in the Spectrum Center on Dec. 20.

... made 10 three-pointers (UNC is 7-1 this season when it makes 10 or more).
... made 19 of 23 free throws for 82.6%. Carolina improved to 13-1 this season when it shoots 80% from the line.
... held an opponent to fewer than 70 points for the 18th time in 36 games.
... held its opponent to fewer than 70 points for the fifth time in eight NCAA Tournament games under Hubert Davis.

RJ Davis
... led UNC with 20 points, the 26th time he led or co-led UNC in scoring this season.
... 2,072 career points, fifth most in UNC history.
... 768 points this season, most in a season by a Tar Heel since Tyler Hansbrough’s 882 in 2007-08.
... 23rd 20-point game this season, the fifth most by a Tar Heel in a season and the most since Tyler Hansbrough had 27 in 2007-08.
... 41st consecutive game he made a three, tying Marcus Paige for the second-longest streak ever by a Tar Heel (Paige’s 41 from 2014-16). The record is 45 by Caleb Love.
... three 3FGs, the 32nd time in 36 games this season he made multiple threes.

Armando Bacot
... 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
... eighth time in eight career NCAA Tournament games he scored in double figures. His double-double streak in NCAA Tournament games ended at seven and his streak of NCAA Tournament games with 15 or rebounds ended at an NCAA record-tying six.
... 2,238 career points. He passed NC State’s David Thompson (2,310), Virginia’s Jeff Lamp (2,317) and Duke’s Mike Gminski (2,323) for ninth in ACC career scoring.

Harrison Ingram
... tied his career high with five three-pointers (also vs. Duke in Feb. 3 win in Chapel Hill).
... 17 points, most since he scored 22 vs. NC State on March 2.
... 26th game scoring in double figures this season.

Cormac Ryan
... scored in double figures for the 20th time this season and 77th time overall.
... two three-pointers, the 21st time he made two or more this season (UNC 17-4 in those games).

Elliot Cadeau
... game-high plus/minus of +20, the seventh time this season he led the Tar Heels.

Seth Trimble
... tied his career high with two blocked shots

UNC-Michigan State
... the Tar Heels are 13-4 vs. the Spartans, 6-0 in the NCAA Tournament (2-0 in the round of 32).
... was the first time the teams played since 11/26/2017 and the first time in an NCAA Tournament game since the 2009 championship game in Detroit.