Some of you can throw in the towel on the season and I've even seen people say it's the worst UNC team they've ever seen. Both of these sentiments are ludicrous. This team isn't as bad as some of you think they are. I know there's recency bias and losing to Dook never feels good, but let's talk about the delta, or lack thereof, between UNC and the top teams in the country.
All you have to do is take a look at how they played against some of the teams on their schedule, to see that if they can find a way to right the ship, and become one of the most dangerous squads as there will be come March. Look no further than the three game stretch early in the season when they played Iowa St, Alabama, and Indiana. All three of those teams are going to be highly seeded come March anywhere from 1-5 and UNC played ISU and Bama down to the wire and Bacot was dealing with multiple injuries against IU. Did they lose all three? Yes, but they demonstrated the ability to play even up w/ some of the best teams in the country.
Do they need to get right mentally? Yes. Does Hubert need to circle the wagons and hit the reset button? Yes. If those two things happen and UNC starts to execute on both sides of the court, then there's still plenty of hope left to think UNC can make some noise the rest of the way. Maybe the Wake Forest game was a wake up call. We all certainly hope so.
All you have to do is take a look at how they played against some of the teams on their schedule, to see that if they can find a way to right the ship, and become one of the most dangerous squads as there will be come March. Look no further than the three game stretch early in the season when they played Iowa St, Alabama, and Indiana. All three of those teams are going to be highly seeded come March anywhere from 1-5 and UNC played ISU and Bama down to the wire and Bacot was dealing with multiple injuries against IU. Did they lose all three? Yes, but they demonstrated the ability to play even up w/ some of the best teams in the country.
Do they need to get right mentally? Yes. Does Hubert need to circle the wagons and hit the reset button? Yes. If those two things happen and UNC starts to execute on both sides of the court, then there's still plenty of hope left to think UNC can make some noise the rest of the way. Maybe the Wake Forest game was a wake up call. We all certainly hope so.
