No. 7 Michigan basketball will face another big non-conference test, this against the perennial blue-blood that embarrassed the Wolverines last fall.
No. 9 North Carolina will be in Ann Arbor on Wednesday night as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (9 p.m., ESPN).
Joel Berry and Theo Pinson have moved on, but the Tar Heels have reloaded. They've got two elite freshmen playing huge roles, and brought back Luke Maye, who scored 27 in last year's 86-71 win over U-M, and Cameron Johnson.
"We’ve heard all about the Duke’s and now the Gonzaga’s," said Michigan coach John Beilein on Tuesday afternoon.