A week removed from playing its last game, North Carolina returns to the Smith Center on Friday for a 9 p.m. contest against Gardner-Webb.
Before then, Roy Williams and Justin Pierce met with reporters on Thursday. Here are five notes from what they had to say:
Injury updates
Armando Bacot became the latest addition to UNC's injury list when he was struck by an errant elbow about midway through the first half of last Friday's win over UNCW. The freshman forward, who has started the first two games, sat out the rest of the contest as a precaution.