Lucas: Player Announcement Rapid Reactions

By Adam Lucas

1. This is going to be fun. Caleb Love's announcement today of his return for the 2022-23 season means the four eligible members of the Iron Five will all be back for next season. That ensures the Tar Heels will be a consensus preseason top-three pick for just the second time in the last ten seasons (the other was the 2015-16 season, when the Tar Heels began the season as the preseason top team in the country).

2. The schedule is likely to befit the nation's top team. Carolina will play in the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland from Nov. 24-27, a stacked 16-team event that includes two separate eight-team brackets. Carolina's half of the field, which has already been…