1. Hubert Davis probably loved that game. He's spent the last month telling his top-ranked Tar Heels that they were going to have to compete every single night with a target on their back...and then UNC-Wilmington went out and proved it for him. Carolina won an ugly opener, 69-56.
2. The amazing thing wasn't that the margin was that close. The amazing thing was that the margin was that big with Carolina playing so poorly. The Tar Heels had four assists, four fast break points, shot below 50 percent from the field and a meager 20 percent from the three-point line, got outrebounded by a CAA team.