The 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels experienced quite the roller coaster. One year removed from a frustrating NIT-bound season, UNC started the season with high hopes for a bounce back year but stumbled out of the gate. They dropped 3 of their first 7 games and fell out of the Top 25. A blowout loss to a terrible Georgia Tech team put them at 12-5, and had some questioning whether the heavily-criticized Tar Heels weren’t at risk of (incredibly) missing the NCAA Tournament for a second successive year.
No one felt the criticism more than Harrison Barnes.