North Carolina hasn’t lost in 35 days.
The recipe for success of late for the Tar Heels has a plethora of ingredients. There is no singular correct answer when discussing how Hubert Davis got his group to be soaring this high in late January. So many different facets of North Carolina’s game have been elite since opening up ACC play. That said, this team has already shown drastic improvement and growth from just a month ago. What’s one area where that in-season development has been unbelievably fruitful?
Defense.
There was a three-game stretch in November where Eric Dixon (Villanova), Tramon Mark (Arkansas), and Dalton Knecht (Tennessee) all scored 34 or more against the Tar Heels.