After a second painful basketball season in a row, Roy Williams retired and Hubert Davis took over the UNC team during a critical period in program history. Thanks to COVID-19 and the last two seasons, the 2017 national championship season seems like it happened a decade ago, rather than just four seasons.
Luke Maye gave Carolina a brief glimpse of what the team could look like with a modern stretch-4, helping lead the Heels to the NCAA Tournament with a #2 seed in 2018 and a #1 seed (and a share of the ACC-regular season title with Virginia) in 2019.