The North Carolina basketball program is teetering on the line between reload and rebuild, hoping that unconventional additions to next season’s team will fill the holes left by five defections from the Tar Heels’ 2019 Sweet 16 squad.
The five players on their way out the door — three graduating seniors in Luke Maye, Kenny Williams and Cameron Johnson, as well as two sensational freshmen in Coby White and Nassir Little — made up four of the Tar Heels’ five starters last season, and the team’s top reserve. So, not only are there some big shoes to fill next season, but a lot of them.