The start of the 2022 Carolina basketball season has been interesting to say the least. After being ranked #1 in the country in the preseason, the Heels kicked off the season with closer-than-they-should-have-been wins against mid-major opponents, only to go to the Phil Knight Invitational and suffer two losses. Perhaps the most perplexing thing about this is that there isn’t really one big issue, just a lot of medium-sized issues. Why are smaller teams winning the rebound battle? Where is the consistent three-point shooting? What the hell were those plays during the overtimes against Alabama?
To make things worse, Leaky Black and Armando Bacot both suffered injuries during the game against the Crimson Tide, though Hubert Davis informed us all yesterday that both fully participated in practice and he expects them to be available against Indiana.