The North Carolina Tar Heels are coming off their worst season in nearly 20 years, but a pair of returning front court starters in Garrison Brooks and Armando Bacot, along with a top-5 incoming freshman class, has the program’s trajectory pointing straight up.
It appears that the folks over at 247Sports feel the same way that we do, given that the Tar Heels are ranked No. 12 in their ‘Way-Too-Early Top 21 teams for ’21’ that was released early this week. Below is their basis for which the ACC’s last-place team in 2019-20 will turn it all around in just a few short months.