After a stretch in which it seemed like the Tar Heels were playing top 10 team after top 10 team, they’re now coming off a period during which they’ve played a likely lower-tier ACC team, a week off, and a mid-major that they clearly overmatched.
Now before another break for Christmas, they have two games against higher ranked opponents, and if they want to have any sort of resume for NCAA purposes they’ll need to at least go 1-1, if not 2-0 this week. The first of those two games is Tuesday against an undefeated Florida Gator squad in the third annual Jumpman Invitational.