The Tar Heels are back from the Bahamas, fresh off their first loss of the season but still managing to bring home a 2-1 record. You’d be excused for writing off the Villanova loss as a very weird game in multiple ways, but it’s really good to see them respond the way that they did against a ranked Arkansas team that was under pressure themselves to avoid having three losses this early in the season while anticipating a coming game against a Final Four contender in Duke.
As the Tar Heels won last week without Armando Bacot playing at his best, without Cormac Ryan playing at all on Friday, and with Harrison Ingram exploding into maybe the best transfer to join the Tar Heels, the crowd should be rowdy to welcome Rick Barnes and his Volunteers back to the Smith Center tonight.