Unique Opener Had Tar Heels A Bit Amped Up

Posted Nov 7, 2019
Beginning the season against an ACC foe is something North Carolina hasn’t done since Dean Smith’s sixth season in Chapel Hill some 53 years ago. It’s a rarity and, and because of that, some players felt more pressure to perform in front of a packed and noisy crowd of 21,750. “It was kind of nerve-wracking at first,” sophomore guard Leaky Black said. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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