Video: Locked On Tar Heels - 5 straight ranked non-con opponents for UNC? Darryn Peterson out?

Posted Nov 28, 2023
UNC played Arkansas on Friday, its first ranked opponent this season. In Monday’s AP Poll, four of the Tar Heels’ next five games also would be against ranked opponents: Tennessee, UConn, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. And class of 2025 5-star guard Darryn Peterson has signed an NIL deal with Adidas, which is bad news for the Tar Heels.

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