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CHARLOTTE — Coach Hubert Davis will demand intensity and attention to detail in every game and practice to get Carolina back to the Final Four. When the effort doesn’t meet his standards, the Tar Heels will hear about it. UNC is a team with that championship mentality because its stars welcome that accountability, knowing it will make them better.
CHARLOTTE — It’s ACC Tipoff week, and you can stream all press conferences on ACC Network Extra (ESPN3). The event is being held at The Westin Charlotte, with the women’s players and coaches talking with the media on Tuesday and the men’s players and coaches taking their turn on Wednesday.
CHAPEL HILL — Ever since Carolina came up short in the national championship game against Kansas, RJ Davis has been motivated to get back to that point and take that next step to a title. He’s ensured that the memory of that April evening at the Superdome in New Orleans stays fresh. He’s given himself numerous reminders by frequently rewatching the game.
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CHAPEL HILL — Excitement was in the air in the Smith Center on Friday night, with the most combined anticipation for Carolina’s men’s and women’s teams in years. It was a fun night for all involved at Live Action With Carolina Basketball, although starts on both teams didn’t play in the scrimmages.
Cameron Johnson sprained his right thumb midway through the first quarter of the Phoenix Suns’ exhibition game on Wednesday night and is expected to miss the team’s final two exhibition games. Johnson played just over four minutes and missed a 3-point attempt in the Suns’ come-from-behind 119–115 victory in Las Vegas over the Los Angeles Lakers.
It’s the week to show how highly ESPN regards UNC’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. Earlier this week, ESPN gave both high seeds in its early NCAA tournament bracket projection, and on Thursday, both were high in its preseason Top 25 list.
As basketball season gets closer, the anticipation grows for Tar Heels fans, with the expectations high for Carolina’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. Bracket projections in October are, of course, ridiculous, but ESPN’s projections that came out Tuesday confirm that national observers think highly of both teams.
It will be a busy weekend for Coach Hubert Davis with a good bit of live action. After his Carolina men’s basketball team participates Friday in Live Action with Carolina Basketball, he will be the grand marshal at the Roval 400 NASCAR race Sunday. It’s a 400-kilometer race with 109 laps of a 2.28-mile infield road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway and will air on NBC.
Cameron Johnson has proven doubters wrong since the day that the Phoenix Suns made him the 11th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, and he’s about to take that to another level. Suns coach Monty Johnson said Thursday that Johnson would be one of his starters. This comes after last season’s starting power forward Jae Crowder was told in the offseason that he’d have a smaller role on the team. Crowder has since asked for a trade and isn’t in training camp.
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