With every wayward jumper, every errant pass and every defensive breakdown, North Carolina is edging closer to some ignominious history.
looked more helpful in December than they do now. The only reason the Tar Heels even remain a bubble team is their lack of a truly bad loss.
The preseason No. 1 ranking has also been a fairly reliable tool for projecting NCAA tournament success. Eighteen preseason No. 1 teams have reached the Final Four since 1985. Six have climbed ladders and cut down nets. Conversely, only eight preseason No. 1s have failed to get to the NCAA tournament’s second weekend since 1985. Only 2004-05 Kansas crashed out in the Round of 64, famously falling to 14th-seeded Bucknell.
This season's Tar Heels are shooting just 30.5 percent from behind the arc, worst in the ACC and among the worst in the nation. Northwestern transfer Pete Nance hasn’t come close to duplicating Manek’s 40.3 percent 3-point shooting, and Love and Davis have both shot less efficiently than a year ago, leaving North Carolina without a dependable perimeter threat.
Asked what he could tweak to get Bacot more touches in the paint, Davis acknowledged there were no easy answers.
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