The impact of UNC basketball newcomer Drake Powell should be immediate and might prove to be the Tar Heels' X factor.
Drake Powell may not receive starting nods as a UNC basketball rookie wing next season. Seemingly, though, fourth-year head coach Hubert Davis will ensure the 6-foot-5 five-star from nearby Pittsboro, potentially a go-to defensive sparkplug for the Tar Heels, begins games well within the staff's reach on the bench.This week, Powell was in Las Vegas for the invite-only Jayson Tatum Elite Camp, featuring 14 college players and 13 top-shelf preps.
Thanks to their addition, the two quality inbound transfers, and six returning scholarship weapons, highlighted by ACC Player of the Year RJ Davis and fellow backcourt starter Elliot Cadeau, the Tar Heels are in the conversation to begin the seasonMatt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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