Former UNC basketball wing Jackie Manuel will be on the opposing bench for the first time.
One week after falling on the road to the No. 1-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, 92-89, UNC basketball is set to host the American Eagles in the Dean E. Smith Center at 8 p.m. ET Friday .Interestingly, the matchup will mark the return of 2005 Tar Heel national champion Jackie Manuel, now in his second season as an assistant coach on Duane Simpkins' American staff.
The 41-year-old Manuel, a two-time All-ACC defender and tri-captain as a senior for the 2004-05 Tar Heels, served as the director of team and player development for the UNC basketball program across the first two seasons of the Hubert Davis era in Chapel Hill.He previously spent one season on the staff of UNC basketball women's head coach Courtney Banghart.
Following the bout against Jackie Manuel and the Eagles, Davis' fourth batch of Tar Heels , No. 10 in this week's AP Top 25, will have another week off before its road battle against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at 12:30 a.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 23 .Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of North Carolina Tar Heels on SI, Duke Blue Devils on SI, and NC State Wolfpack on SI, making him a key source for comprehensive coverage of these storied college basketball programs.
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