North Carolina 2010 Preview & Predictions

North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball 2010-2011 Preview, Predictions, Picks & Odds

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North Carolina 2009-2010 Record: 20-17 overall; 5-11 ACC (Tie/9th)

North Carolina Coach: Roy Williams – At UNC: 196-53, 7 years; overall: 614-155, 22 years

North Carolina Players to Watch: Believe the hype: Harrison Barnes could be the best player in the conference in his first year in school. Tvler Zeller and John Henson are All-ACC possibilities too.

North Carolina Key Losses: Ed Davis, F, 6-10, 225 (13.4 ppg, 9.6 rpg); Deon Thompson, F, 6-9, 245 (13.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg); Marcus Ginyard, G, 6-5, 210 (7.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg); Travis Wear, F, 6-10, 235 (3.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg); David Wear, F, 6-10, 225 (2.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg)

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2010-2011 North Carolina Season Preview

Seventeen losses? Seventeen?!? North Carolina doesn’t do 17 losses. Not under Roy Williams. So if you’re wondering how Williams is taking one of the worst seasons in UNC history, here’s your answer: not well. An influx of talent should help, and North Carolina has that. Harrison Barnes could be the best freshman in America. Reggie Bullock also could start, and Tyler Zeller (fingers crossed) should be healthy for the first time in three years. Combine that with some solid returning pieces like Larry Drew II and Will Graves, and the Tar Heels, well, they won’t win 35 games this season. But they won’t lose 17, either.

North Carolina Backcourt

The most interesting competition in the starting five is at shooting guard, where Graves – who scored 25 points in the NIT title game loss to Dayton – will try to hold off Bullock. To do so, Graves will have to stay out of Williams’ doghouse, which means he’ll have to keep his weight in check. However it plays out, Bullock gives the Tar Heels a second perimeter shooter that last season’s team missed. Drew will never be a star, but he’s solid at the point. Dexter Strickland, Leslie McDonald and Kendall Marshall offer decent depth.

North Carolina Frontcourt

Adding another perimeter shooter will help the Heels, but the frontcourt is what will make or break this team – especially after the losses of senior Deon Thompson and sophomore Ed Davis to the NBA, and the freshman Wear twins, David and Travis, to transfer. After trying his luck on the wing, John Henson added muscle and moved inside where he became a dominant defender last season (59 blocks in 15.8 minutes per game) and could become an excellent scorer this year. He and Zeller give UNC scary size inside, while Barnes gives UNC a scary athlete at small forward – the team’s best small forward since Vince Carter a decade earlier. Barnes can pass, dribble and shoot, but Williams lauds his mental game as much as his physical attributes. The team’s unsung star could be Alabama transfer Justin Knox, who will play immediately as a graduate student.

2010-2011 North Carolina Predictions

Most teams, if they lost two draft picks and two transfers, would suffer a setback the following season. North Carolina isn’t most teams, and that setback isn’t coming. The setback already happened last year. Not again. Barnes is too good. Henson is getting comfortable in the post. Zeller is healthy. Drew is seasoned. The depth is sound. The immediate future might not be Final Four-bright … but it’s not NIT-dark, either.

North Carolina Finish in the ACC: 2nd

North Carolina Betting Odds

North Carolina Odds to Win 2010-2011 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament: +1000
North Carolina Odds to Win the ACC: +250

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