The North Carolina Tar Heels have opened up the Michael Malone era 2-0 after beating Western Carolina and Wofford last week. Despite some struggles with Western Carolina, the Tar Heels answered some questions against the Terriers on Friday night.
It’s still early and the schedule will get tougher as the weeks go on but this is the time for the Tar Heels to figure out their issues and get them fixed. This team should get better as the season goes on and there are some early signs that Malone is a good head coach at this level.
As UNC enters a week in which they will host Wyoming on Tuesday and then Georgia on Friday night. They go into those games still unranked, but they did receive some votes in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll released on Monday. UNC received six votes and was behind Kentucky, Memphis, Saint Louis, Purdue, Indiana, Texas A&M, and Baylor.
