UNC men's basketball capsule
Coach: Roy Williams (22nd season, 594-138; 7th season at North Carolina, 176-37)
Home court: Dean Smith Center (21,750)
2008-09: 34-4 overall, 13-3 ACC
Tickets: $50. Call (800) 722-4335 or go to TarheelBlue.com. All ACC games plus Michigan State are sold out.
Local radio: WTHZ-94.1; WBAG-1150; WLXN-1440
Official men's basketball Web site: TarheelBlue.com
Projection: Four starters and five of the top seven scorers from last season's national championship team are gone. And yet, the Tar Heels are still considered one of the nation's elite teams based upon the potential of last season's off-the-bench role players and a strong recruiting class led by John Henson. Carolina will likely win 24 or 25 games in the regular season (including 11 or 12 in ACC play) and could make a run to the NCAA Elite Eight.
SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER: Today, Florida International, 7 p.m. (ESPNU); Wednesday, N.C. Central, 9 p.m. (ESPNU); 15, Valparaiso, 4 p.m. (FSC); 19 vs. Ohio State at New York, 9:15 p.m. (ESPN2); 20 vs. California or Syracuse at New York, 5 or 7:15 p.m. (ESPN2); 23, Gardner-Webb, 7:30 p.m. (FSC); 29, Nevada, 6:45 p.m. (FSN).
DECEMBER: 1, Michigan State, 9 p.m. (ESPN); 5, at Kentucky, 12:30 p.m. (WFMY-2); 12, Presbyterian, 7:30 p.m.; 19, vs. Texas at Arlington, Texas, 2 p.m. (ESPN); 22, Marshall, 7 p.m. (FSC); 28, Rutgers, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2); 30, Albany, 7 p.m. (ESPNU).
JANUARY: 4, at College of Charleston, 7 p.m. (ESPNU); 10, Virginia Tech, 7:45 p.m. (FSC); 13, at Clemson, 9 p.m. (ESPN); 16, Georgia Tech, 2 p.m. (ESPN); 20, Wake Forest, 7 p.m. (ESPN); 26, at N.C. State, 9 p.m. (Raycom); 31, Virginia, 7:45 p.m. (FSN).
FEBRUARY: 4, at Virginia Tech, 9 p.m. (Raycom); 7, at Maryland, 2 p.m. (FSN); 10, Duke, 9 p.m. (ESPN); 13, N.C. State, 4 p.m. (ESPN); 16, at Georgia Tech, 9 p.m. (Raycom); 20, at Boston College, noon (WFMY-2); 24, Florida State, 7 p.m. (ESPN); 27, at Wake Forest, 2 p.m. (WFMY-2).
MARCH: 2, Miami, 8 p.m. (Raycom); 6, at Duke, 9 p.m. (ESPN).
TV information subject to change.
ROSTER
Starters
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Year | PPG | RPG | APG |
| 13 | Will Graves | G/F | 6-6 | 240 | Jr. | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 |
| 21 | Deon Thompson | F | 6-9 | 245 | Sr. | 10.6 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| 32 | Ed Davis | F/C | 6-10 | 225 | So. | 6.7 | 6.6 | 0.6 |
| 11 | Larry Drew II | G | 6-2 | 180 | So. | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | Marcus Ginyard | G | 6-5 | 210 | Sr. | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
Reserves
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Year | PPG | .RPG | APG |
| 44 | Tyler Zeller | C | 7-0 | 240 | So. | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
| 24 | Justin Watts | G | 6-4 | 210 | So. | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| 2 | Marc Cambell | G | 6-0 | 175 | Sr. | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 31 | John Henson | F | 6-10 | 185 | Fr. | — | — | — |
| 34 | David Wear | F/C | 6-10 | 220 | Fr. | — | — | — |
| 42 | Travis Wear | F/C | 6-10 | 230 | Fr. | — | — | — |
| 5 | Dexter Strickland | G | 6-3 | 175 | Fr. | — | — | — |
| 15 | Leslie McDonald | G | 6-4 | 210 | Fr. | — | — | — |
| 14 | Terrence Petree | G | 6-1 | 165 | Sr. | — | — | — |
| 30 | Thomas Thornton | G | 6-3 | 180 | Sr | — | — | — |
| 35 | James Gallagher | F | 6-4 | 185 | Sr | — | — | — |
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