UNC Basketball: This year’s Tar Heels compared to last year’s team

The 2015-16 North Carolina Tar Heels were several seconds away from winning the national championship. Villanova’s Kris Jenkins sank a three-point field goal with no time remaining in the title game. His shot ended a remarkable season for UNC….. but they are back this year

Enter the 2016-17 season.

North Carolina believed that they were capable of getting back to the Final Four; let alone winning a national championship.

Although a few key players graduated, the bulk of last year’s runner-up team came back this season. The coaching staff has not changed.

The only slight change was a little more detail to the basketball jerseys.

The Tar Heels were a preseason top 10 team.

The preseason favorites to win the national championship were Villanova, Kansas and Duke. None of these teams are in the 2017 Final Four. However, North Carolina is.

Looking at last year’s squad versus this year’s team, you will notice similarities and differences.

For instance, the 2015-16 Tar Heels finished the season with a 33-7 record. Currently, this year’s team has a 31-7 record. In consecutive years, both teams have gone to the Final Four.

Hopefully, the outcomes for this year’s team will differ from last year’s team.

As for other comparisons and differences, let’s take a look.