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UNC Basketball: Fighting Irish vs. Tar Heels game preview

By Brandon Griffin

Jan 31, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams reacts in the first half at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 31, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams reacts in the first half at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Freshman Spotlight

Jan 28, 2017; Coral Gables, FL, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Tony Bradley (5) reacts during the second half against the Miami Hurricanes at Watsco Center. Miami won 77-62. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 28, 2017; Coral Gables, FL, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Tony Bradley (5) reacts during the second half against the Miami Hurricanes at Watsco Center. Miami won 77-62. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /

Notre Dame: G Temple Gibbs

Temple Gibbs had 12 points and three rebounds in 19 minutes of play during the home loss to Duke. The 12 points were one shy of a season high. Gibbs gets the mention here as Notre Dame is an upperclassmen team like the Tar Heels.

UNC has also had some freshmen break out against them, most notably Bruce Brown of Miami, Ky Bowman of Boston College, and Josh Okogie of Georgia Tech.

Could Gibbs be the next to do so?

North Carolina: F Tony Bradley

To be fair, no Tar Heel freshman had a good game against Pitt. The three combined for two points, four rebounds, and three assists in 16 minutes of action. Almost all of that production came from Bradley.

Notre Dame is running with a smaller team, so Bradley getting major minutes may be not be the best thing. However, with Seventh Woods and Brandon Robinson not producing at high levels, Roy Williams may have no choice but to stay big, putting greater expectations on Bradley.

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