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UNC Basketball: Five Bold Predictions For 2019-20

By Alec Lasley

CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 16: The mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels in action against the Syracuse Orange during their game at the Dean Smith Center on January 16, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 16: The mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels in action against the Syracuse Orange during their game at the Dean Smith Center on January 16, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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COLUMBUS, OHIO – MARCH 24: The North Carolina Tar Heels reacts to a play against the Washington Huskies during their game in the Second Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OHIO – MARCH 24: The North Carolina Tar Heels reacts to a play against the Washington Huskies during their game in the Second Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

2. No current member of the Tar Heels will lead them in scoring

Losing Luke Maye, Cameron Johnson, Kenny Williams, Nassir Little, and Coby White leaves a lot to be desired for the Tar Heels as nobody other than those five led Carolina in scoring in any game this past season.

Though Roy Williams does return seven players who saw regular action last year, none of them will lead Carolina in scoring.

Enter big man Armando Bacot. The McDonald’s All-American is a big body that will cause headaches for coaches in the ACC for at least a couple of years, but he will not be that type of player consistently next year either.

So who leads Carolina in scoring next year? There are a couple of possibilities, but none of them are on Carolina’s roster or signed to come in next year.

Option one: Cole Anthony 

Already mentioned earlier, Anthony is a top level talent who will make an immediate impact. Again though he isn’t signed with Carolina for the fall, almost all signs point to him coming to Chapel Hill.

Option two: Rayjon Tucker

Someone many of you have probably never heard of but is an electrifying scorer. Tucker is a graduate transfer from Arkansas-Little Rock who averaged 20.3 points and 6.7 rebounds a game last season. Another impressive feat, he shot near 50 percent from the field and 41 percent from deep.

With scoring outputs of 21 against Nevada, 29 against Memphis, and 16 vs Georgetown, he shot a combined 54 percent from the field, all being on the road.

Ranked 37th in the country in three-point percentage, he made 72 threes on the year, which would have ranked third on this past year’s squad.

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