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UNC Basketball: Outlook for Carolina’s backcourt in 2019-20

By Alec Lasley

FORT MYERS, FL - DECEMBER 21: Cole Anthony #3 of Oak Hill Academy drives to the basket against Imhotep Charter High School during the City Of Palms Classic at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on December 21, 2018 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
FORT MYERS, FL - DECEMBER 21: Cole Anthony #3 of Oak Hill Academy drives to the basket against Imhotep Charter High School during the City Of Palms Classic at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on December 21, 2018 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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FORT MYERS, FL – DECEMBER 21: Cole Anthony #3 of Oak Hill Academy drives to the basket against Imhotep Charter High School during the City Of Palms Classic at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on December 21, 2018 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
FORT MYERS, FL – DECEMBER 21: Cole Anthony #3 of Oak Hill Academy drives to the basket against Imhotep Charter High School during the City Of Palms Classic at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on December 21, 2018 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

UNC basketball has had a lot of shakeup in their backcourt over the last week, so we examine their games, and how they will all gel.

In what may have been the biggest 10-day span for recruiting in UNC basketball history, the Tar Heels secured four commitments, two of which being less than 48 hours apart.

Three of those players were guards as North Carolina heads into next season with a major change in the backcourt.

With the departure of Seventh Woods transferring elsewhere, he joined Coby White – leaving for the NBA – and Kenny Williams – graduation, as the guards who will no longer be in a Carolina uniform next season.

Enter Cole Anthony, Christian Keeling, Anthony Harris, Justin Pierce, and Jeremiah Francis bringing a lot of the same qualities that the former backcourt rotation brought the game in and game out.

Including Brandon Robinson and Leaky Black, there is no question that the backcourt will be the strength of the Tar Heels next season, with both depth and skill, but it’s a matter of how all of their games and specialties will gel with each other.

Chemistry is the most important part of college basketball, and a great and experienced backcourt is somewhat that can’t be overlooked.

Let’s break down each guards game and how they will be able to play with one another, in what should be one of the best backcourts in the country and most exciting.

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