Lessons Learned from North Carolina's exhibition win over Winston-Salem State

The Tar Heels were too much for the Rams in their final tune-up to the 2025-26 season.
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The UNC basketball program won its second and final exhibition game of the 2025-26 season with a convincing 95-53 win over Winston-Salem State University. It was a win as loud as famous WSSU alum Steven A. Smith, with the Tar Heels never really needing to go higher than second gear to get the win.

North Carolina is still without Luka Bogavac, and his status remains unresolved as the regular season begins on Monday. It didn't matter against the Rams, and likely won't against season-opening opponent Central Arkansas, but Kansas is the second game of the season, and Tar Heel Nation is tired of losing to the Jayhawks.

Let's dive into some lessons learned from the last exhibition game of pre-season.

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