UNC Basketball: Tar Heels top CBS Sports' "Candid Coaches Series"

UNC Basketball is one of 12 teams selected by a group of 100 anonymous coaches as the most likely to win the 2023 National Championship. CBS Sports college basketball writers and Eye on College Basketball podcast hosts conduct a "Candid Coaches Series" every fall.

The first question released this fall is simply “who is the most likely team to win the 2023 NCAA Tournament?” The second question is ‘Which college basketball team will be the best in the country in 2022-23 season?'.

UNC basketball team won the CBS Sports' Candid Coaches Series. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander surveyed 100 college basketball coaches.

UNC basketball team won CBS Sports' "Candid Coaches Series". No school got more than 40% of the votes, one school received nearly 40%, and 12 teams received at least one vote.

UNC basketball team won CBS Sports' "Candid Coaches Series". No school got more than 40% of the votes.

There were 12 schools that received votes in CBS Sports' "Candid Coaches Series". Creighton, Duke, Kansas, Tennessee, UCLA, UVA, Arkansas, Baylor, Kentucky, Gonzaga, Houston and North Carolina are the schools who received the most votes.

There is a clear line of demarcation between UNC, Houston, and Gonzaga. If I were choosing a top five, Kentucky and Baylor would round it out. I would take Kentucky over Houston in the top three. Kansas gets a vote purely based on Bill Self. Duke is another young team that will win a lot of games, but they don't have enough returning veteran presence to be national champion caliber. Virginia will be BETTER this year, than last year.

There is a clear line of demarcation between UNC, Houston and Gonzaga. If I were choosing a top five, I would take Kentucky over Houston in the top three. Kansas gets a vote purely based on Bill Self. Duke is another young team that will win a lot of games, but they don't have enough returning veteran presence to be national champion caliber. Virginia will be BETTER this year, and will finish second in ACC.

The article contained quotes about the 2022-23 Tar Heels. Puff's development and the addition of Pete Nance are huge for this team. Nickel will have his moments and provide great offense off the bench, but his defense will keep him off of the floor. Brady Manek is gone. Nane will be very good but will play a different game than Maneks did last season.

Pete Nance, Puff Johnson and Tyler Nickel are returning starters for the team.

Hubert Davis has brought back and added all the pieces needed to replicate their run from last March. Brady Manek will be tough to replace.

Locked On Tar Heels host Isaac Schade discusses this topic in the last segment of this episode.