Hubert Davis Catch-all

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And yes, he totally missed on the 03 class missing on all his big men targets (Padgett, Butch, Kleiza, Watkins, and Taft IIRC).
The rumor at the time is that by the time 2003 class was making visits/decisions that the players were warning recruits against coming to Carolina.

The only real recruit we got in the class was Reyshawn Terry and he was a lifelong Carolina fan from Winston-Salem.
 
Said it on a thread earlier today but this was the type of demoralizing blowout loss I was hoping we could avoid tonight because of what it might mean for the rest of the season. Just hope the team doesn’t completely roll over in the closing stretch. Moribund Syracuse as the next opponent is a good scheduling break to get some momentum back.
I hope. But given how our first game against them ended with them going on that huge run I'm not taking anything for granted. Without Caleb and Henri I think no game is an easy or certain win, even at home. And even with Caleb and Henri we've struggled in some games where we should have done better, which of course is one of the criticisms that Hubert's critics have kept pointing out, with justification.
 
Assuming HD is back next year there is a ton of work to do in the portal,.especially if HV leaves. Hopefully the back channeling has begun, like we did with Henri last year.
 
I saw this post on IC. Alarming.

Hard facts and data in the Hubert Davis era, no opinions or subjective views:

NCAAT Seeds:
2022 - 8 seed
2023 - missed tournament
2024 - 1 seed
2025 - 11 seed
2026 - 7 seed (projected)

KenPom finishes:
2022 - 16th
2023 - 43rd
2024 - 9th
2025 - 31st
2026 - 34th (currently)

ACC conference standings:
2022 - 3rd
2023 - 7th
2024 - 1st
2025 - 5th
2026 - 7th (currently)

% of weeks ranked since 2022:
Houston 100%
Purdue 97%
Tennessee 97%
Duke 93%
Kansas 93%
Arizona 88%
UConn 88%
Gonzaga 86%
Alabama 84%
Kentucky 83%
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UNC 49%

Records and historical data points:
-2022-2023: first team to miss the NCAAT after starting the season preseason number 1 in the AP Poll
-2025-2026 - NC State 82 - 58 UNC: worst loss to NC State in 64 years
-2024-2025: 11 seed is the worst seed in UNC basketball program history
-2021-2022 - Kentucky 98 - 69 UNC: worst loss to Kentucky in 72 years and the second worst loss in the history between the 2 programs
-2021-2022 - Kansas 72-69 UNC (40-25 at halftime): largest halftime lead blown in a national title game in the history of college basketball
-2025-2026 - SMU to Cal stretch of games: worst rated KenPom defense since KenPom started in 2004
-2024-2025 - Ole Miss 74-64 UNC (44-26 at halftime): second largest halftime deficit in an NCAAT game in UNC basketball program history
-2021-2022 - Wake Forest 98 - 76 UNC and Miami 85 - 57 UNC: largest back to back losses in ACC conference play in UNC basketball program history
 
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