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Know Your Opponent: Elon

Official Site of the Tar Heels | November 20, 2019

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Elon (ElonPhoenix.com)
Location: Elon, N.C.
Rankings: No. 325 KenPom, NR AP
Record: 2-2
Carolina Series History (Last Meeting): Carolina leads 19-4 (Carolina 116, Elon 67, Nov. 9, 2018, Elon, N.C.)

The promise of a season in a new arena with a senior-laden roster quickly evaporated for Elon in 2019. The Phoenix slumped to its worst record in nearly a decade and head coach Matt Matheny was not retained after 10 years at the helm.

Enter Mike Schrage (pronounced SHRAWG-ee), a career assistant with stops at Duke, Ohio State, Butler and Stanford who cut his teeth as a student assistant under Bob Knight at Indiana.







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