Preview: UNC vs South Carolina

North Carolina vs South Carolina, 6:00, ESPN

Year Four of the Larry Fedora Era.

The N&O's Andrew Carter postulated that this might be the most important game of Fedora's UNC tenure. To some extent Carter has a point. It might not necessarily be the most important but certainly could prove a turning point. It has been 18 years since the Tar Heels won nine or more games in a season, A win to open the season over South Carolina not only gets UNC heading in the right direction to finally breakthrough but would also signal this team is capable and competitive.

Much of the focus heading into this game has been on the defense. Larry Fedora brought Gene Chizik in to fix one of the worst defenses in…