As Carolina basketball continues its development into a respectable team worthy of an at-large tournament berth, I think it’s worth taking a look at how its two freshman point guards are developing. Robbed of a typical summer to prepare for the rigors of ACC play, Caleb Love and R.J. Davis were instead thrown into the deep end with minimal time to acclimatize to the college game.
When Roy Williams began the season with both freshmen in the starting lineup, Tar Heel fans could be forgiven for filling their heads with visions of Marcus Paige and Joel Berry (or at least Nate Britt and Seventh Woods?