UNC basketball’s RJ Davis lists key to winning at Duke, feelings about Tar Heels’ situation

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CHAPEL HILL — UNC basketball’s RJ Davis has a 2022 feeling about the 2024 Tar Heels.

Ahead of his fifth – and final – game against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Tar Heels’ fifth-year guard is experiencing a season similar to his sophomore year in Chapel Hill.

UNC (13-9, 6-4 ACC), which has lost three of its last four games, is on the NCAA Tournament bubble as it prepares to play the second-ranked Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0).

The Tar Heels were in a similar situation ahead of Coach K’s Cameron farewell in 2022, which ended with UNC earning a 13-point win on Coach K Court. That victory sparked a run to the national championship game in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

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This isn’t where the Tar Heels thought they would be at this point in the season, but they have an opportunity in Durham to show they’re capable of moving closer to their potential. Davis has seen it happen.

“Going into that game in 2022, our backs were against the wall. People didn’t really believe in us, but we believed in ourselves. That’s what got us over the hump, that’s what allowed us to make that run,” Davis said Thursday afternoon inside the media room at the Smith Center.

“That’s the same way I feel about this team right now. People are counting us out, people are not really believing in us. We’re having a hard time finishing out games strong, but I see it. I see the vision for the team, I see how we can beat great, how we can overcome this little obstacle that we’re going through. … We can literally have a flip of the switch for the season.”

Sticking with the 2022 script, RJ Davis said UNC coach Hubert Davis has shared a similar message to the one he told the…

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Author : The Fayetteville Observer

Publish date : 2025-01-31 09:04:00

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