Peay's View: Four Thoughts About The Tar Heels

Nine games into North Carolina's season, its defense has been regularly criticized for its performance. In the first four matchups of the year, it appeared the unit was worse than the season before, which prompted the termination of Jay Bateman.

However, while this group has had some historically bad stretches, one critical difference is between this unit and the 2021 rendition is its worst overall games came early in the season as opposed to the end.

So, how exactly is Gene Chizik's group now different from non-ACC opponents?