UNC Basketball: 5 questions facing the 2018-19 Tar Heels

Who fills the point guard slot?

For the first time in what seems like forever, North Carolina has a question mark at the point guard position. Over the past few years, much of the Tar Heels’ success has been predicated upon the presence of an elite lead guard to go with a dynamite frontcourt. As we look ahead to the 2018-19 roster, though, there does not seem to be a clear incumbent point guard to fill the void left by Joel Berry, who graduated after this past season. However, this does not mean that head coach Roy Williams is out of options for the role. In fact, there are three serious contenders to take on the starting point guard position.

In terms of returning talent, the top contender for the starting point guard role will be Seventh Woods. Now a rising junior, Woods has not lived up to the hype surrounding him coming out of high school to this point. Once a top-50 recruit in the 2016 class, Woods is yet to start a game (60 total contests appeared in) for the Tar Heels and is still a relative unknown on the court. At 6-foot-2, he has solid size for the point guard position but he is a major question mark.

Additionally, though, UNC basketball is bringing in two highly-touted recruits with point guard experience. First, 6-foot-5 Coby White projects as possibly the most talented lead guard on the roster. Rated as the No. 25 ranked recruit in the 2018 class, White is a talented scorer who is also capable of finding the open man. Then, 6-foot-7 (yes, you read that right) Rechon Black could be a matchup nightmare at the point. Although he is not quite as highly-touted as White, Black is still a top-100 recruit (No. 71 overall, to be exact) that is oozing with potential.

Of course, the issue with all three of these, though, is that they will likely not impact the game quite like Joel Berry or Marcus Paige have in recent years.