CHAPEL HILL — The drills have no hoops, and in some cases a cone sits on top of the basket, a setup North Carolina’s coaches hope will teach players that they win rebounds through positioning and effort. After the Tar Heels got outrebounded in their last two exhibition games, it happened again in Monday’s 80–72 opening-game win at the Smith Center over Western Carolina. The coaches are trying to fix the problem, but the progress was hard to spot.
