North Carolina looks a lot like the 2009 team that won the national championship. That team was also favored at the first of the year after all the players elected to return. It’s unusual for a top team to return all its players but Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Tyler Zeller – potential first round NBA picks last year – all decided to return to go after a national championship.

For Tar Heel fans, probably the only good thing about losing to Kentucky in the NCAA Elite Eight a year ago is that they’ll have another entire season to enjoy watching these players.

Sadly, no matter how good this team is, anything less than a national championship will be a disappointment. That pressure, along with integrating new talent into the chemistry of the team, will be the keys to the success of the 2011-2012 Tar Heels.

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