CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina showed off a new wrinkle with starting forward Pete Nance sidelined with a sore back against Notre Dame on Saturday. The Tar Heels looked big while playing small in their 81-64 win over the Fighting Irish in the Dean E. Smith Center.
Freshman guard Seth Trimble replaced Nance in the lineup and the Heels started the way they closed out strong in their win over Wake Forest. UNC coach Hubert Davis was comfortable enough with essentially playing a four-guard lineup that he had his players switching every pick on defense.
“What I was thinking was what could start us off in the best position defensively in terms of matching up with them,” Davis said. “Seth is a gifted defender. He played extremely well in the Wake Forest game, and we felt like we wanted to start the game like that.”
