The biggest winners and losers in college basketball this week

It's a pretty safe bet that the North Carolina Tar Heels will be among the top basketball teams in the country during any given season, but this year posed some serious questions for Roy Williams' squad. The veteran head coach — who has been at the helm in Chapel Hill since 2003 — lost five of his leading scorers from last season. Luckily for the North Carolina faithful, his five-star recruit pickups have already proven that they're plenty able to help pick up the slack. Cole Anthony — the superstar freshman point guard who was the second overall recruit in the class of 2019 — dropped a cool 34-point, 11-rebound double-double in his Tar Heel debut against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, racking up more points than any ACC freshman all-time in his debut game. North Carolina won't face a ranked opponent until December but expect Anthony to continue producing highlight-reel play after highlight-reel play in the interim.

Source: Business Insider

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