The UNC Basketball program landed prized-transfer [autotag]Pete Nance[/autotag] over the weekend and put the finishing touches on its roster for the 2022-23 season.
But, with a lot of star power back for the Tar Heels, what role will Nance be expected to play? For starters, he needs to try to replace some of the production lost with the departure of Brady Manek.
247Sports went through the ACC and took a look at each transfer addition for every program. Their take on Nance? An ‘elite role player’.
Landing Nance was a huge win for North Carolina. He’s not Brady Manek. Nance is a good 3-point shooter; Manek was a great one. But Nance can give North Carolina a little bit more than Manek in every other area of the game. He’s a much better defender with legitimate length and better-than-you’d-expect speed. Nance also gives Hubert Davis so many more options offensively. He can spot up in the corner when Armando Bacot is in the game, but Nance could also shift to the 5 when Bacot is out and UNC could feature some very athletic lineups with Puff Johnson at the 4 and Nance at the 5. Nance will be an elite role player for a North Carolina team with national championship aspirations.
Nance averaged averaged 14.6 points and 6.5 rebounds a season ago for Northwester, but his skillset goes beyond just those numbers.
He is a tremendous playmaker, someone who averaged 2.7 assists per game a year ago, too. That’s a skill that Manek was able to showcase last year for UNC, averaging 1.8 assists per game, a full assist higher than his previous career-high at Oklahoma.
Shooting is also where Nance can impact the UNC offense. He also shot 49.2 percent on 3.1 three point attempts per game. For reference, Manek shot 40.3 percent on 6.2 three point attempts last year.
Nance will be a tremendous asset for the Tar Heels and has the versatility to play multiple different roles for Hubert Davis and UNC.
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