CHARLOTTE — If UNC basketball needed a bucket in a big moment over the last few seasons, everyone in the gym knew RJ Davis was going to be the first option for the Tar Heels .

With the 2024 ACC Player of the Year and third-leading scorer in ACC history no longer in Chapel Hill, fifth-year coach Hubert Davis has to find a new go-to guy on a 2025-26 roster that includes 11 newcomers around senior guard Seth Trimble.

So, with RJ Davis out of the picture, who’s going to take the final shot for the Tar Heels this season?

“The guy who’s gonna make it,” Hubert Davis said with a laugh inside the Hilton Charlotte Uptown during ACC Tipoff, the conference’s annual basketball media days ahead of the 2025-26 season.

“I don’t know, but I think we have a number of guys that can shoot it and ca

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