Five games into the college basketball season, UNC battled St. Bonaventure in Fort Myers. Both teams entered undefeated, but only North Carolina stayed that way. The Tar Heels pulled away after a close halftime and surged to an 85–70 win. Now, they’re headed into a Thanksgiving Day showdown against Michigan State. But before that matchup, the opposing head coach had something to say!

“Yeah, they’re a different team. They got a hell of a player in Wilson. I do believe he’s every bit as good as they say. And they do have size. They’re 6’10 at the wing, for God’s sake. But they gotta guard us, too. It’ll be a great game. An incredible atmosphere. These kinds of games are what make basketball in November,” Tom Izzo said in his postgame press conference when asked about facing UNC.

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