Many fans have high expectations for UNC football and men's basketball for the upcoming seasons, but which team is under more pressure? WRALSportsFan's Lauren Brownlow has the answer in this edition of Brownlow's Twitter Mailbag.
THIS SEASON WELCOME BACK. MANY FANS HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR USC FOOTBALL AND MEN'S BASKETBALL FOR THE UPCOMING SEASONS. BUT WHICH TEAM IS FACING MORE PRESSURE THIS YEAR? LAUREN BROWNLOW ANSWERS THAT QUESTION AND MORE IN THIS WEEK'S PROMOTE MEL BACK. THIS QUESTION COMES TO US FROM MATTHEW CLEMENTS AT CLOONEY MP ON TWITTER. AND MATTHEW. >> JUST GO AS PART OF A HERE WHICH OVERHYPED UNC SQUAD WILL BE MORE DISAPPOINTING THIS YEAR. FOOTBALL OR MEN'S BASKETBALL. ARE WE TALKING LIKE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS LOOKING AT THIS FROM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE LIKE WHAT EACH TEAM SHOULD BE REASONABLY EXPECTED TO ACCOMPLISH. I MEAN, HOW FAR YOU HAVE TO GO WITH DRAKE MAYE, YOU KNOW, HEISMAN CANDIDATE QUARTERBACK, OBVIOUSLY IN SPITE OF THE RECORD LAST YEAR, FINISHING WITH SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING END TO THE SEASON FOR CAROLINA FOOTBALL. IF WE'RE SAYING CAROLINA FOOTBALL HAS TO GET TO WHAT WE SAY, 9 WINS FOR NOT TO BE A DISAPPOINTING SEASON. YOU CAN SEE THEM GETTING TONIGHT. NOW TO GET OUT OF THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES BASKETBALL HAVE TO DO FOR IT TO NOT BE DISAPPOINTING. THAT'S WHERE THIS GETS COMPLEX. FANS HAVE AN EXPECTATION, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S CERTAINLY MAKING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND A MINIMUM. SO. >> I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND I THINK CAROLINA FANS WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE TO SPLIT THAT OUT THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IF THEY HAVE TO SWEAT OUT THE INCIDENT LATE TOURNAMENT AGAIN, I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED. BOTH BY FANS AND BY OUTSIDERS AS A DISAPPOINTING SEASON CAROLINA SHOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO THE NON-CONFERENCE TO SORT OF BOLSTER ITS RESUME ENOUGH. ITS NET RANKINGS, SO TO SPEAK, TO TRY TO KEEP ITSELF IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT CONVERSATION. THEY DO SEEM TO WIN THOSE GAMES. THEY NEED TO WIN, WIN. MORE OF THOSE HIGH-PROFILE OPPORTUNITIES AND AVOID LOSING