The series record between UNC basketball and Kansas stands at 6-6. Again, though, the Jayhawks have won four straight against the Tar Heels, including their most recent meeting prior to Friday night, a 72-69 Kansas victory in the 2022 national championship game.

The North Carolina Tar Heels opened their men's college basketball season on Monday against Elon at home taking their first win of the year and momentum into this weekend where they took on the top-ranked team in the country in one of the hardest arena's to play in college basketball.

In any team's first game of the college basketball season, there's expected to be a little – or a lot – of rust. When you're the North Carolina Tar Heels, an expected ACC contender playing against Elon at home,