{"id":114588,"date":"2025-09-03T02:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/114588\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:23:14","slug":"unc-basketball-coach-hubert-davis-speaks-out-on-team-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/114588\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis speaks out on team expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) &#8212; It was a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/tcu-spoils-bill-belichicks-unc-coaching-debut-48-14-trouncing-tar-heels\/17715915\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rough Monday night<\/a> for University of North Carolina fans, but there&#8217;s always basketball to look forward to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Tuesday, UNC men&#8217;s basketball head coach Hubert Davis met with the media for the first time since the Tar Heels&#8217; NCAA tournament exit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">With the help of new general manager Jim Tanner, UNC has retooled its roster, spending more than $14 million in its quest to bring home a seventh national title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There are 10 new players. Six are transfers, three are true freshmen, and one is an international talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As Davis enters his fifth year on the job, he&#8217;s chasing consistency in the win column, in the banner column, and ultimately in the brand of ball that is displayed on the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">When asked whether he was feeling any sort of pressure, Davis said yes, he was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;There is a pressure and an expectation for us to be good this year,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;The standard is at the highest here, and I always talk to the guys that the standard is the standard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Tar Heels&#8217; first official day of practice is set for Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Watch Davis&#8217; full remarks in the video above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stay on top of breaking news stories with the ABC11 News App<\/a><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) &#8212; It was a rough Monday night for University of North Carolina fans, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[81479,64,63,726,65937,85],"class_list":["post-114588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-81479","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-priority","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}