Welcome in to another edition of the Rob Harrington Summer Series.

I'm Tommy Ashley.

That, of course, is Rob Harrington, the guy with all the information, all the knowledge, all the expertise here.

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Rob, it is, we're recording this on Monday, July 20th.

Last week, we talked about shooting and specifically three-point shooting with this new

North Carolina roster.

As folks that are watching on the YouTube can see a premium on rebounding as the topic here, Rob.

Just overall, I think when you look at this North Carolina team, I said last week, shooting and

rebounding are going to be the two, if there are glaring issues, maybe these are it.

But your overall thoughts before we dig in here on this important facet of the game, because

it can't rebound, you can't finish defensive possessions, you can't keep people off

the glass, you can't win. What's your

thought? I think there are two prongs to it. One is, yes, you identify this is probably going to be a

challenge for them at least early in the season and will dictate a lot of what Michael Malone has to do

in terms of rotations. Because as you said, if they can't protect the defensive glass,

you know, we're not even talking about the offensive glass necessarily, although that could be

important too. But if you can't protect the defensive glass, you're going to have a real

tough time beating the caliber of teams they're looking to beat. The other thing is I think it

will give us an opportunity to see part of how Michael Malone's

philosophies take shape in Chapel Hill because there are different ways to attack any rebounding

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