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Coach Bill Robinson talks about the #UNC rotation, which he says could go 9 or 10 deep
Aug 13, 2026
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I wrote this week about who I thought
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would start and most of it's pretty
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obvious.
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What's the lineup you expect from game
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one and how deep do you expect the
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rotation to be?
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>> I think the rotation could get to 10.
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I think Neo's going to play the point
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even though everybody, you know,
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obviously knows Terrence Brown's going
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to have the ball in his hands a ton.
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He wants to score every single time he
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touches it. I think he'll lead the team
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in scoring just because I think he takes
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more shots than anybody else. And Neo's
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more of a facilitator.
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I think Matt Abel is obviously your
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shooter. So you put those three at the
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three guard spots, whichever position
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you want to put them in. I still think
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Jaren Stevenson is your glue guy
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defensively. He can guard a lot of
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different people. And then I think the
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five is still pretty wide open.
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If they wanted to go small they could
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with Jaren. I know that's
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I got some pushback when people had
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mentioned that. When I've mentioned that
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people kind of argued with that and
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that's fine.
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I know as a coach I would love that
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lineup to have a small, quick, athletic,
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really defensive team that could fly
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around and guard everybody.
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I think Vance could start early with Kai
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Sotto coming in maybe later.
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And then
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Derroff, we don't know what's going on
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with Derroff. I He was at camp this
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summer but I didn't get a chance to see
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him play. So I love Kevin Thomas. I love
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Maximo Adams. I think those two are
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really going to be very influential. And
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I Isaiah Dennis shot the ball great this
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summer.
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So he and Jayden Young will fight for
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time at the at the guard spots but I
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think he could go
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at least nine deep.
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