Two of college basketball’s most storied programs are set to clash Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse, as the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks take on the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels. Both teams are fresh off opening-season victories and will rekindle their rivalry in a rematch of the 2022 NCAA championship game, which saw Kansas capture the title.

Further, the Jayhawks have a substantial size and depth advantage in the frontcourt, as UNC will deploy 6-foot-10 Jalen Washington, who averaged eight minutes per game last season, to try and defend 7-foot-2 Naismith frontrunner Hunter Dickinson.

The Tar Heels offense should not be tamed by Hunter Dickinson and the rest of the Jayhawks stoppers, but Dickinson should still feast on the other side of the floor. That has Chris Hatfield's North Carolina vs.