What UNC Has In Mind For Okafor

Essentially it's this: as much as possible, make his teammates win the game.

By JD King Feb 18, 2015, 4:06am EST

Only a freshman, Jahlil Okafor has been a handful for everyone.

There's no secret at all about what Duke's first line of attack is in every game: the game goes through Jahlil Okafor.

Therefore the question is how to stop him.

UNC has some things which the team is willing to discuss and of course some they're not.

Doubling worked for a while, but that changed when Justise Winslow got over his slump. Now everyone is a threat again.

As Brice Johnson puts it, "[h]opefully, he’ll kick it out and they won’t make that many shots."

Meanwhile, here's Barry Jacobs to explain why Duke-UNC is so late this year.