UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis and guard Elliot Cadeau Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

UNC Basketball Reveals Starting Five Versus Virginia

Originally posted on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI
By Matt Giles | Last updated Feb 22, 2025 3:54 PM ET

With only five games and three home outings left on their regular season schedule, fourth-year UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis and his Tar Heels (16-11, 9-6 ACC) host the Virginia Cavaliers (13-13, 6-9 ACC) at 4 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN2).

Ahead of the contest in Chapel Hill, the UNC basketball social media team posted the Tar Heels' starting lineup:

1 - Sophomore guard Elliot Cadeau

2 - Graduate guard RJ Davis

3 - Freshman forward Drake Powell

4 - Junior forward Ven-Allen Lubin

5 - Graduate forward Jae'Lyn Withers

Starting five Virginia pic.twitter.com/3ELIcYbB1B
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) February 22, 2025

UNC has won two straight: 97-73 over the visiting NC State Wolfpack on Wednesday night and 88-82 at the Syracuse Orange last Saturday.

Carolina is 68-9 at home vs. Virginia, including 26-6 in the Smith Center. pic.twitter.com/i8nQ6Sbw4R
— Carolina Basketball Stats & Info (@UNCMBBStats) February 22, 2025

Following the bout against the Cavaliers, the Tar Heels will gear up for a road test versus the Florida State Seminoles (16-11, 7-9 ACC) in the Tucker Center at 7 p.m. ET Monday (ESPN) before returning home to welcome the Miami Hurricanes (6-20, 2-13 ACC) to the Smith Center next Saturday.

This article first appeared on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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