Here are the top 15 Tar Heels since 2000 (each of these players started their careers in the 1999-2000 season or after) and a breakdown of each player represented on UNC’s all-quarter century squad.

The Tar Heels open the season on Nov. 3 against Central Arkansas and immediately follow that with the biggest game in Chapel Hill. UNC welcomes Kansas to the Dean Dome on Nov. 7.

The Tar Heels nonconference slate also includes a handful of local teams. UNC hosts NC Central (Nov. 14) and East Carolina (Dec. 22) in addition to Winston-Salem State (Oct. 29) in a preseason ...