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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina offered the first glimpse of the talent and experience that has made it seemingly everyone's preseason pick for No. 1.
Tyler Hansbrough, the reigning national player of the year, and Danny Green turned in big scoring efforts in the Tar Heels' intrasquad scrimmage Friday night, part of the annual "Late Night with Roy" show that serves as the ceremonial kickoff to the season.
But North Carolina also got a strong performance from lanky 7-foot freshman Tyler Zeller, who paired with Hansbrough up front and seemed to find himself around the ball just about all night.
Zeller unofficially finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds in the scrimmage, showing a good shooting touch from about 15 feet while pulling down five defensive boards in the first 3½ minutes.
"Tyler really runs the floor well," senior guard Bobby Frasor said of Zeller. "In practice, he just gets out and he can beat some of the guards down the floor, and that's an amazing quality for a 7-footer to have."
This was one of the last pressure-free moments for a team widely picked to win the national championship. The 20-minute public scrimmage followed a 40-minute show complete with jokes, dancing and skits by the players, and pyrotechnics -- all while Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams and his assistants watched and laughed from the bench.

ESPN - Skits, laughs give way to spirited scrimmage as UNC shows its stuff - Men's College Basketball