Kansas Likely Without Former NC State Guard vs. UNC Basketball

UNC basketball's last clash against a top-ranked squad was a road win over the Blue Devils.

Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self and UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis / Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

Shakeel Moore, who began his college career as a top on-ball defender off the bench for UNC basketball rival NC State as a freshman, hasn't made his Kansas regular season debut since transferring from Mississippi State for his graduate campaign in Lawrence.

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And it now sounds like the 6-foot-1, 190-pound guard from Greensboro, N.C., won't be on the floor when the No. 1 ranked-Jayhawks (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) host Hubert Davis' No. 9 Tar Heels (1-0, 0-0 ACC) in Allen Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. ET Friday (ESPN2).

As Kansas insider Sam Lance reported on Thursday afternoon, Jayhawks head coach Bill Self told the media that Moore, dealing with a foot injury he sustained back in August, did not practice on Wednesday and probably won't play versus UNC.

Bill Self said Shakeel Moore did not practice yesterday and probably will not play vs. UNC. #Kubball

— Sam Lance (@slancehoops) November 7, 2024

UNC basketball is 6-6 in its all-time series with the Jayhawks. However, Kansas has emerged victorious in each of their past four meetings, including the 2022 national championship game.

The Tar Heels have not faced a No. 1 team in the Hubert Davis era. No, the last time the program battled a squad that sat atop the AP Top 25 was on Feb. 20, 2019, an 88-72 road win by former Kansas head coach Roy Williams' UNC basketball squad over archrival Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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