The junior varsity basketball team at the University of North Carolina is a two-year program that gives non-scholarship students the opportunity to continue their basketball careers at the collegiate level.

team occur every year prior to the beginning of basketball season in October.

team has not competed, putting a pause on one of the most cherished traditions in Chapel Hill.

[4] Following the 1972 NCAA rule change that made freshmen eligible for varsity action, the University of North Carolina kept its junior varsity team in place while most other schools across the nation disbanded their freshman teams.

[6] No other men's basketball programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference field a J.V.

Phil Ford, the second-leading scorer in North Carolina history, also served as a coach for the J.V.

The former head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team, Mike Fox, played for the J.V.

[7] Former Tar Heel assistant Doug Wojcik also served a stint as the J.V.