North Carolina third baseman Kyle Datres is a rising star (Aaron Fitt)

Fall Report: North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Nobody should be surprised if North Carolina earns a top-10 ranking next year and plays its way to Omaha. After all, no program in college baseball has made more College World Series trips in the past decade than UNC. But after back-to-back seasons missing out on regionals, it might feel like the Tar Heels’ glory days were a long time ago — and nobody feels that more acutely than the Heels themselves.

“I sense there’s just a little chip on these guys’[…]