North Carolina Will Debut its New-Look Front Line in Friday's Exhibition Against Top 10 BYU.

On Friday night in Salt Lake City, all eyes will be on BYU superstar freshman AJ Dybantsa.

Just in the last week, Dybantsa totaled 30 points in the No. 8 Cougars' first exhibition at Nebraska and was named an AP preseason All-American. He is projected to be the No. 1 pick in next summer's NBA Draft. 

And inside the Delta Center, the home of the Utah Jazz, Dybantsa will face No. 25 UNC in BYU's second exhibition Friday night.

"AJ's not only an outstanding player, he's also a really neat kid," UNC coach Hubert Davis said in a press conference this week. However, Davis made sure to not overlook the rest of the Cougars' roster considering multiple players return from a Sweet 16 run, adding, "BYU is not AJ Dybantsa. BYU is BYU, and it's a very good basketball teams."

At this time last year, the Tar Heels were a finalist during Dybantsa's recruitment before he chose the Cougars.

That recruiting loss happened at the beginning of a disappointing season for UNC, which lacked a reliable big man and was the last at-large team to make the NCAA Tournament in March. 

In order to rectify the Tar Heels' issues in the post — without the services of Dybantsa — the team landed transfer forwards Henri Veesaar (Arizona) and Jarin Stevenson (Alabama), plus another lottery-pick-caliber big man from the high-school ranks in Caleb Wilson.

Harkening back to familiar recipes for success under Dean Smith and Roy Williams, UNC's season will likely be primarily linked to how much improvement is show in the post. This is also the area that could be most telling — both positively or negatively — during the Tar Heels' exhibition with BYU.

Will Dybantsa cruise to another prolific performance or will UNC's new-look front line prove to bother him? The answer can be seen at 9 p.m. ET on Friday. The scrimmage will not be televised, but is streaming on ESPN+.

The Tar Heels' second — and final — exhibition will be against local HBCU Winston-Salem State next Wednesday night in Chapel Hill. Their regular-season opener is against Central Arkansas on Monday, Nov. 3.