Carolina is welcoming two incoming freshmen to the men’s basketball team.

Luke Maye and Kenny Williams make up the two-man 2015 recruiting class for the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball program. GoHeels.com’s Adam Lucas says the two freshmen are eager to get involved.

“They’re very respectful. They’re very happy to be at Carolina,” he says. “But they’re not just happy to be at Carolina. They’re looking forward to finding a way to contribute.

“They’re not coming here to just sit on the bench and wave a towel. They both believe they can play at this level.”

While neither Maye nor Williams are top-10 recruits that Tar Heel fans are used to at times, Lucas says the two may be perfect fits for a UNC roster that brings back nearly every piece of the team that went to the Sweet 16 last year.

Lucas says both Maye and Williams have been long-time Carolina followers. Maye’s father – Mark Maye – played quarterback at UNC under Dick Crum. And Kenny Williams is a Virginia native but grew up a Carolina fan. He initially committed to play for Shaka Smart at Virginia Commonwealth University, before Smart’s departure for the University of Texas.

“Luke Maye grew up hearing about Carolina from his parents,” Lucas says. “His mom, Amy, went to Carolina as well. She was a very good basketball player. She didn’t play at Carolina, but she was very good in the high-school ranks.”

“Kenny Williams, apparently, grew up a Carolina fan,” Lucas says. “And his high school coach says he wasn’t real clear on how Kenny turned down the Tar Heels the first time around.”

Williams reopened his recruitment after Smart left for Texas and quickly committed to UNC.

Lucas says the two rookies will bring different pieces to next year’s roster. First saying Maye has played his best so far against top competition.

“He does a little bit of everything,” Lucas says. “He can shoot the ball. He says he’s been working on getting to the basket. He led a top-100 camp, which is for the top 100 prospects in the country; he led that camp in rebounding last summer.”

And Lucas says Williams has a facet to his game that last year’s Carolina squad was missing.

“[Williams] really made his reputation as a shooter, but his high school coach, Troy Manns, says he’s been working really hard on getting to the basket and not just being a stand-still jump shooter,” Lucas says. “Of course, Carolina fans know Carolina needs a stand-still jump shooter so if that’s all he wants to do that’d be just fine as long as the ball goes in the basket.”

Lucas says neither of the freshmen will be asked to immediately be a major scorer or contributor, but they may be just the right pieces to complete UNC’s roster.

Maye and Williams have both enrolled at Carolina for the second summer session.

Lucas wrapped up his stories about Maye and Williams with both of the rookies saying they would be the hardest working players on the team.

While that may be necessary to get in shape to run Roy Williams’ offense, it also has to be music to the head coach’s ears.