North Carolina will travel to Raleigh on Saturday for a matchup at N.C. State University, who the Tar Heels defeated 100-80 in the Dean E. Smith Center last month.
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Bacot and Manek have looked good together all season, and on Monday, the pair was just what the Tar Heels needed to secure a 70-63 win over Louisville.
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After just one day of rest and playing almost 39 minutes without either team establishing a comfortable lead, the Tar Heels were tested against Louisville. But despite the challenges, North Carolina escaped with a 70-63 win.
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Graduate transfer forward Brady Manek led the scoring effort for North Carolina, finishing with 17 points in 33 minutes of action, while also grabbing three rebounds and dishing two assists. Davis and sophomore guard Caleb Love finished close behind with 16 points apiece.
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Against a Louisville team that has little to no chance of participating in the tournament this March, a loss would be detrimental to the Tar Heels’ postseason dreams. North Carolina must play like its season is on the line because it just might be.
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The Tar Heels were able to hold on to a 65-57 victory thanks to one of their better defensive performances of the season.
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“I would say this is a very resilient group,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “Another characteristic of who we are is that we have games where it’s not good. So my hope is that those types of games will never happen again the remainder of the season.”
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In a near must-win game, the North Carolina men’s basketball team (19-8, 11-5 ACC) defeated Virginia Tech (16-11, 8-8), 65-57, to bolster its NCAA Tournament chances.
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The UNC men's basketball will have the opportunity to return to the win column on Saturday when it takes on Virginia Tech. A win would go a long way to legitimizing the rest of the season while a loss could send the team further down in the rankings and compromise its fight for a tournament spot. There are a few things that they will have to accomplish if they want to leave Blacksburg victorious.
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“We just didn’t play the way that I hoped, anticipated, thought that we would play," head coach Hubert Davis said. "With so much to play for, so much motivation to compete and to have fun. Just very disappointed.”
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“Pitt came in with the game plan and the mindset to be physical, to make this a very tough and will-and-want-to type of game,” head coach Hubert Davis said.
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With the Panthers entering the game as one of the bottom five teams in the ACC, this game was an important one to win if UNC had hopes of making the tournament.
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team return to the Dean E. Smith Center against Pitt, which ranks in the bottom five of ACC teams. Here are several things UNC must focus on to be successful against the Panthers on Wednesday.
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"It’s our time to unseat the Cameron Crazies and become nationally recognized as the best fans in college basketball."
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In the opening 20 minutes on Saturday, UNC simultaneously displayed its highly-touted offensive and defensive potential — arguably for the first time this season. Even in a second half where the Seminoles outscored the Tar Heels by nearly 20 points, the home team still had 20 more to spare in a lopsided 94-74 win. “We wanted to be the first ones to make a statement, and I thought we did that,” RJ Davis said.
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Despite missing a slam dunk attempt, Caleb Love led all players in scoring with 18 points in a victory against Florida State on Saturday. Love made a career-high six three pointers, ending his recent shooting slump.
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Paced by a commanding 18-0 run to start to the game, the North Carolina men’s basketball team (18-7, 10-4 ACC) ran away from Florida State (13-11, 6-8 ACC), to pick up a 94-74 win on Saturday afternoon in the Dean E. Smith Center.
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Strong, consistent defense and a successful performance at the free-throw line will be essential if UNC basketball wants to be victorious against Florida State.
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"As much as I love this University and basketball, being in the middle of a health crisis is where our family is right now and it's where I need to be," Garcia said in a statement.
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“I wish people would talk about how this group continues to bounce back,” men's basketball head coach Hubert Davis said. “I hope people can see and can be proud of these kids, and how hard they fight and how hard they compete and the consistency of them bouncing back every time they get knocked down.”
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