North Carolina came out with a 90-83 win against Louisville Tuesday, finally breaking their month-long road drought thanks to the team's resilience and the play of its upperclassmen.
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The Tar Heels came into this matchup riding a three-game win streak. But they were all at home. They haven’t won a road game since January 2 at Boston College.
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Here are three things North Carolina should keep in mind if they hope to take down Louisville in the KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday night.
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The Tar Heels beat their crosstown rival and decades-old foe, N.C. State, 100-80, on Saturday. Michael Jordan and members of the 1982 national championship team was celebrated at midcourt. And at halftime, former head coach Roy Williams was honored, and he told the crowd a phrase that summed up the afternoon: “North Carolina basketball is not about one person and certainly not one coach."
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“We’re hard to beat when we’re shooting the ball like that,” junior forward Armando Bacot said. “It was a lot of fun to see the guards hit shots and see everybody hitting shots.”
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After strong scoring performances in the Tar Heels’ first two games of the week, Love concluded a week of high-scoring games with 21 points on 6-16 shooting against the Wolfpack.
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“As good as we are shooting, there are going to be times throughout the year and particular games where you aren’t shooting the ball well and you’re not finishing around the basket,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “You’re gonna have to get stops and have to rely on the defensive end. Towards the end when we needed a stop we got the stops and when we needed a basket we made a basket.”
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“Honestly, there’s going to be some ugly games, obviously, we know we’ve got to get better moving forward, but I’m just glad we got the win,” senior wing Leaky Black said.
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Junior forward Armando Bacot continued his dominance on the glass finishing with 18 rebounds — seven coming on the offensive end — but the big man struggled from the field, finishing with six points on 1-10 shooting.
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With their current 8-10 record, the Eagles don’t pose a huge threat to the Tar Heels’ undefeated record at home. However, when looking closer at the statistics, Boston College is equal to — and even outranks — North Carolina in several areas. Here are a couple of areas the team needs to focus on to defeat Boston College on Wednesday.
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Every promising performance has been followed by an embarrassing defeat and then a solid win to rebuild the remaining hype surrounding the team. There is still time to salvage this season, but the first half of it has been far from pretty.
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“We started running sets where we had a lot of movement, and it just gave us an opportunity to drive,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “And when we drove, we made the right play finding guys out on the perimeter shooting threes.
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“It was one of those things you can’t describe,” graduate forward Brady Manek said. “It had everything to do with the game, the crowd and my teammates. It was a good feeling to have especially after not doing much for anybody in the first 35 minutes.”
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team (13-6, 5-3 ACC) defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies (10-9, 2-6 ACC) 78-68 on Monday night, advancing the team’s home’s record to 10-0.
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On Monday, North Carolina will look to pick up the steam again against a Virginia Tech team that has had some problems of its own this season, both in and out of conference.
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For the second game in a row, North Carolina failed to get its offense in any sort of rhythm, finding itself in too large of a deficit to get out of as the Tar Heels suffered another big loss 98-75 at the hands of Wake Forest.
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UNC’s shooting efficiency was less than ideal — a subpar 27-81 translating to 33 percent — and the team did not do itself any favors on the defensive end, as Wake Forest secured plenty of easy looks.
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North Carolina struggled out of the gates shooting just 6-20 from the field, but the Tar Heels only found themselves down 18-15 before the under-12 timeout.
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Harris missed the team's last two games against Georgia Tech and Miami, where he was listed as unavailable on both occasions. Though no reason was given by the team for his absense, Harris will continue to participate in team practices and activities.
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On Saturday night, the Tar Heels will look to regain their form against in-state ACC rival Wake Forest and maintain a level of consistency that has escaped the team all season.
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