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CHAPEL HILL — That vexing pattern of No. 20 North Carolina building a big lead and giving most of it up nearly burned the Tar Heels on Thursday night. But Deja Kelly made four free throws in the final 15.7 seconds after UNC blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead before holding on for a 66–61 win at Carmichael Arena. But not before Miami sank five of its 12 3-pointers in the final quarter, and former Duke player Shayeann Day-Wilson led a fierce rally.
CHAPEL HILL — Playing in a baseball conference stacked with ranked teams requires stacking talent to stay competitive, and fourth-year North Carolina coach Scott Forbes brought in an impressive collection of newcomers to do that.
With a new quarterback and a new defensive coordinator, North Carolina will have four non-conference games to settle in next season before getting into league play with a game at Duke in the new 17-team ACC as the league announced the schedule Wednesday.
Co-hosts Desmond Johnson and R.L. Bynum recap the Wake Forest win, look ahead to the Florida State game, and talk about the Tar Heels’ potential and what is driving their nine-game win streak.
Carolina five-star recruits Ian Jackson and Drake Powell were named Tuesday to the McDonald’s All-American Game.
CHAPEL HILL — While RJ Davis’ 36 points were the most impressive part of No. 3 North Carolina’s 85–64 victory Monday over Wake Forest, the trend of solid defense and rebounding continues to be a big reason for the nine-game winning streak.
Predicting what a victory will do for No. 3 North Carolina’s NET ranking isn’t always easy. But one-sided wins have pushed the Tar Heels higher before, even a 45-point Quad 4 win over Charleston Southern earlier this season. That happened after UNC’s impressive 85–64 victory over Wake Forest on Monday night.
It was a huge night in the NBA for Harrison Barnes, Coby White and Leaky Black. Barnes and the Sacramento Kings shook off recent struggles, White came an assist shy of a triple-double in his best game of the season and Black made huge plays in the final seconds of Charlotte’s victory.
CHAPEL HILL — RJ Davis wouldn’t let No. 3 North Carolina go down against Wake Forest. The senior guard scored 23 of his career-high 36 points in the second half as the Tar Heels went from trailing by one at halftime to blowing out the Demon Deacons 85–64 Monday night at the Smith Center for their ninth consecutive victory.
The sixth season of Coach Mack Brown’s second stint as North Carolina’s coach will begin on the road with a game on Thursday night, Aug. 29, against Minnesota. That matchup was previously announced and is part of the ACC’s Week 1 schedule that the league announced Monday on ACC Network.
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