North Carolina felt a sense of urgency from a weak NCAA Tournament resume going into its game against No. 15 Miami on Monday.
They’ll be downright desperate now after going cold from 3-point line in an 80-72 loss to the Hurricanes in the Dean E. Smith Center.
Miami (21-5, 12-4 ACC) represented one of the Heels’ dwindling chances for a quality win, and now they’re at a point where they can’t take too many more good losses, either. Saturday’s game at N.C. State and Feb. 25 against Virginia are currently the only two Quad 1 games in the NCAA Net rankings they have remaining. Duke in the regular season finale could possibly qualify by the time March 4 arrives, but that’s it.
