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It's a heavyweight matchup between the Heels and Hoos.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina showed off a new wrinkle with starting forward Pete Nance sidelined with a sore back against Notre Dame on Saturday. The Tar Heels looked big while playing small in their 81-64 win over the Fighting Irish in the Dean E. Smith Center.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Time was running out in the first half and N.C. State’s Jarkel Joiner was seemingly pinned deep in the left corner, unable to get off a final shot.

I was thinking the Penguins had a nice little turnaround after their early seven-game losing streak. The Steelers had one, too, going from 2-6 to 8-8. But those were minor reversals compared to what's happening with Pitt basketball.

PITTSBURGH — Once again, Jeff Capel’s team had its back against the wall.

College athletics changed incrementally for a long time. And then, in the past couple of years, it has changed all at once. Name, image and likeness rights, better known as “NIL,” have entered the college sporting lexicon. So has the phrase “the transfer portal.” A couple of years ago, neither…

As North Carolina head football coach Mack Brown walked out of Bank of America Stadium in early December, he was far more optimistic about the program than a 29-point loss to Clemson in the ACC championship game would suggest.

DURHAM, N.C. — Jaylen Blakes parlayed a career-best performance in an otherwise poor game for Duke before Christmas into his first career start for the Blue Devils on Saturday.

ATLANTA — To have a chance against No. 13 Virginia on Saturday, Georgia Tech needed to play at its peak. Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner had aimed to have his team primed for its first post-Christmas game, grinding players through a week of intense practice sessions to address weaknesses and…