Reasons Why If UNC Beats Clemson They Should Be In The Playoff

In the Tar Heels’ biggest game so far this season, the senior guard led his team with 20 points, as No. 9 UNC upset No. 2 Maryland 89-81 in Tuesday’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge contest at the Smith Center. But the Terrapins (6-1) hung around.

NO. 4 KANSAS 94, LOYOLA 61: Wayne Selden Jr. scored 18 points, Perry Ellis added 15 and Kansas used a big second-half run to rout Loyola in Cheick Diallo’s much-anticipated debut with the Jayhawks. It’s a game Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora, and those players who were around to experience it, haven’t forgotten. The Terps missed 13 of their last 17 shots, including eight of their last 10. This is something that will plague Maryland for the next few months and could cost them a few more games. “It was just fortunate for us it was in our building”. “I think I’ve got the best backcourt in the country”. “We got better tonight”.

For the first time in history, the ACC championship game will be featuring two teams that finished the regular season undefeated in conference play (UNC’s only loss came to non-conference foe SC at the beginning of the season), and it will be the first time in four years the ACC championship will not be featuring the Florida State Seminoles.

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“I didn’t get a chance to stay No. 1”, Paige said. Justin Jackson, the sophomore forward, made a 3-pointer that broke a tie, too, and Berry’s three – the one that gave UNC a nine-point lead with five minutes to play, might have been the most important shot of the game.

North Carolina will next lace ’em up on Sunday as they welcome in-state rival Davidson to the Dean Dome while Maryland will return home to take on St. Francis (PA) on Friday night. The talent is certainly there and anyone who thinks they are overrated is basically insulting North Carolina as well considering they were the preseason number one to start the year. UNC has been so successful lately by gaining momentum right away; they have put up points on their opening offensive drive in four of their last five games (three TDs, one FG).

“Genuine is the first word that comes to mind”, Turner said.

As for his battle with Paige, Trimble said, “I really didn’t get involved with that. I just had to move on”. “We’ll probably go back up a couple spots. Coach Turgeon wanted me to be aggressive and it was kind of going back and forth”.

The Terrapins didn’t seize the lead again for the remainder of the contest, as Paige scored 13 second-half points to help the Tar Heels (6-1) earn the win.

But Clemson’s has practicing all season, Lawson said, against their own high-flying attack, which leads the ACC in total yards this season and can be as quick-strike as the Tar Heels. In the hallway, when the two walked past each other, Fedora smiled a wide smile at Logan and patted him on the back. And Turner is one of 16 Tar Heels earning All-ACC honors, getting named to the conference’s First Team. Longtime former coach and Hall of Famer Gary Williams was in the stands.

The high-level game did the rest. So they are similar players, very similar to me.

North Carolina’s Theo Pinson (1) and Joel James (42) defend as Maryland’s Damonte Dodd (35) and Jared Nickens (11) reach for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Dec…