Cherry scores 32 as North Carolina ousts Pitt in ACC Tourney

After two straight losses, Duke’s ACC title hopes have disappeared but the Blue Devils are still playing for seeding in the ACC Tournament and two-round bye for the ACC Tournament is still a possibility for the Dukies.

Two Charlotte-area natives are helping the North Carolina Tar Heels have a fantastic season in 2016-17. It may go without saying, but the Tar Heels have to maintain focus with the ball at all times from now on.

It was a wakeup call.

“We lost early it wasn’t fun”, said Brown, who transferred to Duke past year. “Some of that is Miami, which they’re very good, and some of it is they’re humans”. If he can stay out of foul trouble (the largeness of this “if” cannot be overstated, given the player we’re talking about and the opposition he is facing), he has the potential to be a game-changer in this one. “It’s like they were weeks ahead of us”. Allen, though, came off the bench in favor of Frank Jackson, who had one of his better games of the year. “For us, that type of pressure is over”.

“Senior Day and Duke on the last game of the season usually has a lot of other things riding on it, so it complicates things trying to balance out one game, because that’s still what it is”. Duke is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 trips to North Carolina. Twice the Tar Heels gave the game away on the last possession.

“It’s the post-season, they aren’t the same team they were a week ago”, Brown said. In 2017, teams are chasing North Carolina. A win against Florida State helped get some momentum back, but that is nothing compared to the lift that the squad would get if it could take down its chief rival on Saturday evening.

He’s been relied upon in several big spots this year.

Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams sees it, too.

North Carolina is the best rebounding team in the country, leading the nation in every major rebounding category.

Breschi thinks the Tar Heels will be fine defensively and on special teams because they have close defenseman Austin Pifani and midfielder/faceoff specialist Stephen Kelly. North Carolina is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 20-7 ATS in their last 27 home games while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 home games.

“It’s going to be pretty exciting, knowing this is the last time (for a home game)”, Hicks said. Harry Giles might finally put things out there for the National Basketball Association scouts. SU did score two more threes than Duke, but it took them an additional 21 shots to do it.

“I’m a Ravens and Orioles fan and still remember when the Ravens were the first No. 6 seed to win it all”, he said. “It’s fitting that the entire tournament is in a different location, I’m on a different team and it’s a new experience for me”.