The Tar Heels were cruising in the second half, then decided to ramp up the stress levels to 100.
After the loss to SMU a week ago, the UNC basketball program looked primed to beat Wake Forest by double-digits for win No. 500 in the Dean Dome. But a second-half surge from the Demon Deacons had Tar Heel Nation huffing and puffing into a paper bag before enough timely free throws and solid defense salted the win away.
A get-right win was in the cards, but survival would have to do in the end.