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UNC at Pittsburgh: Three Things to Watch

UNC, after a rocky start to the season, is quietly one of the hottest teams in the ACC right now. In their past six games, the Heels have gone 5-1, with their only loss a tight road contest with surging Florida State. That’s the second-best mark in that span in the conference, tied with the Noles and second to 6-0 Virginia. Carolina is playing noticeably better basketball than they were at the beginning of the season, as one usually expects from a Roy Williams team at about this time (shout-out to Al for this timely reminder about time), but that’s still impressive given what we’re seeing from a lot of other traditionally very good teams this year, in this weirdest of seasons (Duke, if anything, might be getting worse!