After dropping two of three games the week prior and dropping to #7 in the AP Poll, UNC pulled out a shaky win in Coral Gables against the Miami Hurricanes. They now conclude the road trip by traveling up to the opposite end of the conference, geographically speaking, to play the Syracuse Orange in the newly named JMA Wireless Dome.
The Heels got out to big leads against Miami, but were unable to push the kill switch multiple times and sweated out a 75-72 win. A road game in conference is never easy, but it certainly can’t hurt UNC fans’ spirits that this is the second meeting of these two teams and the first one went in UNC’s favor by over 30 points and the Heels hitting the century mark.