UNC vs Miami: Three Things to Watch

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Even after an ugly conference win, things look less dire for UNC men’s basketball than they did after a couple of ugly conference losses. It only takes a look at last year’s UNC football team to realize that you need to win ugly and close before winning nice and big, and after a full season of close losses that piled on top of one another, Saturday’s win against Notre Dame feels like it can be a pivot point for this season if the Heels take it the right way.

Tomorrow, they take the road to Coral Gables for a game against a struggling and shorthanded Miami team with the opportunity to get back to .500 in ACC play and get a winning streak going to start off the new…