North Carolina secured their 27th win on Friday night with a 72-65 victory over the No. 4 seed Pittsburgh Panthers. That’s now 2-0 in the ACC Tournament for the top-seeded Tar Heels, and they will face NC State in the championship on Saturday. North Carolina hasn’t won a conference title since 2016, but this victory gets them one step closer to sweeping the ACC accolades. This back-and-forth battle left the Heels trailing at halftime, but RJ Davis and North Carolina proved to be too much for the pesky Panthers.
Here are three things we learned in this most recent W.