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North Carolina hasn't exactly been challenged thus far in ACC play, but it seems that's about to change just as the calendar flips to February. The second-ranked Tar Heels' best conference start in 15 years as well as a 12-game overall winning streak are on the line Monday night at Louisville, and the 16th-ranked Cardinals will be motivated to recover from easily their worst game of the season. This contest kicks off a three-game road stretch for North Carolina (19-2, 8-0), which faces No. 25 Notre Dame on Saturday. Continue to Article

January 31, 2016 9:05:pm EST

Virginia hasn't been nearly as good defensively this season as it has in the recent past, but the 11th-ranked Cavaliers were good enough Saturday to make No. 16 Louisville look completely overmatched and over-rated. The Cardinals always have relied on turnovers to fuel their offense under coach Rick Pitino and poor perimeter shooting has made them even more dependent on transition buckets this year. That wasn't a good formula against a disciplined Virginia team that doesn't turn the ball over and forces opponents to be efficient offensively. Continue to Article

January 30, 2016 3:29:pm EST

North Carolina coach Roy Williams is no fan of how ESPN touts NBA prospects playing in college games aired by the network. During his regularly scheduled news conference Friday, Williams went off topic to criticize the network for focusing ''about the frickin' green room'' - a reference to where prospects wait to hear their name called in the NBA draft - in January during the peak of conference play. Continue to Article

January 29, 2016 5:51:pm EST

North Carolina coach Roy Williams has long promised his teams that things would get tougher as they entered the conference schedule. It's taken a month for his second-ranked Tar Heels to reach that point in their Atlantic Coast Conference slate, thanks to a quirk in the schedule that loaded up the second half of the schedule with the teams to finish in the top third of the conference race. The Tar Heels (18-2, 7-0 ACC) are off to their best league start in 15 years, hardly a surprise for a team ranked No. 1 nationally in the preseason and picked to win the league title. Continue to Article

January 29, 2016 4:48:pm EST

Louisville hasn't shot the ball nearly as well over the past month as it did earlier in the season, but coach Rick Pitino scoffs at the notion that the 16th-ranked Cardinals aren't an accurate team. In a perfect example of contradiction, Pitino also said his squad's defensive play - among the best in the country in some key categories - isn't "great" after one so-so effort. Louisville has shown it can win defensive standoffs as well as high-scoring affairs going into its home matchup with No. 11 Virginia in ACC play Saturday. Continue to Article

January 29, 2016 3:58:pm EST

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