The North Carolina Tar Heels are back on the court Tuesday night as they continue Atlantic Coast Conference play. And they are out for revenge.
UNC begins a three-game road trip by heading to Pitt on Tuesday to face the Panthers and they have lost three straight to the program including two last season. The Panthers have had North Carolina’s number as of late, winning some close battles over the past two years under Jeff Capel.
For the Tar Heels, not only do they want to buck the trend of losing to the Panthers but they want to move to 2-0 in conference play and get this road trip off to a good start.
Coming off two wins including one over a ranked Oklahoma team and then a non-conference win, UNC sits at 9-3 overall and is the No. 8 team in the nation. Meanwhile, on the other side, the Panthers are 9-4 overall and 0-2 in ACC play early on.
Pitt lost to Clemson in early December and then most recently, lost to Syracuse at the end of December. Despite the struggles in conference play early, Pitt is a solid team that can be scrappy and is very capable of pulling off the upset as we’ve seen the past few years.