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Jon Scheyer and Duke had little sympathy for their struggling rivals on Wednesday. The eighth-ranked Devils handed Carolina a 64-54 loss, dropping the Tar Heels to 2-7 in the ACC.

Clemson's Demontez Stitt had a dream so clear and vivid the night before facing No. 12 North Carolina, he had to call someone as soon as he could.

"I woke up this morning, called my mom, texted a couple of people," Stitt said. "I told them that I had a dream where I had a good game against the Tar Heels, we won by a lot and everybody stormed the court." "You know what...

Can Pitt clinch its first 10-win season since the days of Dan Marino? Or will North Carolina's 6th-ranked defense prevail?

The Panthers and Tar Heels are going at it now in the Meineke Bowl.

North Carolina kept running the court, knocking down shot after shot and building a big lead that Michigan State never would erase.

Sound familiar? Eight months after beating the Spartans to win the national championship, the 10th-ranked Tar Heels did it again to No. 9 Michigan State.

This time, they got career-best scoring performances from sophomores Ed Davis and Larry Drew II in Tuesday...

Isiah Thomas stood on the sideline and ordered his undersized Florida International team to spread the court against the defending national champions.

That's when North Carolina's Deon Thompson walked over and teasingly asked why Thomas had to make the bigger Tar Heels defend so much on the perimeter.

North Carolina started fast, stepped off the gas for a little while, but the outcome of the 2009 men's NCAA Championship game was never in doubt.

The Tar Heels set a record for points in the first half en route to an 89-72 win against Michigan State on Monday and won their fifth NCAA title in the process, tying Indiana for third most among all schools.