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Art Chansky writes how UNC men’s basketball has upped its performance in its last three games. But the next three games matter just as much.

Thanks to comeback kids Ian Jackson and Jae’Lyn Withers, UNC men’s basketball earned a victory in the first of six must-win games.

One day from the tenth anniversary of Dean Smith’s death, UNC men’s basketball used solid defense to hold on for a 67-66 victory over Pitt.

Saturday’s drubbing at Duke was predictable, given the Blue Devils’ decided advantages of depth, superior size and talent this season.

Somehow, UNC men’s basketball avoided what would have been the most damaging loss of Hubert Davis’ head-coaching career on Saturday.

UNC men’s basketball suffered a bad loss to what turned out to be a better-coached opponent on the 39th birthday of the Dean Smith Center.

Jalen Washington is beginning to look like the player UNC men’s basketball had hoped he could be leading their presence in the paint.

Saturday’s UNC game was at Notre Dame, under the Golden Dome — but the Tar Heels had the luck of the Irish.

The eight days from Saturday to Saturday did not do much for the reputation of ACC football, or whatever is left of it.

Will the Tar Heels’ astonishing comeback victory over UCLA turn out to be a season-saver? That...