Tar Heels thrive in three-game stretch, are better prepared for March

Posted Feb 12, 2018
North Carolina is the only team to win three games in five days in the ACC's regular season this year after beating Notre Dame 83-66 Monday. The Tar Heels are the only team that got pinned with the quick-turn schedule. "It thought it was a great challenge (but) I don't like it, I hope it never happens to us again," Roy Williams said. "I treated it like an opportunity." (WRAL Sports Fan)

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