Lucas: 500

UNC won the program's 500th game in the Dean Smith Center on Saturday, outlasting Wake Forest. Pack 21,750 people into the Smith Center and it felt more like one of those winter nights at Carmichael Auditorium when Lefty Driesell would accuse Smith of turning up the heat. It was the perfect salute to the man whose name adorns the building. (GoHeels.com)

Tar Heels 'take foot off pedal,' survive rough final minutes to beat Wake Forest

Just when it looked like North Carolina would coast to its 500th Smith Center victory, it nearly slipped away. Hubert Davis talked like a coach trying to explain a loss. UNC pulled out an 87–84 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night, but it blew a 15-point lead with 9:50 left. Davis said the intensity that earned that lead was missing in the final minutes. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Box Score: North Carolina 87, Wake Forest 84

View the complete box score from the No. 17 North Carolina Tar Heels' 87-84 victory over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday night at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill. (View Box Score)

Video: Hubert Davis Post-Wake Forest Press Conference

North Carolina head men's basketball coach Hubert Davis speaks with the media following the No. 17 Tar Heels' 87-84 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night at the Smith Center. (View Video)

Video: UNC Men's Basketball Slides Past Wake Forest, 87-84 - Highlights

Henri Veesaar scored 25 points and grabbed 9 rebounds while Caleb Wilson posted his 11th double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds as the No. 17 Tar Heels held on to beat Wake Forest 87-84 on Saturday night in Chapel Hill. Jaydon Young came off the bench to score 12 for UNC. Check out the highlights. (View Video)

Lucas: UNC vs. Wake Forest Rapid Reactions

North Carolina won its 11 straight game in the Smith Center this season by toppling Wake Forest, 87-84. The Heels are now 27-5 in the building against Wake. It wasn't easy. The Heels squandered a sizable second-half lead and watched Wake cut it to two on multiple occasions. But the Heels made just enough free throws down the stretch to seal it. (GoHeels.com)

Video: UNC Players Post-Wake Forest Locker Room Interviews

UNC Basketball players Seth Trimble, Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar, and Jaydon Young speak with reporters following the Tar Heels' 87-84 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night at the Smith Center. (View Video)

No. 17 UNC edges Wake Forest 87-84 for its 500th win at Smith Center

Henri Veesaar had 25 points and nine rebounds, and No. 17 North Carolina edged Wake Forest 87-84 on Saturday for its 500th win at the Smith Center. Caleb Wilson added 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Jaydon Young contributed a season-high 12 points off the bench for the Tar Heels, who bounced back from their first ACC loss last Saturday at SMU. (Associated Press)

UNC Beats Wake Forest 87-84, Earning 500th Smith Center Victory

No. 17 North Carolina hung on late and survived a second half Wake Forest surge for an 87-84 win, the 500th in Smith Center history. After North Carolina led by as many as 15 in the second half, Wake Forest methodically worked its way back, cutting the lead all the way to one with 4:03 left, propelled by almost seven minutes without a UNC field goal. (Inside Carolina)

Video: Carolina Insider - UNC vs. Wake Forest Basketball Preview

North Carolina Men's Basketball hosts the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday night at the Smith Center. Jones Angell from the Tar Heel Sports Radio Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com preview the Tar Heels' matchup. (View Video)

No. 17 UNC Men's Basketball Hosts Wake Forest Saturday - Pregame Notes

UNC Men's Basketball (13-2, 1-1 ACC standings) hosts Wake Forest at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Wes Durham and Dennis Scott will call the action in the first of three straight UNC games on ACC Network. Following the game, the ACC Network will debut "We're #1. The 1993 North Carolina Tar Heels," a documentary featuring the 1992-93 NCAA champions. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Director Ed Mabe of 'We're #1! 1993 North Carolina Tar Heels'

North Carolina Tar Heels’ unforgettable 1993 championship run gets a fresh spotlight with Raycom Sports and ACC Network’s new documentary, "We're #1! 1993 North Carolina Tar Heels," which airs Saturday night on ACC Network at 8 p.m. Isaac Schade sits down with director Ed Mabe do discuss the project. (View Video)

'Perfect Time' for Open Week as UNC Basketball Prepares to Host Wake Forest

With plenty of time to review the footage from UNC’s loss to SMU last Saturday, Hubert Davis was bleak when he described the emotion in the film room this week. "It wasn’t laughing on Monday," Davis said Friday. "This group, this generation, needs to see it. And so being able to see where we’ve been good, where we’ve got to get better, was huge." (Inside Carolina)

UNC Basketball Notebook: Physicality, Smith Center, Lineup Questions

In last Saturday’s 97-83 loss to SMU in Dallas, North Carolina’s lack of consistent point guard play reared its head again, prompting second-half lineup adjustments that placed Seth Trimble at point guard and moved Jarin Stevenson back to the wing. Could that foreshadow a change to the Tar Heels’ starting five against Wake Forest on Saturday night? (Inside Carolina)

Tar Heels Working on Defense, Physicality, Wake Forest, and More

"I was really excited about this week not having a mid-week game to actually have practice, to practice on us as opposed to preparing for Wake Forest until the latter part of the week," Hubert Davis said. "Doing fundamentally the things that have allowed us all year to be a pretty good defensive team." Davis said the players were receptive to the message. (TarHeel247)

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