Lessons Learned from UNC basketball's tightrope walk win over Wake Forest

The Tar Heels were cruising in the second half, then decided to ramp up the stress levels to 100.
Wake Forest v North Carolina
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After the loss to SMU a week ago, the UNC basketball program looked primed to beat Wake Forest by double-digits for win No. 500 in the Dean Dome. But a second-half surge from the Demon Deacons had Tar Heel Nation huffing and puffing into a paper bag before enough timely free throws and solid defense salted the win away.

A get-right win was in the cards, but survival would have to do in the end. What will Hubert Davis think of this with two back-to-back road games in California? Let's dive into some lessons learned from a nervy win over Wake Forest.

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