With the ACC basketball schedule quickly winding down, it’s time to get the main event started on Tobacco Road. Duke and North Carolina will meet for the first time this season in Chapel Hill on Wednesday, and both teams are playing their best basketball of the season. Here are five things to watch for once the ball tips:
The Tar Heels normally go with center Kennedy Meeks and power forward Brice Johnson on the floor in the frontcourt, along wing Justin Jackson and guards Joel Berry and Marcus Paige. But Duke’s four-guard lineup isn’t an ideal matchup for UNC’s regular starting unit.