1. Big win for Carolina to take two straight key nonconference games and go into Christmas feeling good. The Tar Heels beat Michigan, 80-76.
2. Armando Bacot was great again for the Tar Heels, and this time he did it against some formidable competition in Hunter Dickinson. Bacot was the primary difference-maker for Carolina's offense. Bacot made Dickinson look very average. Michigan's best push came when Bacot had to leave the game with four fouls, as the Wolverines closed to within three with 3:30 to go before he reentered the game.