North Carolina has more than enough talent to be the best college basketball team in the country, and that potential was back on display against Miami on Saturday afternoon.
A win at No. 5 North Carolina would have put No. 11 Miami firmly in the conversation for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, but it was the Tar Heels who made a massive statement with a 96-71 rout of the Hurricanes.
Before the game began, CBS' Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery were the final contributors to the days-long narrative that North Carolina might suffer from a bit of a hangover after its letdown against Duke on Wednesday night.