The North Carolina Tar Heels’ nightmarish season just keeps getting worse. Carolina entered its January ACC schedule on a two-game winning streak with seemingly a good chance at extending it to four or five. They were looking at three straight home games against Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Clemson, all of which were picked to finish in the bottom half of the conference.
However, the Heels put together one of the worst defensive performances of the season and allowed the Yellow Jackets to leave the Dean Dome with a 96-83 victory. To make matters worse, on Wednesday, Pittsburgh erased a double-digit deficit in the second half to hand Carolina a second straight loss.