After two straight impressive ACC wins, the UNC Tar Heels are riding high, but that’s happened before this season. The challenge for Hubert Davis and his team is keeping up their high level of play, not letting the intensity and focus fade, and really building towards being a team that could be a force in March. They’ll be tested when they go to Coral Gables tomorrow evening to face Miami, who lead the ACC with a 5-1 conference record including a road win against Duke. Here are some things to look out for:

Pick and Roll Defense

Under Jim Larrañaga, Miami’s calling card on offense has been quick guards and athletic bigs running high pick-and-rolls to spread out the defense and get their guards going downhill, requiring sound, intelligent help defense to force bad looks and turnovers.