For the first time since 2016, the Heels earned a victory in their first ACC road game of the season. Last year they dropped a close game to a talented Florida State squad. The year prior, a lesser-talented Georgia Tech team used the win to propel themselves to an 11th place conference finish and earn Josh Pastner the ACC Coach of the Year award. I still can’t reconcile either of those events.
Regardless, the important thing is that Jeff Capel’s Pittsburgh Panthers took the loss and the Heels got a much needed road victory in conference play.