When the story of the 2024-25 basketball season is written, will the win against Notre Dame be seen as the fork in the road moment?
For the first time in a while and definitely the first time during the ACC schedule, the Tar Heels looked a lot like the team that had been projected to fight for the top of the conference standings. They seized control in the first half for the second time in a row, but this time the other squad wasn’t able to mount any sort of serious comeback.
We’ll see how much it matters the rest of the way, but for now let’s talk about three things we learned in the Tar Heel win over SMU.