North Carolina closed the regular season with two wins in spite of some ugly shooting efforts, but so far in the ACC tournament it's had better luck offensively.
Virginia has the potential to make the Tar Heels' life frustrating in the tournament title game once again.
The conference's top two seeds collide Saturday night in the nation's capital, where seventh-ranked UNC looks for its first ACC tournament title since 2008 while the fourth-ranked Cavaliers try to make it two in three years.
North Carolina (27-6) breezed into its second straight title game and fifth in six seasons behind Thursday's 88-71 quarterfinal win over Pittsburgh followed by the largest margin of victory ever in an ACC semifinal game with Friday's 78-47 rout of defending champion Notre Dame.