UNC outlasts Wake Forest after 40 minutes of elbows thrown, bodies falling, rushed shots, blocked shots, hard fouls and board crashing. The Tar Heels advance to meet No. 1 Duke on Friday night.

RJ Davis had 23 points and five 3-pointers, Ven-Allen Lubin added 10 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 5 seed North Carolina beat fourth-seeded Wake Forest 68-59 in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals for coach Hubert Davis’ 100th victory with the program.

North Carolina beat Wake Forest 68-59 in a hard-fought battle in the ACCT quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals on Friday.

With UNC's season hanging in the balance, emotion started to boil over with eight minutes left to play. Instead of unraveling the Tar Heels, the intensity reset them.

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Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by rival North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night to reach the Atlantic

RJ Davis scored 23 points and connected on key 3-point shots as North Carolina fended off Wake Forest for a 68-59 victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal Thursday afternoon.

There is probably no bigger elimination game in tournament play than today in Charlotte, NC when UNC (21-12, 13-7) takes the court against Wake Forest (21-10, 13-7). Both schools may well need to win today's quarterfinal game as well as the semifinal against Duke to be guaranteed a spot in the Big Dance,

North Carolina is either one of the last teams in the NCAA Tournament or one of the first teams out of the 68-team event. The Tar Heels' status seems to change daily with conference tournament results from across the nation pushing them up or down,