“That being said, it was a week of hard work, a week of really good practices in preparation for the remainder of the season. And so, it wasn’t a week off-off. It was a time to reinforce the things that have allowed this team to be successful thus far and to be able to continue to improve and move forward…
“You know, there’s a difference in doing individual workouts and practicing on us — and thinking is being locked in towards that — as opposed to doing that in addition to [thinking] how does this relate in preparation to a game. And being able to just have a single focus on us for a good part of the week, I thought was refreshing.
“And I thought it was needed.”
Following Saturday’s bout at Virginia, UNC basketball will have little more than 48 hours before hosting unranked Miami (15-12, 6-10 ACC) in the Dean E. Smith Center at 7 p.m. Monday (ESPN).
By now it is no secret that the North Carolina Tar Heels do not enjoy going to Charlottesville to take on Virginia. There likely isn’t a worse house of horrors for the Heels in the ACC, and it honestly feels like they are always having to travel to Virginia more years than they don’t. The data shows that it’s as normal of an occurrence as visiting any other team, but I suppose when you witness UNC constantly losing to the same team in the same building repeatedly it’s hard to feel like the vicious cycle ever ends.
The idea that UNC will just never beat UVA on the road is only reinforced when you realize just how long it’s been since they’ve beaten them in Charlottesville — the last time the Heels pulled off a win in that building was February 25, 2012.
Words couldn’t possibly describe just how insane it is that an elite program like Carolina’s continues to struggle so mightily against one team. It’s even more insane when you consider the fact that they have beaten Duke in Cameron five times since then. Then when you consider the fact that the Heels’ last win over the Hoos was the same year that LMFAO was a thing and it really makes you wonder how in the world we ended up in such a dark place. So dark, in fact, that I decided to take a look at what else was going on the last time we all got to enjoy a win in Charlottesville.