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Following UNC basketball's loss at Wake Forest, head coach Hubert Davis highlighted what led to the Tar Heels' latest setback. Here's a breakdown.

North Carolina‘s 67-66 loss to Wake Forest on Tuesday night was the Tar Heels’ lowest scoring total in a loss this season. North Carolina shot 8 of 32 from behind the 3-point line during the loss and only went to the free throw line six times during the game’s entirety,

Fourth-year UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis was far from talkative in his press conference after his Tar Heels, who began the season garnering high expectations at No. 9 in the AP Top 25 Poll, fell to 12-8 overall and 5-3 in ACC play via their 67-66 road loss to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (15-4, 7-1 ACC) on Tuesday night.

For the second time in four seasons, North Carolina basketball is in crisis mode. The Tar Heels, just 12-8 after falling 67-66 at Wake Forest on Tuesday, are in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three years.

CHAPEL HILL — Initially, Ian Jackson was nervous about firing off that first text to UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis ... Rodd Baxley covers Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network.

Wake Forest continued its drive for a spot in the NCAA tournament thanks to a hard-fought win over rival North Carolina at Joel Coliseum.

So, Wilson's big moment should take place live around 12:30 a.m. ET Friday, meaning Tar Heel enthusiasts will have to stay up late to see if Hubert Davis lands the 6-foot-9, 205-pound senior, who would be UNC's highest-ranked recruiting pledge across the fourth-year head coach's reign.

Too little too late seems to be the case with the North Carolina basketball team as they once again fell on the wrong side of a close game. The Tar Heels dropped their second game in a row falling 67-66 to Wake Forest Tuesday night.

Hubert Davis has made a habit of highlighting the three most important areas for UNC basketball to be successful. Here's how the Tar Heels are doing.

North Carolina can and does lose basketball games. It seems rare because the Tar Heels have one of the most popular and successful hoops programs in college basketball history, but UNC is far from infallible.

Just as members of the royal family are mostly able to avoid the troubles that most of us commoners deal with, supporters of college basketball's blue-blood pro