Live Blog: North Carolina at Virginia

North Carolina gets back on the court after an unexpected week off with a trip to ACC leading Virginia.

The Tar Heels won at Duke by four last Saturday night, winning for the fourth time in five games. Carolina was then scheduled to play Miami on Monday night, but several players and managers on the team got together to celebrate after the Duke win. People from outside of the team bubble attended, however, and video from the event surfaced.

Faced with the possibility that someone on the Tar Heel team had been exposed to COVID, and with less than a 48-hour turnaround, Miami was uncomfortable going ahead with Monday’s game, and it was postponed.

The Tar Heels don’t have anyone in quarantine or suspended. Coach Roy Williams said that the discipline for the incident was “internal” and “appropriate” and that the Tar Heels would be at full strength for the game at Virginia.

The Heels will need to be on their game to hang with the Cavaliers, who have gone on a run after a shaky 4-2 start to the year. Virginia has won 10 of 11 games and leads the ACC at 10-1, 14-3 overall.

Carolina has struggled to defend the three this season, and Virginia is the eighth most accurate three-point shooting team in the country. Roy Williams said his big men would have to go out to the arc to defend the perimeter against UVA big men Jay Huff and Sam Hauser, who both hit over 42 percent from three.

Your starters: Brooks, Bacot, Black, Love, Walton

After nearly 3 minutes of play, Love gets a steal and dunk for the game’s first points. UVa basketball, folks

Teams are a combined 2-for-13

Uva hits its second three which is a bad sign for UNC. Heels trail 6-2 at the under 16

UNC 0-for-10 on shots from its offense (as opposed to Love’s breakaway). UVA hits another 3. It’s 11-2 and UNC has a shot clock violation. Heels in the danger zone

Platek fouled on a drive & dish. At the under 12, it’s 15-4 Virginia

Threes on back to back possessions for UVA. This was always a matchup problem for UNC but things couldn’t have started much worse. 21-4 Virginia

Virginia has gone 2 and a half minutes without scoring. We go to the under 8 with the score 21-7.

Heels on a 9-1 run and have reached double digits. 22-13 UVA.

UVA hits a three, it's first basket in six minutes. At the under 4, it's 25-15.

Things could have been much worse for the Heels. At the half, it's 27-18 Virginia

Walton hits UNC's first three of the night. At the under 16, it's 34-23 Cavs

UNC shooting better this half but can't cut into the lead. At the under 8 it's 48-37 UVA

Virginia is 10-of-22 from three, 7-of-24 from two.

Carolina loses its seventh straight to UVA, fails to score 50 in Charlottesville for the fourth straight year as Virginia takes it, 60-48

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