Before that colossal matchup between these college basketball blue bloods, the Tar Heels celebrated a big career achievement by North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis, who steered his team to a 68-59 quarterfinals victory on Thursday against the No. 4 seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

North Carolina basketball coach Hubert Davis hit a career milestone on Thursday. The Tar Heels kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive with a 68-59 win over Wake Forest, in the ACC tournament. Davis also picked up his 100th career win as a head coach,

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,