By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – North Carolina’s 89–82 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday night at the Dean E. Smith Center looked, on the surface, like a familiar late-season entry: an offense humming at a high clip, a defense searching for answers, and a second-half surge that ultimately separated a ranked team from a desperate opponent. Dig a layer deeper, though, and the Tar Heels’ latest result offered something more revealing than a routine February victory — a snapshot of a roster learning how to win with different combinations, leaning into its bench, and discovering a sharper edge as March arrives. photo by Gene Galin North Carolina, ranked No. 18, improved to...
