At different points over the past two games, North Carolina coach Roy Williams took a look at the group of players he put on the floor, less for the play-by-play and more for perspective.

One of those nights, the Tar Heels had to fight off a Georgia Tech team that stood as the only winless team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The other, they fell into a 28-point hole to a North Carolina State team they had beaten 13 straight times, and lost, 91-83.