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...ACC season started out fortuitously for the Tar Heels, as they opened up with a 90-68 win over Wake Forest before easily defeating Maryland and Florida State. They dropped their first conference contest next, when N.C. State managed to sneak in the winning layup with 9.3 seconds left and escape with the upset...
North Carolina improved its ACC record to 4-1 after a hard-fought victory over Clemson, 89-85. Brown scored a season-high 26 points against the Tigers to lead...
Finally, the reeling Tar Heels had to face No. 3-ranked Duke, winner of three straight ACC titles. The unstoppable Lady Blue Devils embarrassed the supposed second-best team in the conference...
That would be the last non-Duke ACC loss, however. North Carolina rolled off seven straight conference victories to improve to 11-4. It gained a measure of revenge in defeating N.C. State 80-71, beating Georgia Tech in Atlanta, and finally smashing Florida State by 30 points...
...last ACC regular-season game, though, UNC had to once again face Duke. Though the Tar Heels had an early lead, they totally collapsed midway through the first half. Duke went on a 40-8 run over both halves and won running away...