For UNC, the late collapse Tuesday night at Pitt was “kind of like the same movie over and over again,” RJ Davis said. The Tar Heels are becoming familiar with an uncomfortable new reality.

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis chose to downplay the significance of his team's Saturday showdown at No. 2 Duke following the Tar Heels' dispiriting 73-65 loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The defeat was UNC's third in its last four games and raises the stakes of the upcoming rivalry game for a team that is scrambling to assemble an NCAA Tournament resume.

Following back-to-back losses, UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis was asked about the Tar Heels' mental approach and how he's dealing with it.

Fourth-year UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis was far from talkative in his press conference after his Tar Heels, who began the season garnering high expectations at No. 9 in the AP Top 25 Poll, fell to 12-8 overall and 5-3 in ACC play via their 67-66 road loss to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (15-4, 7-1 ACC) on Tuesday night.

For the second time in four seasons, North Carolina basketball is in crisis mode. The Tar Heels, just 12-8 after falling 67-66 at Wake Forest on Tuesday, are in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three years.

The North Carolina Tar Heels lost at Pitt last night, once again giving up a late lead. Here's all the news fans need to know in the wake of another tough defeat.