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.

What is going on with the North Carolina Tar Heels? The once-proud program, one of the few true blue bloods in college basketball, lost once again on Tuesday ni

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.

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.

Here's what UNC coach Hubert Davis had to say about the Tar Heels' defense against Boston College before UNC heads to Pitt.