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.

Hubert Davis has made a habit of highlighting the three most important areas for UNC basketball to be successful. Here's how the Tar Heels are doing.

The UNC men's basketball team (12-8, ACC 5-3) collapsed against Wake Forest (15-4, ACC 7-1) 67-66 on Tuesday night at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

North Carolina dropped a critical road game at Wake Forest on Tuesday, another loss among a season of close-but-not-quite finishes for the Tar Heels.

UNC junior guard Seth Trimble (7) shakes his head in defeat during a game against Wake Forest at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 21, 2025.

The Tar Heels and head coach Hubert Davis’ frustrations are palpable after UNC was again on the wrong side of a one-possession game at Wake Forest on Tuesday.

So much so, in fact, that I really don’t even know where to start as far as things that we learned in this game. Did we really learn anything? Is this not more of the same stuff we’ve seen all season long?