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North Carolina is back at home Saturday for a rare 11:30 AM tip versus Notre Dame at the Smith Center.

The Tar Heels go in after beating Wake Forest, 88-79, on a night in which two Heels scored 20-plus points, plus Leaky Black (18 points) and Seth Trimble (11) netted career highs. The Fighting Irish are coming off a loss at Boston College in which they led most of the game and have lost five of their last six games.

UNC is 10-5 overall and 2-2 in the ACC, and the Irish are 8-7 and 0-4.

Here are our picks: