COLLEGE PARK -- On every practice plan handed to each of the players on the North Carolina men's basketball team, there is an offensive, defensive and philosophical thought for the day.
On Friday, in preparation for today's 5:30 game at Maryland, the 77th sheet of the season read:
North Carolina@Maryland Today, 5:30 p.m., Comcast SportsNet, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM
ACC standings
Conference Overall
School W L Pct. W L Pct.
North Carolina 10 3 .769 24 4 .857
Virginia Tech 10 4 .714 20 8 .714
Virginia 10 4 .714 19 8 .704
Boston College 10 5 .667 19 9 .679
Duke 8 6 .571 21 7 .750
Maryland 7 6 .538 21 7 .750
Georgia Tech 6 8 .429 18 10 .643
Florida State 6 9 .400 18 11 .621
Clemson 5 9 .357 19 9 .679
N.C. State 4 10 .286 14 13 .519
Wake Forest 4 10 .286 13 14 .481
Miami 4 10 .286 11 17 .393
Yesterday's results
Virginia Tech 73, Miami 57 Boston College 59, Clemson 54 Florida State 78, North Carolina State 52 Virginia 75, Georgia Tech 69
Today's games
Duke at St. John's, 2 p.m. North Carolina at Maryland, 5:30 p.m.