The North Carolina Tar Heels got their first reality check of the 2025-26 NCAA season. The No. 16 UNC played its seventh game of the season against the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans , but a hard-fought matchup exposed cracks in execution and consistency, forcing head coach Hubert Davis to deliver a blunt message to his team.

“One of the things that we’ve talked about is when we get to that level that we’re playing at on both ends of the floor to be able to sustain it, and, in order to win games like that, you have to do that for long periods of time. You don’t have to be perfect, but have longer periods of time. And so just the little discipline and details. They got 46 points in the paint defending without fouling, even though I think they only went to the free-throw line maybe si

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