North Carolina Tar Heels desperately need high-quality wins to make a case to play in the NCAA Tournament. They weren’t close in losing by 20 points at Clemson on Monday night.

Clemson appears at No. 30 in the NCAA NET Rankings, third among ACC teams. UNC basketball checks in at No. 46, fifth in a conference likely to receive no more than a handful of NCAA Tournament invites.

Clemson had less than 48 hours to prepare for UNC after defeating Duke on Saturday night. Here's how the Tigers adjusted to defeat another blue blood.