Coach Hubert Davis gives instructions during North Carolina’s victory against Elon last week at the Smith Center. LAS VEGAS — Here we go again, North Carolina and Kentucky will run it back Saturday in a reshuffled CBS Sports Classic once more. UCLA entered a COVID pause and pulled out of the event Friday, a day after positive tests forced Ohio State to do the same, leaving North Carolina and Kentucky as the two remaining teams in what was supposed to be a doubleheader. So the Tar Heels (8-2) and No. 22 Wildcats (7-2), two of college basketball’s blue blood programs, now will square off at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, a matchup made on the fly. North Carolina departed Chapel Hill on Thursday afternoon to travel to Las Vegas, unsure of whether its scheduled matchup against No. 4 UCLA would be played due to the Bruins’ COVID situation. Along…
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