NEW YORK — The intriguing undercard of a doubleheader in the Big Apple features an unranked North Carolina team that probably needs to show a lot of desperation, and a No. 23 Ohio State squad looking for one more good win to validate its status as a Top 25 outfit. UNC hasn’t played at Madison Square Garden in more than a decade. The Tar Heels have arguably been the biggest disappointment of any team to this point, going from preseason No. 1 to out of the polls in five weeks. Along those lines, Carolina big man Armando Bacot was a preseason national player of the year candidate, but to this point hasn’t been the every-night dominant force UNC needs him to be in order to compete with the best teams in the country. Bacot will have his hands full today going up against a formidable Buckeye big, Zed Key. For…
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