With Duke and UNC trending in opposite directions, you had questions before the first meeting of the rivals this season on Saturday.

Here's a look at how the ACC's 18 men's basketball programs stack up heading into Saturday's Duke-North Carolina game:

UNC basketball is on the road battling the Pitt Panthers (13-6, 4-4 ACC) on Tuesday night, as the Tar Heels (13-8, 6-3 ACC) look to respond to their recent two-game losing skid with a second straight win.

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis chose to downplay the significance of his team's Saturday showdown at No. 2 Duke following the Tar Heels' dispiriting 73-65 loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The defeat was UNC's third in its last four games and raises the stakes of the upcoming rivalry game for a team that is scrambling to assemble an NCAA Tournament resume.

North Carolina arrived in cold, snow-covered Pittsburgh on Monday perhaps not in the midst of a season on the brink, but without question in the middle of one with an ever-shrinking margin of error. The rising pressure surrounding the Tar Heels had to be freeing,

The North Carolina Tar Heels lost at Pitt last night, once again giving up a late lead. Here's all the news fans need to know in the wake of another tough defeat.