Talk about dodging a bullet. It took a 27-6 run over the last 10 minutes for North Carolina, champions of the ACC regular season, to win and advance in the league tournament.

A barrage of threes by Miami put North Carolina down by 19. But the Tar Heels used four threes of their own in less than two minutes to get back in it and then they won it on a Tyler Zeller lay-in with less than a second left to defeat the Hurricanes 61-59 and advance to the semi-finals of the Atlantic Coach Conference tournament in Greensboro. (3/11)

Carolina turned the ball over 20 times as Miami stole the ball 12 times. It was looking bleak after an 11-0 Miami run near the end of the first half. Up 31-22 at the half, Miami extended the lead to 16 in the first four minutes of the second half at 41-25.

Midway through the second half, Miami got the lead up to 53-34 soon after Thomas’ fourth three of the half.

Still down 55-39 with 7:41 to go, the Tar Heels went on a game-changing run. Leslie McDonald started the run with a long three. Then 30 seconds later Marshall drilled a three and followed it 36 seconds later for another three to draw the Heels to 55-48.

Harrison Barnes, who led the Tar Heels with 18 points, completed the wild 12-0 run with a three of his own with just over five minutes left.

A Zeller hook in the lane drew the Heels to within one at 56-55 with 3:55. A deliberate Miami kept the lead until Zeller hit a hook swish with 47 seconds left to tie it at 59-all.

After a Miami timeout, the Hurricanes passed it around outside before throwing it away with 18 seconds left.

Carolina called timeout for a last-second shot. After a pair of non-shooting fouls by Miami, the Heels had less than six seconds to get up a shot. Marshall drove right across the key and dished underneath to an open Zeller who lifted it in with his left hand with less than a second left on the clock for the victory.

The Tar Heels, 25-6, advance to play the winner of the Boston College-Clemson game Saturday afternoon.