Updated 9:32 p.m.

CHAPEL HILL — This was the kind of response, overall, North Carolina coach Roy Williams wanted to see following a disheartening loss at Indiana earlier in the week. Even so, amid all the good things the Tar Heels did in their 102-84 victory against UAB on Saturday, there were still some moments that drove Williams wild with anger.

UNC guard Reggie Bullock said there has been some finger-pointing during some of the Tar Heels more difficult moments. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — You’ll recall that after North Carolina’s 83-59 loss at Indiana on Tuesday night, James Michael McAdoo, the Tar Heels’ sophomore forward, said he and his teammates had to work better together on the court.

P.J. Hairston (middle) and Reggie Bullock (right) are both recovering from injuries that have their status in doubt for North Carolina's game on Saturday against UAB. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — P.J. Hairston is still recovering from a knee injury he suffered in practice earlier this week. And Reggie Bullock is recovering from a hand injury he suffered during North Carolina’s 83-59 loss at Indiana on Tuesday.

Both players, arguably the Tar Heels’ two best shooters, are questionable for UNC’s game on Saturday at UAB. Hairston and Bullock were both limited in practice today, and a decision about their playing status will be made tomorrow, a team spokesman said. 

When things went badly for North Carolina during its 83-59 loss at Indiana on Tuesday night, the Tar Heels didn't successfully come together. ROBERT WILLETT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — North Carolina sophomore forward James Michael McAdoo had some telling comments, I think, following the Tar Heels’ 83-59 loss here at Indiana on Tuesday night.

The game magnified a lot of weaknesses for the Heels: Transition defense, defensive rebounding, offensive execution. The Hoosiers outhustled the Tar Heels, regularly beating them for loose balls, and beating them down the court for easy scoring chances.

North Carolina has some things to figure out after its 83-59 loss at No. 1 Indiana on Tuesday night. ROBERT WILLETT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — North Carolina entered its game at top-ranked Indiana on Tuesday night expecting to learn a lot about itself. Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, they learned they weren’t prepared for the kind of challenge they faced inside Assembly Hall.

The look back at the Heels’ lopsided defeat:

UNC coach Roy Williams says he still likes his team following an 83-59 loss at Indiana. ROBERT WILLETT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — North Carolina’s 83-59 loss against Indiana on Tuesday night was the Tar Heels’ worst non-conference defeat of Roy Williams’ 10 seasons at UNC. Yet Williams, who doesn’t often hold back his frustrations, seemed calm in the wake of defeat.

That’s not to say he wasn’t angry. He certainly was. But Williams spoke in a calm tone about what went wrong for the Heels at top-ranked Indiana. Here’s what Williams had to say about a variety of topics:

Dexter Strickland led the Tar Heels with 14 points during their 83-59 loss at Indiana on Tuesday night. ROBERT WILLETT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — For about 15 minutes Tuesday night at raucous, rowdy Assembly Hall, North Carolina matched top-ranked Indiana point for point.

Then the Hoosiers showed why they entered the season as one of the favorites to win the national championship, and the Tar Heels showed, once again in this young season, how far away they are from becoming the kind of team they believe they can be.

There wasn’t any one single factor that led to Indiana’s dominant 83-59 victory. 

James Michael McAdoo will need some help when North Carolina plays at No. 1 Indiana tonight. ROBERT WILLETT

INDIANAPOLIS — I’ll be merging onto I-65 not too long from now, bound south for Bloomington. No. 14 North Carolina plays at No. 1 Indiana tonight at Assembly Hall, where the Tar Heels will face (by far) their greatest challenge of this early season.

Some things to know and some thoughts at UNC at Indiana:

With its game tonight at Indiana, North Carolina is playing for the 29th time against a No. 1 team. ROBERT WILLETT

INDIANAPOLIS — And who doesn’t like a good list? Before starting the drive down to Bloomington for North Carolina’s game tonight at No. 1 Indiana, I thought it’d be prudent to provide a run-down of the Tar Heels’ history against top-ranked teams.

There have been 28 of those, and UNC is 12-16 against No. 1 teams. So here it is: Every game that UNC has played against No. 1 … 

When Indiana and North Carolina play a basketball game, as they will tonight, you can be sure their 1984 NCAA tournament game will be brought up. If you weren’t around for it, you’ve probably heard about it. It’s the game where Dan Dakich, as the legend goes, shut down Michael Jordan in Jordan’s final collegiate game.

Dakich has become known for a lot of things. He’s a college basketball analyst for ESPN, he hosts a radio show in Indianapolis, he coached at both Bowling Green and Indiana. Still, nearly 30 years later, Dakich is perhaps best known as the guy who defended Jordan during Indiana’s 72-68 victory against the top-ranked Tar Heels in the East regional semifinals of the 1984 NCAA tournament.