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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- No. 13 Indiana will try to summon karma from its banner-hoisting past when hosting No. 3 North Carolina Wednesday night in a nationally televised ACC/Big Ten Challenge clash.The Hoosiers 1981 National Championship team, which defeated the Tar Heels in the title game, will be honored in a halftime ceremony. That Bob Knight squad had Isiah Thomas, Randy Wittman, Ray Tolbert and Landon Turner, among others.Problem is, those guys cant suit up against the latest Tar Heels (7-0), who are fresh off three wins by an average of 30.3 points at the Maui Invitational including a 71-56 finale over Wisconsin on Nov. 23. North Carolinas path to finishing last season as an NCAA Tournament runner-up included a 101-86 victory over Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen at Philadelphia.Im not going to go out and make my reservations for the Final Four, Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams said after the Wisconsin win. Ive never seen a national championship won the day before Thanksgiving. Its usually won that first Monday night in April.He would know. He celebrated national titles in 2005 and 2009.Indiana (4-1), ranked third before losing in overtime at Fort Wayne and dropping 10 spots, could be without its leading scorer in junior guard James Blackmon Jr., who is questionable with a left knee injury. The 20.5-point scorer, who also leads the team in 3-pointers with 15 out of 32 attempted (.469), missed Sundays 85-52 home rout of Mississippi Valley State.Blackmon has a lengthy history of significant knee injuries. He tore his left ACL in high school, meniscus in the same knee early in his college career and last year the right ACL prior to the Big Ten opener and missed the rest of the season.This afternoon, I go run, and I come through the weight room at the end before I go home to change, and there he is in the weight room doing his leg exercises, Indiana head coach Tom Crean said after Sundays win. Hes very, very diligent on getting himself ready. Hes been through a lot. Been through a lot before he even got here.So weve just got to make sure that were patient with him and help him get through that part of it, and hell know his body. Hes certainly got great support here, and hell get that. And well just see how the next few days go.While the Hoosiers average 88.6 points scored and have allowed 69.6 per game, the Tar Heels sport a 92.9-point average while allowing 65.6. Both teams shoot 3-pointers well -- Indiana has made 51 of 128 (.398) while North Carolina has hit 47 of 120 (.392).Five Tar Heels average in double digits, led by junior guard Joel Berry II at 17.1 points per game. Berry has a team-high 16 3-pointers and was just named ACC Player of the Week for a second time in this young season.Tar Heels junior forward/guard Justin Jackson averages 15.4 points with 11 3-pointers. Senior forward Isaiah Hicks checks in at 14.6 points and senior forward Kennedy Meeks averages 13.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.Were not perfect, Hicks said. We have to polish some things, especially on the offensive side. We need to move more and get a little better spacing. Sometimes we get caught standing there. And we always have to keep up our defensive intensity and effort.Indiana sophomore forward OG Anunoby bounced back from a flu-shortened scoreless game with a career-high 21 points Sunday to boost his scoring average to 11.8 points. The preseason All-American also grabs 6.2 rebounds per game.Hoosiers junior guard Robert Johnson averages 13.8 points and sophomore center Thomas Bryant averages 13.6 points and 8.2 rebounds.Crean, the 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year, is matching wits against one of the all-time greats in Williams, a 29th-year Hall of Famer whose 790-209 record ranks eighth on the career win list. Crean has spent half of his 18 seasons at Indiana and has a 342-216 overall record.Indiana has an 8-6 series advantage including 2-1 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Since 2011-12, Indiana has five wins against top-three opponents, which ties for second behind Dukes six. Camisetas Real Madrid Al Por Mayor . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. Camiseta Toni Kroos . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. http://www.nuevacamisetadelrealmadrid.com/camiseta-marco-asensio-nino.html . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Camiseta Lucas Vazquez . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Camiseta Sergio Ramos Niño . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season.According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, former Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff appears to have the inside track on the Dallas Stars head coaching job but its not done yet. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported on Thursday that the Stars are the process of hiring Ruff for the job. The newspaper reported that Stars president Jim Lites told a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce luncheon that he and Ruff shook hands after their last meeting and that barring any unforeseen circumstances Ruff would take over for the recently dismissed Glen Gulutzan. Dreger tweeted that former New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella also had a strong interview with the Stars, and Dallas general manager Jim Nill is expected to spend a couple of days with Ruff before a final decision is made.dddddddddddd Ruff, who was hired by the Sabres in 1997, had a 16-season tenure in Buffalo, during which he became the franchises winningest coach (571-432-162). Under Ruff, the Sabres made the playoffs in each of his first four seasons and eight times overall. That included a surprising run to the Stanley Cup Final in 1999, when Buffalo lost to the Stars. The Sabres, however, havent been the same since reaching the Eastern Conference final -- losing both times -- in both 2006 and 07. Buffalo has missed the playoffs in three of the past five seasons. Gulutzan was the Stars coach for two seasons, and Dallas missed the playoffs in both of them. ' ' '