College basketball schedule: Louisville, North Carolina take part in Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament

The win puts the Badgers at 6-0, and this was their third single-digit victory of the season. Wisconsin beat Florida by six earlier in the year and followed that up with a three-point win over Green Bay.

From here, things get even harder for Wisconsin. The Badgers face defending Atlantic 10 champion Saint Louis next, before games against Virginia and Marquette.

The game nearly got out of hand early, with Richmond taking a 17-8 lead after a pair of baskets from Alonzo Nelson-Ododa. But UNC ripped off a 13-4 run capped by three free throws from Paige, who was fouled on a shot attempt from behind the arc. The rest of the game was tightly contested, until consecutive baskets by Paige and Johnson gave the Tar Heels what turned out to be an insurmountable ten-point lead with under four minutes to play.

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With the likelihood of North Carolina and Louisville meeting in Sunday’s final, the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament saves this weekend’s action from being completely lackluster,

Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Michigan St., truTV (9:30 p.m. ET)