Adolph Rupp used to say that he sent in his scrubs late in games to show them why they are scrubs.
It's a lesson that's still being taught, particularly by the man who is closing in on the late Kentucky coach's career victory record.North Carolina's Dean Smith won his 783rd game, 92 shy of Rupp's mark, and got in some teaching as well Monday night as the second-ranked Tar Heels battered Pittsburgh 106-93.
The Tar Heels (9-1) got Pitt's 6-foot-11 Eric Mobley in foul trouble and went on a 26-8 run to push the margin to 27 points before the subs took over. Pitt (5-2) cut it to 14 with 1:24 to play when Smith made his move. Pitt coach Paul Evans was upset when Carolina's regulars came back in the game, but it wasn't that Smith was trying to run up the score.
"Coach didn't think they were hustling without the ball," center Eric Montross said of the reserves. "He put us back in as an example for the younger guys."
No. 6 Kansas 101, Furman 60
Richard Scott scored 14 points and Steve Woodberry 13 as Kansas (10-1) won for the 408th time in 500 games since Allen Fieldhouse opened in 1955.
No. 7 Michigan 86, C. Michigan 44
At Ann Arbor, Mich., Jalen Rose scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half as the Wolverines (6-1) bounced back from last week's 73-63 loss to Duke.
No. 9 UCLA 106, Houston 93
The O'Bannon brothers, Ed and Charles, scored 18 and 16 points, respectively, as UCLA coasted in its first visit to Houston since the "Game of the Century" of 1968. In that game in the Astrodome, Houston upset the perennial national champions 71-69 behind Elvin Hayes, who was on hand Monday night to have his jersey retired.
No. 14 Ga Tech 79,
Mt. St. Mary's, Md. 62
At Atlanta, James Forrest and Travis Best scored 17 points each for the Yellow Jackets (7-1).
No. 19 Illinois 79, Jackson St. 63
At Champaign, Ill., Deon Thomas scored 24 points as the Illini (6-1) struggled.
No. 22 Oklahoma St. 73, Tulsa 61
At Tulsa, Randy Rutherford hit two 3-pointers to provide a cushion and grabbed three big rebounds down the stretch as the Cowboys (7-2) took the wind out of the Hurricane (4-1).