CHARLOTTE — North Carolina and Wake Forest meet in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals with similar mindsets in terms of their overall postseason outlook.Many projections suggest both teams need a victory Thursday afternoon to keep alive their NCAA Tournament hopes.”Our eyes and our preparation is on what is real,” Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis said. “And what is real is our preparation in regards to our play (Thursday) against a very good Wake Forest team.”Fifth-seeded North Carolina (21-12) cruised past 12th-seeded Notre Dame 76-56 in a second-round game on Wednesday. Fourth-seeded Wake Forest (21-10) received a double-bye into the quarterfinals. For these longtime ACC members, it’s their first tournament meeting in 25 years.The Tar Heels aren’t complaining about the assignments on back-to-back days.”That’s the great thing about the tournament, to have these quick turnarounds and be able to play the next game,” North Carolina guard RJ Davis said.Wake Forest produced its highest regular-season finish since 2008-09. It’s the first time the Demon Deacons received a double-bye into the quarterfinals since the ACC tournament instituted this format.Now is the time to build on what has been achieved so far, according to coach Steve Forbes.”You just have to play to who you are,” he said. “If you try to do something else, you’re just tricking yourself and it’s going to be over. So we have to go down there, defend, rebound the ball and take care of it.”The Demon Deacons are bound to pay particular attention to North Carolina’s Jae’Lyn Withers, who sank a career-high seven 3-pointers in the Notre Dame game. It was the first time Withers hit more than four.Forbes said the Demon Deacons should have momentum going into the tournament after defeating visiting Georgia Tech 69-43 on Saturday in the regular-season finale.