Once again, the North Carolina Tar Heels faced a ranked opponent, spotted them a big first half lead and was forced to play from behind. Once again, the Tar Heels fell short 73-71.
The only difference? It was the Heels first home loss this year, and the first loss in Chapel Hill to Georgia Tech since 1996. Yes, that streak included the transition years and 8-20.
Shrug...another poor, underwhelming performance in what is turning out to be a disappointing, prideless year.
Game Notes:
- Talent Mismatch: Iman Shumpert proved just how easily a talented guard can shred the mediocre Tar Heel front court when he tallied 30 points, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds. In contrast Larry Drew has 2 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Senior leader Marcus Ginyard tallied 2 points, 1 assist and 2 turnovers.
- Turovers: Yet again, the Tar Heels were throwing the ball all over the court and totaled more turnovers than the competition. LDII highlights included throwing the ball behind an open, cutting John Henson, and bouncing an ill advised pass of Williams Graves chest giving Iman Shumpert an open dunk extending a dwindling 3 point lead to a 5 point lead. How important were those two points? Scoreboard.
- Toughness: The Tar Heels lack it. Prime example, Lawal taking the ball away from Ed Davis at half court following a UNC timeout with about a minute left. How does this happen?
- Player Rotations?: Where was Dexter Strickland? Why did he only play 10 minutes? Why was LDII's desperate, contested drive/floating lay-up the best option at the end of the game? (No, I don't count the Will Graves heave from half court the last shot...game decided the possession before.)
- Positives: Williams Graves finally stepped up and decided to attempt to carry a leaderless Tar Heels. Without his clutch shooting the Tar Heels aren't even close. Leslie McDonald came off the bench and played some productive minutes.
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