The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team lost to Pittsburgh Panthers Wednesday at home. Loss could be a serious blow to their NCAA tournament ...
“We really got to figure out a way to just not take our opponents lightly, or, not just wait until we’re down 20 again to come back and, ‘Now let’s start playing’. Nah, do it from the jump and we won’t have to worry about that. The Heels allowed one of the worst offensive teams in the ACC to have its most explosive opening half in a conference game this season. And that’s something that’s a narrative and a reputation that we’re going to have to change. “We all got to figure out what really gets us going before a game, night in and night out, no matter who the opponent is, where we’re playing,” said Black, who had 11 points. “But like I said, we got to get ready for Saturday. And we got to come in and not do what we did tonight. UNC had 10 first-half turnovers that led to 20 points for Pitt. And they came in multiple forms. And that’s something specifically that we’re going to have to change really quickly.” He said Pitt wanted to play a physical game and make them play through contact. They missed what came late as the Heels cut their deficit to 69-63 with 1:49 left. But we got a game on Saturday, and we still gotta go get a win.” Brady Manek got a steal on the ensuing in-bounds pass. The Heels were a combined 14-0 against the two lowest quads until Wednesday.
UNC had avoided any bad losses on its NCAA Tournament resume through its first 25 games in posting an 18-0 record against Q2, Q3 and Q4 opponents. The Panthers, ...
And then we talked about taking care of the basketball, and in the first half we had 10 turnovers and they actually had 20 points off of our 10 turnovers. "Well, I've expressed to you guys and us as a team, it's been clearly expressed and talked about, about what allows us to have success as a team,” Davis said of the team’s issues in the first half. On the other end, the Tar Heels struggled to get star forward Armando Bacot going, as he had just seven points on 2-of-7 shooting. We talked about rebounding the basketball, they out-rebounded us in the first half. The Panthers were able to use a 17-point halftime lead which eventually ballooned to 20 points in the second half. As I said before, you can sit here and whine and complain and point fingers and make excuses and continue to be down on yourself or you can show up the next day and get ready to compete and fight and get after it.
Staying ready and remaining patient hasn't been the smoothest balancing act for UNC freshman Dontrez Styles. But he's progressing as Pitt visits.
In the second half, he blew past Florida State guard Matthew Cleveland on a drive from the wing to the baseline, took off, and dunked. “Going out there and rebounding, getting to the basket, finishing. And if you play well in the game, I’ll keep you in the game. Styles also grabbed four rebounds against Florida State, while providing a certain juice and level of activity. His level of athleticism is something that we don’t have a lot of, and against Clemson and also against Florida State, he played extremely well.” The guys that get on the court are the guys that practice really well, and the guys that get the most minutes are the ones that play well when they’re out there on the floor.
The UNC women's basketball team earned a thrilling 66-65 come-from-behind victory over the third-ranked Lousiville Cardinals on Thursday night.
They did, however, convert 15-of-20 free throws, and outrebound the Cardinals by 10 (42-32). They only assisted on 12 of their 23 made buckets — junior reserve Eva Hodgson led the team with four — but came up with big play after big play when it mattered most in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter. They’ll travel to Tallahassee on Sunday for a matchup with the 14-11 Florida State Seminoles. Olivia Cochran scored 14 on an efficient 5-of-6 from the floor and 4-of-5 at the foul line.
UNC falls in thudding fashion to Pittsburgh, a surprising ACC loss that could prove particularly harmful to the Tar Heels' NCAA Tournament chances.
That’s a narrative and a reputation that we’re going to have to change, and something specifically we’re going to have to change really quickly.” Pittsburgh shot a season-high 60 percent from the field during the first half Wednesday night, and led 40-23 by halftime. Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel, the former Duke standout player and assistant coach, picked up a potentially valuable victory with his job security in question. “At the end of the day, we’ve all got to figure out what really gets us going before a game,” North Carolina swingman Leaky Black said. Bacot watched the game’s closing 7:55 from the bench after picking up his fourth foul, as North Carolina went with a smaller lineup in an effort to scramble the game and rally. And at the end of the day, there’s been more times than not that we don’t handle and we can’t respond to that type of physicality. We’ve really got to figure out a way to just not take our opponents lightly or wait until we’re down 20 to come back and now let’s start playing.” “That’s who Pitt is, that’s what they’ve done all season, and we knew that’s what they were going to bring. He pumped in 13 straight points for the Tar Heels down the stretch, fueling the rally to within striking distance. “We’re upset and this is a terrible loss,” North Carolina guard Caleb Love said. North Carolina had been viewed, albeit with thin margins, to be on the right side of the NCAA bubble by most tournament forecasts. “With so much to play for, so much motivation to compete and have fun.
North Carolina responded with a score from sophomore guard Alyssa Ustby and two made free throws by sophomore guard Kennedy Todd-Williams, bringing the Tar ...
Kelly made a jump shot with :23 seconds to go to take UNC up 64-63, which was followed by a layup from the Cardinals to take the score 65-64. Despite breaking her perfect 17-17 free throw record from the past four contests, going only 4-6 against the Cardinals, Kelly also made a splash in the front court. UNC played from behind throughout the first five minutes of the fourth, but never dipped below five points of Louisville’s score. The second period started on a high note with a jumper from Kelly and a layup from Utsby, but moved toward a fast decline with a scoreless four minutes to follow, leaving UNC to trail by eight points. UNC topped the Cardinals for a mere 28 seconds before a Louisville three-point buzzer beater was made, leaving the scoreboard at 50-48 going into the final quarter. Kelly broke her 17-17 streak from the foul line, missing her first free throw of two, but brought the team within five.
It took the Tar Heels about 30 minutes to wake up, and by that point it was too late. 2. A very rough first half resulted in a 40-23 halftime deficit. The Tar ...
For more on how and why the building was named in his honor, click here For just a second, as he had scored eight straight UNC points, it felt like Walton might carry the Heels all the way back. Without that sequence, it felt like the Tar Heels were about to build some momentum. The Tar Heels had played 28 seconds of solid defense in a 13-point game. The Tar Heels turned it over ten times in the first 20 minutes, and Pittsburgh was very efficient with those miscues, turning them into 20 points. It took the Tar Heels about 30 minutes to wake up, and by that point it was too late.