Despite a hot game from Notre Dame's Nate Laszewski, it was first year forward Day'Ron Sharpe who was the player of the game on Saturday, scoring a career-high 25 points to help North Carolina to the one point win.
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“We lost at North Carolina State and I did not think we played well,” UNC basketball head coach Roy Williams said. “State kicked our butts in every way. So I wanted to do something. I wasn’t going to just do it for one game.”
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Just two days after the teams agreed to play one another, a Leaky Black floater with 9.1 seconds remaining gave the North Carolina men’s basketball team a thrilling 66-65 win over Notre Dame.
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As the game would go on to end 72-67 in favor of Georgia Tech, the scene became clear: the Tar Heels, a perennial Goliath powerhouse, were again denied their first conference win of the season by a once-David team.
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Following the loss to Georgia Tech on Wednesday night, it's time to recognize that North Carolina simply isn't a very good basketball team right now.
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With a new starting lineup composed of RJ Davis, Kerwin Walton, Andrew Platek, Day'Ron Sharpe and Armando Bacot, the North Carolina men's basketball team lost to Georgia Tech, 72-67, after hot second-half shooting from the Yellow Jackets.
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With a long stretch of ACC games ahead of the Tar Heels, this season's legacy is yet to be written. But it is obvious that a complete game of basketball, from the opening tip to the final buzzer, is required for this group to be a top team in the ACC.
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UNC has the on-paper talent to play with any group in the ACC. But with the season quickly progressing, the Tar Heels’ offensive efficiency — or lack thereof — will determine if meeting their full potential is even discussed this year.
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Despite a late run, the Tar Heels were unable to win their first conference game of the season, after shots by first-year guards RJ Davis and Caleb Love fell short at the buzzer.
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In a normal year, an early season victory against Kentucky would mean good things to come for UNC basketball. But with Kentucky out to a 1-5 start, Saturday's win still leaves the Tar Heels short of a marquee victory. Here are three takeaways from UNC's final out-of-conference game.
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In the short term, with only a hectic offseason and a haphazard non-conference slate to correct any issues, the Tar Heels will have to rely on unexpected — or in the apparent case of Kerwin Walton, extremely expected by the rest of his team — breakout performances to buy them more time to gather themselves and contend for an ACC title.
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Against a reeling Kentucky team, UNC was able to capitalize on its opponent's foul troubles and come away with a win behind strong 3-point shooting from first-year Kerwin Walton.
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Consider Saturday’s game against N.C. Central a reminder, intentional or not, of what Armando Bacot means to this team. He paced the Tar Heels with 19 points and 11 rebounds, helping the team to a 73-67 win and showing the kind of lift he can give when UNC isn’t exactly firing on all cylinders.
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In yet another game where the North Carolina Tar Heels started slowly, it was first-year forward Day'Ron Sharpe who provided energy and defense for UNC to stay in the game against North Carolina Central University to eventually come away with a 73-67 victory.
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North Carolina’s No. 16 men’s basketball team defeated North Carolina Central on Saturday with a final score of 73-67.
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Although Tuesday night's second-half push was not enough to get the Tar Heels over the hump against Iowa, the group demonstrated a fighting quality that may not have existed a year ago. “I’m pretty sure that last year we would have lost this game by 25,” Garrison Brooks said.
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Despite early struggles from AP preseason player of the year Luka Garza, No. 3 Iowa's late-game 14-0 run sealed its win over No. 16 North Carolina, 93-80.
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The North Carolina men's basketball team was bad last season — a record-breaking level of bad. Head coach Roy Williams marked his only losing season in his tenure coaching collegiate basketball and the Tar Heels — in part due to a running list of injuries — never found a way to click on the court.
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The No. 14 North Carolina basketball team fell to No. 17 Texas on Wednesday, 69-67, clawing back from a 12-point first-half deficit only to see Longhorn guard Matt Coleman III nail a game-winning jumper with 0.1 seconds left. Here are three takeaways from the game — and the Maui tournament as a whole.
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“We’re still learning, still getting better as a team,” Brooks said. “It’s an everyday process to keep working every day, get used to how everybody plays.”
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