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Duck women upset No. 22 North Carolina, 79-77, in season opener

“He wants each and every player to be a better individual”.

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Roy Williams’ group is now the sole No. 1 team in the country following that win and another rout over Fairfield on Sunday, where the Heels knocked down eight 3s on the way to 92 points and a 27-point win. The Tar Heels nonetheless have not officially clinched the Coastal Division, still they’ve thundered by means of their ACC schedule en path to 9 straight wins – the 1st time this system has done in that since 1914. He continued the trend, adding more insult to injury. Why would we change it?

“The goals we set at the beginning of the season, we were the only ones who believed”, UNC senior offensive lineman Landon Turner said. Either way, it was a disturbing recurrence of what seem to be annual November issues for the Tar Heels, no matter how talented, no matter how experienced, no matter how many times they have been through this sort of thing before.

A steal by Joel Berry II led to a basket by Meeks, and another 3 by Britt concluded the 10-0 run that put North Carolina in control.

One play offered a ideal example. “I feel like any one of us perimeter players seeing the ball go down a few times in a game is, like I said, big for our confidence, and that can propel us into the next game”.

UNC’s consistency shows up on the field and that’s also a good sign.

The Badgers looked like a different team offensively after hitting less than 36 percent of their shots from the field and 64 percent from the free throw line and allowing Western IL to shoot 54 percent from the field in Friday night’s loss.

It wasn’t pretty early on, but the North Carolina Tar Heels turned it on in the second half and gave the Chapel Hill crowd a positive feeling leaving the Dean Dome.

Going into Saturday’s game, UM was the only school in the Atlantic Coast Conference that had three wide receivers – Rashawn Scott, Stacy Coley and Herb Waters – with at least 450 yards receiving. And receivers, they’ve been competitive with the ball.

“For fumbles, it comes down to effort”, linebacker Jeff Schoettmer said. “Coach asks the same thing of all of us”.

“Everything came together”, sophomore running back Elijah Hood said.

The defense runs turnover drills ever Tuesday and Schoettmer and his teammates are seeing that “those drills are paying off”. Check below for the UNC game TV details and how to watch the North Carolina Fairfield game online streaming. UNC quickly converted two of those into touchdowns. “That’s always been a great defense”.

She put up the shot, but it didn’t make it through the basket – another final-second finish, and another loss. But there’s no change in how the Heels view their next opponent.

“I’m concerned about the way we played tonight”, Williams said, “but I’m not anxious about our team”. The Tar Heels’ recruiting over the past year has been hindered by the NCAA’s investigation into the program, but Woods is the third ESPN 100 commitment for Williams since the start of September.

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“I expect a loud one, a fun atmosphere”.

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