“We’ve really turned the corner to become a complete basketball team”. He planned to seek games against challenging competition, but first he wanted affirmation.
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“We got stuck at the end of the shot clock and had to force some plays”, UVA head coach Tony Bennett said. “That’s what coach wanted”.
“It helps the team because we have to have balance”, Paige said. Everybody was on the same page. “We dug ourselves a quick hole”. “We didn’t win this tournament championship, but we have momentum regardless”.
North Carolina, the 62nd-ranked team in blocked shots, records an average of 4.4 per game.
And when you consider what’s on the line – an ACC tournament title, a No. 1 seed, a favorable draw for the NCAA tournament – and how well the these two teams are playing, there may not be anywhere in the country I’d rather be tonight than courtside at the Verizon Center.
He scored half of his 16 points during the big, rout-making run, and that might have been the best news of all for UNC. “I hope it’s insane”.
Things did not begin well for Jim Larranaga’s No. 11 Hurricanes in their ACC Tournament semifinal against No. 4 Virginia, with their first possession ending with a turnover. “It should be a very intense, electrifying environment”. The Tar Heels pound the ball inside and attack the offensive glass, and two of the Pack-Line’s main principles are immediate double-teams on post touches and a complete denial of second-chance points.
North Carolina won the ensuing draw, but Virginia’s Maggie Preas forced a turnover to get the ball back. The victor will snip a net and get an inside track in the bracket.
As a fan, I want to find some silver linings to these awfully dark clouds.
“They were fabulous. Their defense was a different level than what we’ve seen or played against”, Brey said. At this point in the season, it is about winning and advancing. The Hoyas (1-5) were coming off of a Wednesday upset of Duke, their first win of the season, but the Quakers (5-1) never let Georgetown get untracked Saturday.
One of the times the Heels weren’t potent enough, though, was two weeks ago at Virginia, when they lost 79-74 in their only regular-season meeting. The Cavaliers identified two crucial factors from their victory, and they echoed through their locker room late Friday night.
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Hendrick led Carolina with four goals, while Messinger had two goals and three assists. “It’s easier said than done to stop it”. “Personally, I was happy with the way we were playing, but I couldn’t get out of my mind what happened earlier in ACC play”. They dispatched Pittsburgh 88-71 on Thursday and then put a historic beating on Notre Dame yesterday by a final score of 78-47, the largest margin of victory ever in an ACC Tournament semifinal game. The Tar Heels battled back to take the 15 to 14 advantage with 12 minutes still to play. Virginia was a flawless 3 for 3 on free position shots, while holding North Carolina 0 for 2. “We just try to limit them on the boards, keep them out of the paint”. “It may just have been that it’s taken them that long to recognize what they had to do”.
