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I have no clue why ESPN scheduled North Carolina and Miami for Saturday night primetime. Oh wait. Yes I do. It's because, two weeks ago, the line for that game would have been "Carolina minus infinity" and expecting anything short of a total Hurricane bloodbath would have been insanity.Then UNC lost twice. And suddenly this matchup was more of a "holy mess let them lose!" type of event where the WWL and the Carolina national bandwagon would be thoroughly embarrassed. Frankly, the game had the making of a potential upset heading into half.
The Tar Heels were only up four, they looked totally ineffective and suddenly Miami was dangerous. Then Wayne Ellington happened.
With the Hurricanes hanging around to a degree, Ellington went off, dropping eight consecutive baskets (seven of which were three-pointers) in a show that ended up as a 23-point -- all in the second half, mind you -- effort. Tyler Hansbrough, in a very underreported story, was fairly ineffective (he's still Bilas' POY, though!).
Yes, he scored 24 points, but he only managed seven boards and still shot under 50 percent. I use this not as a way to say that Psycho T is bad ... he's not; it's just people simply refuse to talk about his inability to really dominate this year.
Or perhaps it's just Marcus Ginyard, who's lack of presence has had this Tar Heel defense suffering. Roy Williams spoke about it before the game and mentioned this his team just needed to "relax" (a far cry from Danny Green's message that this team didn't care).
The Heels, outside of Jack McClinton's 21 points and Dwayne Collins/Adrian Thomas combining for 23, shut down the 'Canes. But this is a Miami team that is "not Duke" and "worse than Wake Forest". If UNC wants to win the ACC -- and at 2-2 now it's entirely possible still, of course -- they'll need better defense.
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