Friday, January 14, 2005

North Carolina Tournament Resume

North Carolina (27-4, 14-2, 1st ACC)
Seed: #1 Syracuse
How they got here: At-large bid
Against the field (8-3):
W (N)Iowa 106-92
W Kentucky 91-78
W Vermont 93-65
W Georgia Tech 91-69
L @Wake Forest 82-95
W NC State 95-71
L @Duke 70-71
W @UConn 77-70
W @NC State 81-71
W Duke 75-73
L (N) Georgia Tech

The good: 15-3 vs Top 100 RPI, 8-3 vs the field. McCants, Williams, Williams, the best top 6 in basketball. Great inside game, great with dribble penetration, good passing team, good shooting team. Not many holes.

The bad: Looked very shaky the last 3 games. Needed comeback against Clemson & a late melt down by Duke to come back and beat them. Could have easily been 0-3 the last 3 games or 0-2 since they never would have got to Georgia Tech if Clemson beat them. They are clearly the 2nd best team in the country right now, but they should be head and shoulders above everyone. If they play like they did against the last 3 games, especially against Clemson they will not get very far.

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