It would have been in the NBA, in my opinion. There was a foul called a little earlier that wasn't a foul, watching the replay, but that's the way it goes. Great game by North Carolina, and Duke had their chances down the stretch. Shooting 60% at the line absolutely killed Duke.
70% FT shooter missed both. 7'0 footer had been in foul trouble all game, spent a lot of time on the bench, his only 2 FTs of the game. He's a player, only a Soph, but man I feel bad for him. Props to Carolina. That was fun.
Duke literally just accumulated as many top 25 players they can get in the class and then roll the ball out and let them play… fit, spacing, passing …. None of it matters… they just shove them all on the court and see if it works before losing 75% of them and getting a new group and trying again next year. The spacing was bad… the on the court fit was bad as well. I can’t criticize them too much as they made the Final Four but they were just poorly coached and didn’t fit well.
Caleb Love is one of the most electrifying players I've seen. Gotta give it to him. You just knew he was pulling that 3 come hell or high water. Armando Bacot is a top 5 mouth breather of all time, but damn he can snag a rebound or 10. Not a huge UNC cronie, but definitely pulling for them over Kansas. Major props for sending that old curmudgeon home for good.
Caleb took control also when they were about to go down 9. He took it on his shoulders several times last night. Mountain man also showed he wasn't going to go out with that first half egg. Good game until it became a FT contest. in the last two minutes.
last game for this season. certainly didn't see NC making it this far to the finals and I was expecting kansas to drop at some point like they usually do.
Carolina was down early, now they're in complete control late 1st half They're an 8th seed playing in the championship game. Why? Did they have injuries earlier this season and now are healthy? Maybe they're hitting their stride in some wild way
