BROOKLYN, N.Y. — North Carolina beat UCLA 89-76 at the Barclays Center Saturday, and the most popular storyline after the game wasn’t Brice Johnson’s 27 points or nine rebounds.
It was his potty mouth.
Upset with his performance early in the contest, Johnson uttered—OK, let’s make it screamed—an expletive that earned him a spot on the Tar Heels’ bench, where he stewed for nearly nine minutes before returning to help the Tar Heels erase an 11-point deficit in what turned out to be an easy victory.
“Coach was really pissed about it,” said the 6’10” Johnson, whose profanity could be heard by fans seated near UNC’s bench.