WASHINGTON – The North Carolina team that obliterated Notre Dame by a 78-47 count in the ACC semifinals Friday night – the same Tar Heels gave up 78 points to Georgia Tech and even trailed the Yellow Jackets in the Smith Center with less than six minutes to play when the teams played in January.
How does that happen?
Fairly simple – the Tar Heels were playing at a far higher level Friday night.
“We’ve seen spurts of offense where they’re explosive, but the combination of offense and defense creating turnovers, creating steals, blocked shots – that combination with the offense, it’s one of the first times that we’ve seen like that,” said Eric Montross, the UNC radio analyst and former Tar Heels star.