If you love offensive clinics, beautiful ball movement, and rhythmic shooting, this game was not for you. If you love stress and anxiety, well you witnessed an instant classic at Rupp Arena between North Carolina and Kentucky.
In a game that set offensive basketball back a few decades, Kentucky and North Carolina traded bricks, turnovers, and bruises for 40 grueling minutes. It was a game defined not by who made the most plays, but by who survived the longest stretches of ineptitude.
Mark Pope’s offense never arrived, very little ball movement and just no real shot making ability at all.