NEW ORLEANS — What had gotten into Leaky Black? It was an innocuous question, asked after Black, a once-reluctant shooter whose place in the North Carolina lineup is owed to so many other tasks done well, scored a season-high 13 points and knocked in all three 3-pointers he attempted — including one that put the Tar Heels ahead to stay — in an overtime win at Louisville.
As it turned out, a lot had gotten into Leaky Black.
Black, his eyes darting at the camera during a video news conference after that early-February game, said that he had been coping with “really bad anxiety,” had been seeing a therapist, and that meditation and prayer had been helpful.