1. Wasn't expecting a defensive battle when Roy Williams met Jerod Haase, but that's what we got. And Carolina's defense was just good enough, holding Stanford without a field goal over the final 4:22 on the way to a 67-63 win to advance to the Maui championship game.
2. The six players who were on the court the most at the end--Leaky Black, Caleb Love, RJ Davis, Day'Ron Sharpe, Armando Bacot and Garrison Brooks--had some very, very good defensive possessions.