Lucas: Texas Rapid Reactions

By Adam Lucas

1. What can you say? It's Carolina-Texas. Seven of the last nine Carolina losses to Texas have been by three points or fewer.

2. The final play was all Matt Coleman. Matched up on the smaller RJ Davis, Coleman dribbled away the final 25 seconds before rolling in the game-winner. The Texas guards had been the entire offense during the second half, and with Leaky Black on Courtney Ramey, Texas went with Coleman.

3. The end of the game will get all the attention. But the decisive stretch came near the end of the first half. Carolina really missed the veteran presence of Garrison Brooks in that span, when he turned his ankle and had to go to the locker room. That left the Tar Heels…