Lucas: Virginia Rapid Reactions

By Adam Lucas

1. Carolina started too poorly and shot too poorly to win at Virginia, falling for a seventh straight time to the Cavaliers, 60-48. Six of those seven defeats are by eight points or more.

2. The combination of Virginia's stingy defense and Carolina's shooting struggles was too much to overcome. As will be well documented, the Tar Heels made just two three-point shots, both of them by Kerwin Walton. Other than Walton, the rest of the team combined to go 0-for-10 from the arc. Carolina shot 34.5 percent from the field.

3. What may be less documented: the Tar Heels simply weren't effective enough in the paint to win the game. The play-by-play stats from the game charted Carolina at…