You know the situation is bleak when you can safely say that a 17-point loss does not indicate how bad the loss actually was, but that is very much the case in UNC’s 87-70 loss at Cameron Indoor on Saturday. Carolina out-scored Duke in the second half after being completely brutalized in the first half to such a degree that the game felt safely over with about 12 minutes left in the first 20 minutes.
The first half was all about the Tar Heels being careless with the ball while Duke scored nearly every time down the floor.