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UNC's defensive effort against SMU was even worse than you imagined

Saturday afternoon was not a good one for the UNC Basketball team, as they traveled to Dallas for their first Atlantic Coast Conference road game of the 2025-2026 season, and just their second true road game of the year.

The defensive performance was worse than you thought (or maybe it was exactly how bad you imagined...)

You probably felt like every time SMU had possession, the basketball was finding the bottom of the net. Well... you wouldn't be wrong. The Mustangs were extremely efficient on the offensive end of the court, and for as good as they were in the first half, they got even better in the second half (how is that possible?