No "D" at UNC

part of an article by Adam Lucas....

See, when you're raised in Carolina Basketball, you know one thing to be an absolute truth: defense wins games. Take every flashy, offense-driven team you can think of--Loyola Marymount in 1988, Kentucky in 1995--and Carolina's defense stifles them.
Try this stat--five different perimeter players (Toney Douglas, Kyle McAlarney, Greivis Vasquez, Jeff Teague and Jack McClinton) have scored at least 30 points against Carolina this year. That's a list of scorers who could have a hot day against anyone, of course. Here's something equally troubling. The Terrapins have a 6-foot-6 sophomore swingman named Cliff Tucker. In 23 games since Nov. 21, he has scored in double figures exactly twice: 18 points against Carolina in Chapel Hill and 24 points Saturday in College Park. In his other 10 conference games combined, he has 19 points.
But despite Vasquez's triple-double and Tucker's explosion, it looked like Carolina would have enough offense to survive. Some teams have must-stop defensive possessions. Maybe, my theory went, this Tar Heel team would have must-score offensive possessions instead. And twice in the final seven minutes, Lawson made miraculous end-of-clock hoops to convert those possessions.

But just like with your parents, Dean Smith and Roy Williams always seem to be proven right. Funny how those elders seem to know what they're talking about. During the two-minute meltdown at the end of regulation that saw a 76-67 Carolina lead vanish, the Tar Heel offense suddenly disappeared. That stretch was everything Carolina Basketball is not supposed to be. It was bad decision-making, it was poor shot selection, and it was too much individual play on a day when the Tar Heels had a meager five assists on 29 field goals.

Once that happened, when the shots stopped falling--just like Williams always says they eventually will--it came down to needing one stop. And the Tar Heels never got it. The Terps sliced seven points off the 9-point deficit in 35 seconds.

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I think my Grandmother could drop 30 on this squad. I know she would hit at least 5 three pointers.