“I thought we yielded, and that was frustrating, but we’ll try to grow from it and learn from it,” Bennett said. The Hoos’ breakdowns on defense bothered Bennett more than did the long 3-pointers Love hit. I thought we were not as alert and as sharp as we needed to be, and when you play against a quality opponent like Carolina, when you have a breakdown those teams find a way to expose it right away.” ‘You’ve got to open up your ears and your mind about what just happened.’ We did not have two great days of prep. I told the guys, ‘You’ve got to keep your head up.’ But I said, “You got to come into these games with an edge and alert,” Bennett said, “and I didn’t think we had that. Carolina extended its lead to 11 early in the second half and wasn’t seriously threatened thereafter. For 25 minutes, it was a tight game, “and I feel like we did a good job of staying connected,” Virginia guard Reece Beekman said.īut UNC scored 10 points in the final 4:30 of the first half and led 31-25 at the break. In order to get consistent good shots against them, you have to have spacing, balance and movement.” “And his teams, they’re great individual defenders, but they’ve also good team defenders, and it’s very difficult to get good shots against them. “I’ve said before, Coach Bennett is one of the best coaches in basketball: not just college, but NBA, international, whatever it is,” said Davis, a former UNC star. For the game, Carolina shot 44 percent from beyond the arc and 47.5 percent overall against Virginia’s Pack Line defense. Manek hit five 3-pointers and teammate Caleb Love, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, made four. Sometimes it was because we were maybe covering for a breakdown, trying to block a shot or out of position, but their frontcourt really took it to us.”īrady Manek, a 6-foot-9 graduate transfer from Oklahoma, added 19 points for UNC. “If you’re out of position or you can’t get a quality body on him and just try to get him off the glass, he’s gonna make you pay, and he certainly did. “He certainly had his way,” Bennett said of Bacot. 22, 1997, had a player recorded at least 20 points and 20 rebounds against Virginia. Not since Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan on Feb. Nine of those boards came at the offensive end. “He kind of imposed his will on the offensive glass and in the post,” UVA guard Armaan Franklin said.īacot finished with career highs in points (29) and rebounds (21). Led by Bacot, a 6-10 post player who grew up about 70 miles from Charlottesville in Richmond, Carolina turned its 11 offensive rebounds into 14 second-chance points. Time and again, though, the Heels extended their possessions. When UNC had the basketball, Virginia’s initial defense was often solid. Show schedule list Open search Open Mobile Menu
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