North Carolina picks up an 80-69 victory over rival NC State, their 36th in the last 41 meetings. Armando Bacot has 23 points, 18 rebounds and in so doing sets Carolina’s career double-double and rebounding records.
RJ Davis had 26 points, including going 14-14 at the free throw line. UNC as a team made 36-39 from the line.
Terquavion Smith (the ACC’s leading scorer) left the game on a stretcher after a hard foul from Leaky Black, for which he was ejected.
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This team is improving
Man. So much from this game.
Amazing that Bacot broke Tyler's rebound record. What gets me though is that Hansbrough held that record while sharing the court and rotation with other bigs. Not to diminish Bacot's achievement, but he spend the last two years in the post basically by himself for entire games. Just puts it in to perspective how good Hansbrough was.
Really sad that officiating is still such a talking point. Whether good or bad, they at least need to be consistent so players can adjust. There was a ton of contact early when Bacot ripped the ball away from Burns with no whistle, but Nance could barely put his hands on Burns later in the half. Many times officials blow the whistle when they expect there to be a foul instead of when they actually see the foul. I'm sure it is incredibly difficult to be an official in modern basketball, but some of the stuff we are seeing is absolutely ridiculous.
Speaking of officiating. Leaky is ejected with a flagrant 2 for a play on the ball, but Morsell is not for a knife hand to Love's face? Yeah, that makes sense. You can't officiate the outcome and not the play itself. I'd argue there was actual intent on Morsell's play. But I digress.
I'm actually happy with Caleb's play. He isn't hitting his shots, but he is still generally playing pretty well. The shots he is taking have generally been in rhythm and in the flow of the offense. He is still attacking the rim, making pretty good decisions, and staying engaged on defense.
A dub is a dub, though. GO HEELS!
Armando comes back for year 5 to put his totals into untouchable numbers😎
Unc vs ncsux isn't a rivalry, stop calling it one. We own them. Go heels, gdtbath, congrats Armando. Legend status
Love still struggling offensively but also not afraid to keep shooting or driving the lane. Armando passing a legend becoming a legend himself! GO HEELS!!