On Wednesday night the North Carolina Tar Heels put forth a valiant effort for 30 minutes on 
their home floor against their rivals from eight miles down the road, Duke.
In the end it wasn't enough as the eighth ranked Duke pulled away in the final minutes to beat North Carolina 64-54.
Even with seven McDonald's All-Americans on the roster North Carolina has now lost four straight after Wednesday night's loss to their arch rival.
For the first 30 minutes it was a hard fought passionate match. When the teams emerged from the 8-minute media timeout, the score was tied at 45 . Of course the problem for the Tar Heels is that it's a 40 minute game. So in the end what was the difference?
A level of consistent intensity. After the game North Carolina Coach Roy Williams said:
"I thought we had the intensity the first 30 minutes that we needed and should have had the whole season. After that... they seemed hungrier to get [to the boards] and we just didn't do a good job of boxing out or chasing the ball."
their home floor against their rivals from eight miles down the road, Duke.In the end it wasn't enough as the eighth ranked Duke pulled away in the final minutes to beat North Carolina 64-54.
Even with seven McDonald's All-Americans on the roster North Carolina has now lost four straight after Wednesday night's loss to their arch rival.
For the first 30 minutes it was a hard fought passionate match. When the teams emerged from the 8-minute media timeout, the score was tied at 45 . Of course the problem for the Tar Heels is that it's a 40 minute game. So in the end what was the difference?
A level of consistent intensity. After the game North Carolina Coach Roy Williams said:
"I thought we had the intensity the first 30 minutes that we needed and should have had the whole season. After that... they seemed hungrier to get [to the boards] and we just didn't do a good job of boxing out or chasing the ball."
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