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On the flight back to Chapel Hill from Portland following North Carolina's 63-45 loss to Michigan State on Sunday, Roy Williams couldn't fall asleep.

His focus kept shifting back and forth between the stat sheet and an old Western book. A few times, he turned the lights off to get some sleep. But he always turned them back on moments later, unable to clear his mind of the worst shooting performance in school history.

"It was ridiculous," said Williams during his press conference Tuesday. "We didn't play very well in any phase of the game and didn't even want to look at (the film).