WINSTON-SALEM—Sometimes the bus knows best.
Carolina has experienced virtually every kind of mishap this season. The Tar Heels have had injuries. They've had unlucky bounces.
And then there's the bus. When the Tar Heels rolled up to Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday night, the players prepared to disembark first, as is the custom. Only one problem: the door wouldn't open.
Several minutes later, it eventually cooperated, but it turned out the bus had the right idea, because Carolina struggled through a 74-57 defeat to Wake Forest.
As the players and coaches agreed, it wasn't just the score that was disappointing.