Well, here we are again.
It’s only fitting that with an East Regional championship and a trip to the Final Four at stake, Carolina’s task tonight against Notre Dame will be one with which they are very familiar: stop the ball.
That’s been a season-long storyline for the Tar Heels. It was an issue in the first loss of the year at Northern Iowa, when point guard Wes Washpun carved up the Carolina defense for 21 points and eight assists after making repeated trips into the paint. It was again an issue in losses at Louisville and, yes, Notre Dame.