SOUTH BEND—As befits someone who once made his living on television, Hubert Davis is reliably consistent in distilling the essence of how a team can win a basketball game.
One of his favorite sayings relates to three simple factors that control whether a team is competitive in a game.
"I always say there are three boxes you have to check to be in any game," he told Jones Angell on the Tar Heel Sports Network after Carolina's 63-59 win over Notre Dame. "You have to get after it defensively.