RALEIGH — Forget about the first half.
The No. 1 seed North Carolina men's basketball team must have done that after entering halftime ahead of 16th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast by just one point, 41-40.
The second half couldn't have looked any more different, and that bounce-back effort resulted in an 83-67 victory that pushes the Tar Heels into the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The biggest factors in that second-half awakening — which saw the Tar Heels outscore the Eagles 42-27 — were Brice Johnson and defense.
Or maybe Brice Johnson's defense.