Well, that was ugly.
The eight-point margin that Kentucky beat North Carolina by at the CBS Sports Classic wasn’t indicative of how bad the Tar Heels truly played on Saturday night.
It wasn’t just the 17 turnovers they committed. It wasn’t just the fact that they got outrebounded by 10, and only hauled in five offensive boards. Their 27-for-64 shooting performance certainly didn’t help matters any, and they could’ve managed a couple more made free throws, but that’s not what kept them from walking out of the United Center with a win.
Their overall sloppy play and inability to put together multiple productive offensive possessions in a row did, however, have a major impact on the game.