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UNC Basketball tournament hopes hurt by loss to Marquette

CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 08: Garrison Brooks #15 of the North Carolina Tar Heels looks on during a game against the Pittsburgh Panthers on January 08, 2020 at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Pittsburgh won 65-73. (Photo by Peyton Williams/UNC/Getty Images)

The UNC basketball program followed up an impressive victory against Louisville with one of its worst performances of the 2020-21 season.

With a gap in the Tar Heels’ schedule due to a postponed game against Virginia Tech, Roy Williams wanted to find a fill-in game to help keep his team playing.