Another weekend conference game. Another loss. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. The Heels repeated a regular occurrence from this season, and dropped a 66-52 contest to Pitt. North Carolina took the court at noon, and appeared every bit as lifeless and dreary as they have at other points in recent weeks. The opening stanza didn’t quite reach the levels of ineptitude displayed against Georgia Tech a few weeks ago, but the result was still the same.
Let’s just dive into three things we learned.
Defensive Tweaks
For the first time this season, Roy Williams put the Heels into a zone defense for long stretches.