Defense wins championships, and on Sunday afternoon, the Indiana Hoosiers will try and ride their record-setting defense to their ninth National Championship. For the North Carolina Tar Heels, their season ends right where it did last year—one game short of the Final.
In a matchup billed as a clash between UNC's brilliant attack against Indiana's historic defense, the Tar Heels were frustrated for 90 minutes by a disciplined, focused, and impenetrable Hoosier squad. Carolina's superstar offensive players never found a rhythm, despite obvious effort and desire to take control of the match. Simply put, Indiana took Carolina out of its game, and the Heels couldn't wrestle it back.