That was a heartbreaking loss.
There’s no other way to describe a team playing without its two best players against a ranked team at home, and being a rimmed-out put-back away from pulling off the upset anyway.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell to 13-5 and 3-2 in ACC play last night in a 69-68 roller coaster of a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels.
And we could focus on the Irish’s final 6 minutes coming without a made field goal, or on what most of us would agree were some terrible refereeing decisions down the stretch, or even on TJ Gibbs’ put-back miss being SO close that it actually makes our hearts ache.