North Carolina
Hubert Davis "We weren't playing any defense"
North Carolina discusses how Louisville was able to cut the large Tar Heel lead to 5 points in the second half and how the team responded.
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North Carolina discusses how Louisville was able to cut the large Tar Heel lead to 5 points in the second half and how the team responded.
We definitely relax a little bit and you look up as a five point game and in games like this, you know, Louisville is a good, good ball club in order to, you know, come back into games like we did today. So, um, we definitely took our foot off the gas and didn't really, um, do I know there was a couple of stretches where we had bad shots and bad turnovers and wasn't really playing defense, um, not get grabbing rebounds so little stuff like that, we just got remain for a full 40 minutes. I think that's what the next step for us to be great. Um, I know we do a good job of doing it for 20 but it's all about the second half. So we got to combine a full 40 minutes for, in order for us to get to the next step. I know we could be definitely, every game won't be good. It's gonna be, it's a game of run, especially at this level and we just got to stay focused and we responded and that's all that matters. Well, I know how it got to 5550. We weren't playing any defense. We were in the huddle. I, I told them, I said they're shooting 90% from the field. I said, that's hard to do that by yourself in the gym with nobody guarding you. I said that this is the reason why they're in this position is because our lack of commitment on the defensive end. I said, if you want things to change, then we're gonna have to defend, we're gonna defend without foul and we're gonna have to rebound the basketball. But one of the things that I always tell the team is, you know, whether something good or bad happens, it, the only thing you really have control over is how you react and how you respond. And so when they cut it to five, I loved how we reacted and how we responded, we got stops, we didn't put them on the free throw line, we rebounded the basketball. Um, we got good shots on the offensive end, got to the free throw line, got into the penalty and, um, we played the type of basketball that got us an 18 point lead in the first half and then we were able to extend the lead and, and come away with the win mistakes, especially right out of the gate. I think we came out a little bit, um, lackadaisical and, you know, that's something that hasn't been the case in the past games in the past couple of games. And, you know, it's something we just got to remember is important is coming out hungry and, uh, playing with energy, especially at halftime. Yeah, I can't have that lull and, and mental errors and stuff like that. But, you know, we, we know what we need to work on and it wasn't anything new. It was just, you know, we had some, you know, miss assignments.