Miami coach Jim Larrañaga went into halftime Monday night knowing his 15th-ranked Hurricanes couldn't keep letting North Carolina attack off the dribble and get to the rim.
>> WRAL, SPORTS STARTS NOW. WATERED BY EASTER AUTOMOTIVE. >> WELL, BEFORE TONIGHT, UNC WAS FIRMLY INTO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, ACCORDING TO JOELLEN ALREADY. BUT THE HILLS HAVE YET TO NOTCH A WIN VERSUS QUAD ONE OPPONENTS AND IT DIDN'T START TONIGHT. HILL'S COMING OFF OF A SEASON BEST THAT HE MADE 3 POINTERS AGAINST CLEMSON. DIFFERENT STORY TODAY. CALEB LOVE COULDN'T GET ANYTHING GOING ON OUTSIDE EARLY BEATS THE SHOT CLOCK HERE. >> HE FINISHED WITH 20 POINTS FOR THE HEELS. NIGEL PACK WAS A PROBLEM FROM BEYOND THE ARC. 23 POINTS FOR HIM AS HE MADE 4 THREES. MIAMI WILL LEAD. 35 TO 34 AT THE HALF. ARMANDO BACOT HAD TO SIT DOWN WITH 4 FOULS WITH 12 MINUTES AGO. UNC AS CLOSE AS 4 POINTS LATE RJ DAVIS RIGHT HERE. BUT MIAMI WINS 80 TO 72. LET'S TOSS IT OUT TO CHAPEL HILL RIGHT NOW WHERE WRAL'S PAT WELTER JOINS US LIVE FROM THE DEAN SMITH CENTER. PAT. >> USC LOST A 10TH CONTEST OF THE SEASON AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THEM TO NOT A SIGNATURE WIN. >> YEAH, KRISTEN, ARMANDO BACOT ISN'T AFRAID TO SAY IT. HE SAID, QUOTE, I AM STRESSED THE OUT. TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MISSING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT BECAUSE KIND OF BEEN A POLITICIAN FOR CAROLINA THIS SEASON MEMBER. HE CALLED OUT THE TEAM AFTER THE WAKE FOREST LAST KIND OF FELT LIKE HE WAS CALLING OUT A TEAMMATE TONIGHT. THEY HAVE 4 STARTERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN WITH A COTTON FOUL TROUBLE. IN THE 2ND HALF. THEY JUST GET 2 POINTS TOTAL FROM PETE NANCE. >> I MEAN, IT'S A TEAM THING. WE OUGHT TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH THIS. ANOTHER PLAYER OF ALL THAT THIS IS TRYING TO FIND WAYS SO WE CAN TO GENERATE MORE OTHER PLAYERS, I MEAN. WE CAN ASK FOR ABOUT A STAT LINE AND OBVIOUSLY OUT OF SCHOOL AS MUCH WAS OFFICIALLY HE WAS OFFICIALS AFTER ONLY A DOZEN. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. I I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE STILL, BUT I MEAN. >> I THINK BEFORE THE CLEMSON GAME, I KNOW. BUT I DON'T KNOW BEFORE THIS GAME PERCENTAGE WISE, WE WERE THE WORST 3 POINT SHOOTING TEAM IN ACC. SO >> THAT'S NEVER A GOOD THING. YEAH. 5 OF 31 FROM 3 TONIGHT. SO THIS PROBLEM DOES GO WELL BEYOND NANCE. BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR. >> THIS TEAM MISSES THE FLOOR SPREADING ABILITY OF BRADY MANEK FROM LAST YEAR. AND UBER DAVIS WAS ASKED IS NANCE HEALTHY, GET A BACK INJURY EARLIER IN THE SEASON AND YOU'RE DAVIS SAID THAT IT SAYS TOLD HIM HE IS 100%. CHRIS. >> WELL, HOPING HE'S 100% THIS SET SUNDAY WHEN THEY TAKE ON NC STATE. AT PNC ARENA, PAT
