Unlike Saturday, UNC couldn't make the little plays in loss to Virginia

Posted Feb 11, 2019
The difference between elation and frustration for North Carolina over 48 hours was fewer than three seconds. Two days after getting a buzzer-beater on its way to top Miami, the Tar Heels twice experienced the clock’s cruelty on key plays that helped Virginia to a 69-61 victory over UNC on Monday. “Basketball is all kinds of little plays,” Roy Williams said. (Greensboro News & Record)

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