Video: IC Postgame Podcast - UNC Clamps Down, Beats NC State, 79-70

Posted Mar 2, 2024
For the first 20 minutes Saturday, NC State handled UNC in every way, leading at halftime and looking like the more invested team. But as Taylor Vippolis and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss, the Tar Heels' ability to shut down the Wolfpack over the final stanza was the difference as the visitors once again head back to Raleigh in defeat.

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