Inside UNC Basketball's Late-Game Wake Up Call: 'We Got Too Comfortable'
Posted Feb 4, 2026
UNC had the Smith Center ready to exhale with just under 10 minutes left, sitting on a massive lead and playing the kind of connected basketball that makes a blowout feel inevitable. Instead, the Tar Heels spent the final stretch hanging on as Syracuse turned missed shots, turnovers, and stops into a late push that shrank the margin to single digits.
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