UNC Addressing Defensive Inconsistency

Posted Jan 21, 2017
Help defense has been a talking point through UNC’s first 21 games, not only for an occasional inability to stop penetration, but also for collapsing too far off the 3-point line, thereby giving too much cushion to perimeter shooters. If we do a better job of keeping the ball in front of us, no one has to help,” Kenny Williams said after UNC’s sixth-straight ACC win. (Inside Carolina)

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