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Shirel, I'm going to get you in here.

Just initial thoughts.

I don't really think we need to go through the game.

We certainly can.

There were some interesting moments.

But the way it ended sort of sums it

all up i think yeah i think the second half in general kind of sums it all up right i mean it was

56 to 37 Carolina was comfortable they were in the lead they were hitting shots they were playing

great defense and then it just all fell down. And I mean, the thing is, this is not the first huge second half lead in the tournament that we've seen UNC lose in the last few years. Like, go back to the Baylor game. It's kind of a same situation. Obviously, a much better team, but a similar situation where

for some reason there's just inexplicable turnovers, there's terrible shots, there's just

kind of those lapses of basketball IQ that happen.

And ultimately, you know, that always goes back to the coach.

In the end, that's where it goes back to.

Yes, the players have some responsibility, but the coach is the one who's ultimately responsible for all of it.

And there were just so many mistakes in the second half that you would think that a fifth-year-head coach would be able to kind of work through.

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