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Shirel, Carolina, 93, 85. and i'm going to start the podcast with a

quote from my son at halftime he said dad i'm going to bed i said why you don't have school

tomorrow he said carolina plays better when i'm in bed carolina wins the second half 5039 to win the ballgame 9385.

Sherella, NCAA, NCAA tournament-type win for Carolina over Syracuse.

It definitely felt that way because it seemed like every time that North Carolina had

Syracuse on the ropes, they looked like they were about to blow them out.

I think one time, I think it was 58, 49, and Cam Johnson had a three, and I think Kobe had a three,

and it had another shot.

It looked like they were just on the verge of blowing them out, and they just couldn't do it.

So, no, you know, props to them for continuing to play throughout the game, for continuing

to defend, because that first half defensively was pretty rough to watch.

There was so many wide open shooters and guys getting to the basket at will, it seemed like.

So I think that second half, you know, Royal Williams definitely said something to them at halftime.

The defense wasn't great in the second half, but it was much better than it was in the first half.

And, you know, you look at the bot score and there's a few reasons that, you know, they won.

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