Welcome to the inside Carolina Post game.

I'm Tommy Ashley. That's Rob Harrington, sponsored by Johnny T-shirt. Johnny T-shirt.com. Do me a favor. Go support them online. You get 10% off your order. If you do this, you're an Inside Carolina premium member, go to InsideCarolina.com, sign up for the premium membership, or use the QR code that's right there on your screen. You get all the premium content. Lord knows recruiting is hot. Even hot on the basketball side. There was some scoop from Sherell today. And then on the football side, it's just nuts. Going to talk basketball. Carolina gets the 500th win in the Smith Center. And Rob Harrington, it was not pretty.

It was pretty at times.

They were pretty plays, especially in the first half.

But that second half, especially the last 10 minutes of the game, a win is a win.

You take them however you can get them.

But goodness, that wasn't pretty.

I think for me, speaking for myself, but I think this captures the sentiment of the broader fan base as well, is that frustration is building with how the team is playing. Now, as you

called it, it's a win. They're two and one in the conference, a really strong record overall,

but it doesn't seem to me that they're improving the way

that they need to be improving in order to get a top four seed. I mean, this isn't, they're a good

team. I mean, I think we know that now, but the good team could be a number six or a number

seven seed. And these guys need to do better than that. And they need to challenge for the conference

title somehow somehow some way

and they aren't playing at that level and hubert seemed beside himself with frustration you look at

how he managed the rotations in the second half late in the game with Powell in there young in there

young who hasn't played a lot just and i think he he did that because they were the ones who were playing with the most

defensive energy.

You know, game-wise, this is the third time, Michigan State being one, actually fourth time,

Ohio State, and then SMU and now Wake, where the heels have had a really bad final 10 minutes.

Now they were able to eke out wins in two of those games.

And so that's keeping them above water.

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