UNC's Lost Season

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🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The UNC Tar Heels are perennial men's college basketball contenders. But this season, they've hit snags, including a few long losing streaks which have currently positioned the team as the lowest seed in the ACC tournament. After a season full of missed opportunities and failing to meet expectations, ESPN's Jeff Borzello joins the show to break down what's gone wrong in Chapel Hill and where it goes from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't know that I've ever had a team be outscored 15 to zero and fast break points.
0:05.6	Their effort was much better than our effort.
0:07.9	And then we still had it there and we couldn't make any shots even around the basket.
0:12.9	So it's frustrating, but it's what it's been quite a bit of this season.
0:22.3	That was North Carolina head coach Roy Williams after Saturday's loss to
0:26.4	arch rival Duke.
0:27.7	The North Carolina Tar Heels, winners of six national championships, a school that produced
0:32.4	names like Vince Carter, James Worthy, and Michael Jordan have been downright bad this year.
0:38.9	Today, as the ACC tournament kicks off in Greensboro, UNC enters as the lowest overall
0:44.8	seat. How do they fall so far so fast and who is to blame? I'm Jason Fitz in for Mina
0:51.4	Kimes. It's Tuesday, March 10th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.
1:01.4	Jeff Borzello, I'm a little shook.
1:04.0	North Carolina finished the regular season.
1:05.8	They lose to Duke, because that's fine.
1:07.2	We're used to that.
1:08.2	But they're the lowest seed in the ACC tournament, North Carolina.
1:11.9	So sum up how you would view this season for the Tar Hills.
1:16.3	I mean, they're arguably the most disappointing team in the country.
1:19.9	Jeff Borzello is a college basketball insider for ESPN.
1:23.5	And I know we have to take some other factors into account with injuries and call Anthony and things like that.
1:27.8	But, you know, this was a preseason top 10 team that, like you said, is going to be the bottom seat in the ACC tournament.
1:34.3	And the ACC is not good this year.
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