Wake Forest made more of an effort in win over Tar Heels

Jeff Bzdelik.
Jeff Bzdelik.
UNC didn’t really deserve to win the game at Wake Forest… but they could have. The Tar Heels fell 73-67 in the ACC season opener for both teams.

You’d think that outrebounding an ACC foe by 19 would do the trick. And it would have if the Heels could have made a few shots. You aren’t going to win many games hitting 39 percent.

A lot of those shots were relatively easy follow shots, tips and short jumpers. Several were open threes.

As Coach Williams said, the Tar Heels couldn’t finish. But Wake could. They scored 19 points off Carolina’s 17 turnovers.

“We just made effort plays,” said Wake Forest coach Jeff Bzdelik.

Ouch. They kinda says that the Tar Heels didn’t make as much effort because the favored Heels certainly have the talent to beat the Deacs.

Even the UNC trapping defense was only successful a couple of times and the Tar Heels didn’t convert on the opportunities.

“We knew they would trap us and we handled the trap really well,” Bzdelik said.

I had thought the trap might be Carolina’s calling card this year but it takes more effort, more aggression to work.

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