It’s a redux as Carolina comes back behind Barnes

During the Tar Heels 92-87 overtime win over Clemson in the ACC tournament today, North Carolina fans must have felt they’d seen this picture before. The Tar Heels were turning the ball over and the opponent was hitting threes to get out to a big lead.

Carolina turned it over four times by the time the first TV timeout came around and trailed 14-3. The Tar Heels trailed by 10 at the half, after getting down by as many as 14 points. But the Heels clamped down a bit in the second half to get the game close down the wire.

Harrison Barnes, who scored 40, hit his sixth triple with 1:22 left to bring the Heels within a bucket at 73-71. Then Tyler Zeller scored to send the game into overtime. Barnes tallied 14 points in the overtime period to lead Carolina to victory.

“In the second half we got more aggressive, the defense was better and Harrison made a bunch of shots,” said UNC coach Roy Williams. “We’ve got to be more aggressive ourselves and not let the other team be the aggressor.”

It’s been fun for fans of basketball to see the comebacks the last two days but you have to figure that the Heels won’t be able to do that again in the finals of the ACC tournament or in the NCAA tournament.

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