Payne: Tar Heels can’t afford slow start against Fighting Irish

Tar Heels host Panthers

The end of the first half of North Carolina’s first game in the ACC Tournament was enough to send the Tar Heels to the break up 39-35. Six straight defensive stops gave the Tar Heels ten unanswered points, digging them out of an eight-point hole. UNC’s defensive lockdown was also enough to save Roy Williams a halftime speech on the very subject. …read more

Source:: WRAL