Seedy K’s GameCap: North Carolina

Too little. Too late.

That’s the cliché, right?

Applies here.

Louisville 74, North Carolina 77.

Just thinkin’ out loud.

You gotta play with energy and passion and a hint of fire The Whole Game, not just the last little bit to make it look closer than it really was.

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At the 16:27 mark of the 2d, the Tar Heels drained a triple, which extended their one point halftime advantage to 9 at 49-40.

The Cardinals answered — actually didn’t — with a hurried airball from beyond the arc.

At which point, I wrote these words in my game notes: “GAME OVER!”.

Carolina netted seven more in a row for a 56-40 margin.

(Louisville wouldn’t have been that close  — such as it was — but for a couple of triple triple bursts in the opening half. A Conwell>Brown>Wooley parlay. And a Rooths>Brown>Hadley skein.)

So the Cardinals fell behind by 16 before scoring its First Field Goal of the Second six minutes and twenty four seconds after it started.

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That commenced a 9-0 spurt to pull within 7.

Twas a false positive.

The Cardinals, playing, I don’t really know how to describe it — Passionless??? — somehow stayed within a reasonable distance.

Zougris balled with some zest. Hadley is ever steady. Rooths and Wooley brought a smidge of Snickers™ off the bench. Conwell tallied in bunches. Brown was periodically ***** like.

But it was never gonna happen.

Even though the Cards had a prayer with :08 left to send it to extras.

Cards fans need to face it. U of L is a somewhat better than average outfit. That’s about it.

With serious flaws which are really manifesting themselves against stiffer competition. I’ve mentioned them ad nauseam and feel no need to reiterate again.

Just hoping the season doesn’t end with a whimper.

— c d kaplan