UNC's Defense Locks Down Trophy

Posted Apr 4, 2017
North Carolina’s 36 percent shooting in Monday’s national championship game is its lowest in an NCAA Tournament win in 60 years and the third lowest on record. “I don’t care what we shot,” Kennedy Meeks said after his team’s 71-65 win over Gonzaga. “We won the game.” My, how the defensive equation changed once the national championship trophy was in play. (Inside Carolina)

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