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Hubert Davis On UNC's ACC Tournament Exit: 'Not A Recipe For Success'

Hubert Davis: "Clemson has always been physical defensively, and one of the things I always say is you never let a defense dictate and decide how efficient you are on the offensive end. And I felt like their physicality took us out of our offense, off of our cuts, our screens, our moves, and didn’t respond to that until the latter part of the second half." (Inside Carolina)

Another Quad 1 loss has UNC Men's Basketball likely ticketed for 6 seed

After blowing one last chance for a Quad 1 victory to impress the NCAA tournament committee, No. 19 North Carolina is likely destined to no better than a 5 seed and likely a 6 seed when the brackets are announced Sunday. Given that it was a narrow loss in a Quad 1 game, UNC fell only one spot in the NET (from 23 to 24) and the WAB (from 19 to 20). (Tar Heel Tribune)

Caleb Wilson speaks to reporters for first time since season-ending injury

Caleb Wilson, who has missed UNC's last eight basketball games, was asked how he was feeling following the Tar Heels' ACC Tournament loss to Clemson. "Pretty bad. I'm just trying to look on the bright side, trying to cheer my teammates on. It's a journey. I broke my hand, then I broke my other one...kinda ironic," Wilson said with a frustrated smirk. (TarHeel247)

UNC players proud of fight in ACC Tournament, wish desperation had come earlier

For most of Thursday night, North Carolina looked out of sync. "I’m proud of our guys for fighting, but we shouldn’t have been in that situation in the first place," forward Jarin Stevenson said, who almost always has a smile on his face in postgame interviews but not on this night. "It comes again with energy and getting stops earlier in the game." (Tar Heel Tribune)

Chansky’s Notebook: One-and-Done in Charlotte

In UNC's four previous trips to the ACC Tournament under coach Hubert Davis, the Tar Heels hadn’t claimed a conference championship, but they had never gone home without one or two victories, either. As Clemson moved on to face Duke in Friday night’s ACC Tournament semifinals, UNC was left to contemplate its quick and painful exit from the event. (Chapelboro.com)

Brooklyn Nets center Day'Ron Sharpe to have season-ending surgery

Brooklyn Nets center Day'Ron Sharpe will miss the rest of the season because of a torn ligament in his left thumb after playing in 62 games and starting seven. He has averaged 8.7 points and 6.7 rebounds and leads the Nets in field goal percentage at 60.1%. The 2021 first-round pick out of UNC tops all Nets reserves in points, assists, and steals. (Associated Press)

Video: UNC Basketball Players Post-Clemson Locker Room Interviews

North Carolina's Jarin Stevenson, Luka Bogavac, Seth Trimble, Derek Dixon, and Henri Veesaar speak with reporters following the No. 4 seed Tar Heels' 80-79 loss to the No. 5 seed Clemson Tigers on Thursday night at the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Charlotte. (View Video)

Lucas: Desperate

Seven miles from here, just off Tyvola Road, UNC has been through this before. The fourth-seeded Tar Heels played a mostly desultory ACC quarterfinal game on Thursday and got the result they earned, an 80-79 defeat at the hands of Clemson. The Tigers were tougher, executed better, and were the better team for 37 of the game's 40 minutes. (GoHeels.com)

Box Score: North Carolina 79, Clemson 80

View the complete box score from the No. 4 see North Carolina Tar Heels' 80-79 loss to the No. 5 seed Clemson Tigers on Thursday night at the ACC Tournament in Charlotte. (View Box Score)

Video: IC Postgame Podcast - Familiar Script in UNC's ACC Tournament Loss to Clemson

Rob Harrington and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss UNC Basketball's ACC Tournament loss to Clemson, the play of Henri Veesaar and Derek Dixon, and the Tar Heels' familiar script of late-game comebacks that have fallen short over the past five seasons. (View Video)

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