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UNC Basketball: Monmouth vs. Tar Heels game preview

By Brandon Griffin

Nov 23, 2016; Lahaina, Maui, HI, USA; From left to right North Carolina Tar Heels forward Justin Jackson (44), guard Joel Berry II (2), and guard Kenny Williams (24) wait to check into the game against the Wisconsin Badgers in the Championship Game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 23, 2016; Lahaina, Maui, HI, USA; From left to right North Carolina Tar Heels forward Justin Jackson (44), guard Joel Berry II (2), and guard Kenny Williams (24) wait to check into the game against the Wisconsin Badgers in the Championship Game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 21, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams (center) reacts during the second half against the Northern Iowa Panthers at Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels won 85-42. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams (center) reacts during the second half against the Northern Iowa Panthers at Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels won 85-42. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports /

Can Monmouth keep up with the Tar Heels?

Monmouth likes to run. Of course they do. Their Head Coach is a former Tar Heels guard. The problem is North Carolina likes to run to. So far teams that have tried to get into a track meet with UNC have not done so well. Can the Hawks break the spell or be added to the curse?

Can North Carolina sustain their defense for two halves?

What UNC did against Northern Iowa was ridiculous. Not only did they hold the Panthers to 16 points, but they scored 52 points themselves. Northern Iowa shot 6-23 in the second half for a line of 26 percent. That includes going 1-13 from behind the arc for an abysmal 7.5 percent.

If the Tar Heels could do this for a full game they would be unstoppable. The first task will be taking what they did in the second half against the Panthers and carrying over to the first half against the Hawks.

Will the Seventh Woods Highlight reel continue?

If you turned off the game before the end of the second half you missed something special. Seventh Woods dunked the ball. Not just once, but twice within ten seconds. Both came off steals and neither was super impressive, though the first one was a one handed flush.

This is a rare thing, so much to the point I really thought they were his first two dunks of the season (the first one came against Radford). If you did miss it, don’t feel too bad. Roy Williams missed the second one as well.

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