Lessons Learned from the UNC basketball program's comprehensive loss to Auburn
Auburn had the full measure of North Carolina from beginning to end.
Sometimes you just need to tip your cap when you're bested by a superior opponent. The UNC basketball program ran into just that on Tuesday night, when the No. 4 ranked Auburn Tigers put on an absolute clinic of possession-based dominance.
North Carolina was ill-equipped to deal with Auburn's size in the paint or their length in the backcourt that made simple tasks like passing side-to-side a Herculean task.
There's no shame to losing to a team like Auburn that has already gone into then No. 4 Houston's temporary home at the Toyota Center, and dropped 74 points on Bart Torvik's No. 1 adjusted defensive efficiency squad.
Let's look at some lessons learned from a rough and tumble loss to Auburn in the Maui Invitational semi-finals.