Lessons Learned from UNC basketball's bitter loss to NC State

Bold Talk

It's easy to talk smack against a wounded opponent. NC State knew that the most dangerous Tar Heel would not play, and they had a reasonable inference that the second-most dangerous one wouldn't either. They even had the benefit of watching tape of what the makeshift UNC frontcourt would look like, so no surprises.

There's no guarantee that UNC would have beaten NC State if Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar were healthy and available, but it certainly wouldn't have ended up like this. Not a record margin victory.

After the game, NC State's leading scorer Quadir Copeland had some things to say:

Again, brave words for a team that won't have to play in Chapel Hill this season. So if there is a God, and He is just, please let Wilson and Veesaar heal in time for the ACC Tournament. Please put NC State on UNC's side of the bracket. And let's see what Copeland and his friends have to say then.