UNC Looking to Rebound from Back to Back Losses

The UNC men’s basketball team is looking to get back on the winning track against Boston College after two road losses last week.

Coming off of losses at Louisville and at Notre Dame, Carolina dropped to No. 9 in the latest AP Poll.

UNC head coach Roy Williams says it is a priority for his team to step up intensity to close out the rest of the regular season.

“I’m more frustrated, more mad I guess than anything, because we’ve got to be willing and able to step up,” Williams says. “And that’s my job. I’ve got to get them to step up and match that intensity and match that intensity being maintained at a high level throughout the course of the entire game.”

Williams says, while there were moments he was pleased with how the Tar Heels played last week, the games against Louisville and Notre Dame were mainly controlled by the home teams.

“For the majority of the game, both those teams dictated things to us,” Williams says, “and made us play a lot worse than we wanted to play, to say the least. But it’s two good wins for them, two big losses for us.”

Williams says working out the flaws that have plagued the Tar Heels in recent games starts with watching film and understanding the mistakes.

“We’ve probably watched more tape with this team than we have any team in the 13 years I’ve been here,” Williams says. “At some point though, somebody’s got to step up and do the job.”

Moving forward, the Tar Heels take on Boston College on Tuesday night. UNC beat the Eagles in Chapel Hill less than two weeks ago.

“They turned the ball over so much, and we got so many points off of turnovers. It was a huge factor for us,” Williams says.

While there were some positive moments, including a 15-point first half lead at Notre Dame, Williams says he is still working to find answers to this team’s remaining questions.

“If I knew that, we wouldn’t have had the losses at Notre Dame and at Louisville,” he says. “But you’ve got to go into every day at practice and do the best you can do and see if we can play better.”

Carolina will face another road test at Boston College Tuesday night with tipoff slated for eight o’clock. WCHL’s coverage will begin with the UNC Health Care Countdown to Tipoff at 6:30.

UNC Looking to Rebound from Back to Back Losses

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