.BillPlaschke takes us through the final minutes of UCLA's nail-biting Sweet 16 loss to North Carolina on Friday in the NCAA tournament, a game that ended with stunned Bruins staring at the sky in pain.
, who kept the Bruins in the game with hustle and finesse, stared to the ceiling in pain.
It will be a David versus Goliath for the ages. The Peacocks are inspiring, they are fun, they’re literally strutting into NCAA history, and the Tar Heels should not look past their undersized figures toward New Orleans and the Final Four.No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s defeated Purdue 67-64 on Friday to continue its stunning NCAA tournament run, while top-seeded Kansas beat Providence.
They took advantage, outrebounding UCLA on the offensive boards, 15-8, and outscoring the Bruins in second-chance points, 19-6. It is no coincidence that five of North Carolina’s key eight points in their winning stretch came after the Tar Heels grabbed an offensive rebound. They indeed fought, and clawed, but it just wasn’t enough, even though at times it seemed as if it would be plenty.After UCLA took a three-point lead at halftime, in the second half things got crazy, two great teams firing back and forth, two historical giants shaking the floor in south Philly.
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