Notre Dame Loses To North Carolina In Elite Eight

Notre Dame Loses To North Carolina In Elite Eight

Brey decided not to foul down the stretch as the Tar Heels went up by 10 points.

“Because it was over,” he explained. “Our guys were exhausted too.”

The Irish burned the shot clock as a strategy, but the Tar Heels extended their lead to double digits in the second half. Notre Dame put together a 12-0 run to lead 52-51 with 13 minutes, 4 seconds left.

The Tar Heels swung back with a knockout punch, using their size advantage to answer with their own 12-0 run. They made seven of their last nine shots and hit 61.5 percent for the game.

“The way they answered that run was championship level,” said Brey, whose team shot 55.1 percent.

Also on VannDigital...