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Off the cuff: Watching Carolina basketball ain't what it used to be. Two of the Tar Heels better games have come in games where they turned the ball over 23 times. How can that be? "We play at a fast pace and they do too," Coach Williams said after his team's 90-82 win over N.C. State. "But you can't have that many turnovers." Evidently in today's game of college basketball, you can. The Tar Heels shot pretty well (45 percent) and they hit their free throws (22 of 26) and they rebounded exceptionally well (51 to 33). With the wild pace, Carolina is going to turn the ball over. Senior leader Luke Maye turned it over seven times. I suppose they can survive such careless, frenetic errors against good teams because they've done it against Gonzaga and State, two really good teams. But eventually, if they don't shoot well or they miss free throws or they get outrebounded, they are going to lose some games. I hope it's not one that will end an ACC or NCAA tournament run. Perhaps by then, they'll have a more controlled wildness on the court. Garrison Brooks, who Coach Williams called perhaps his player of the game, had no turnovers, five assists, seven rebounds and was five of five from the charity stripe. Brooks said the Tar Heels "settled down a bit" in the second half and survived State's runs, most of which were fueled by pressure defense. "We pride ourselves on rebounding," Brooks said. "And I think it won us the game."
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