Off the cuff: So much for home court advantage. After N.C. State went up by six, its largest margin of the game, the fans were going wild. Carolina proceeded to go on a 9-0 run to take a 34-31 halftime lead. Marcus Ginyard said the Tar Heels seized on the energy. Ginyard had one of his better games of the year and it might have been due to State's Gonzalez who was being physical and mouthing off a bit. He asked the players at the half if they were as mad at State as he was. This lends credence to my belief that you should just play cleanly and shut up if you are a player and, if you are a fan, you should just cheer for your team and not say crude things or hold up classless signs like the one I saw that read "Go to Hell Carolina." There's not much worse you can tell a person here in the Bible Belt. I know, Carolina fans include a similar line replacing "rah, rah, rah" in the fight song. Still, I see a difference in tradition and a crass sign. You would think Hansbrough would have an off game at some point but as long as he's healthy, I don't think his game lends itself to off games like jump shooters have. Still you would think his bio-rhythms would be off or something. I think Danny Green's bio-rhythms were off this game. Luckily Q had a very nice game and is gaining great confidence - which will be a luxury once Ty Lawson is back.
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