Let's get one more tomorrow vs Kansas! Let's go Heels!!

@@jeremywade6986this comment is the reason we lost😅 such a heartbreaking game

32-29 the last two seasons. Borderline unacceptable.

Brad Kobow completely agree. Hard to build chemistry in Roy’s play style with one and done’s. All these kids come to play with the nba mentality and don’t have the “want” to play Roy Williams basketball

Oh yea tucker. I miss those days when our team hustled and played fundamental basketball. Hopefully the one and dones will stop and this young group of guys we have right now can do something in future.

32-30* Last 3 NCAA Tournament losses; 2018 - 86-65 to Texas A&M 2019 - 97-80 to Auburn 2021- 85-62 to Wisconsin How has Roy not been forced to retire?

@@thowell28513 well it looks like almost no one is leaving this year

Back in my day...

Ikr

Literally every 5 seconds...

@Ashton Kabir it’s a scam don’t do it

Yes bro … but thank god they put them away towards the end of the game and that’s when we pulled away

bro new he was gonna be a national champion after all that pain for the year before and the crazy hard work over the year

his poor game was a huge factor in their loss

@@rustyshackleford9017 he played with a bad back for most of the season

NCkillaSC Ik same I hate the other one, I’m a zag fan btw great game ghi

same brother

North Carolina was a good team back then

Facts

2016 and 2017 UNC teams are legendary

Eric Daniel that’s facts

remember, Joel berry was playing on TWO sprained ankles

Craig Bot oh don’t get me wrong it was well deserved and I wanted him to get it cuz he was so tuff but Meeks actually probably had the best final four

@@connorboyce9736 yeah, I would never try to take anything away from Joel. Amazing player and leader, but Kennedy came up huge in clutch situations, like the offensive rebound against Oregon to end the game and the block and steal at the end of this one. I wish they could all win it. The '09 team was all about scoring 100+ and out-talenting people, and were simply awesome to watch. This team wasn't going to win that way, but they ground their way through the tournament and just refused to lose.

Eric Daniel fair enough

basketball town for sure

@J H nope 😭 they are so close man

Facts , my team would just stare at it .

National Championship 1st Round Pick NBA Player Earned and estimated $10,265,469 Hardly a mistake. I wish I made those type of mistakes.

@@malcolmbrown95 Granted that is a lot, imagine what he could have made had he stayed another year or two and been a lottery pick. He's not ready for the big time.

@@killerseddie8295 Some guys who were projected first rounders have went back to school and completely fell out of the draft altogether. If you have a chance at a guaranteed contract, you gotta go.

Brooklynmane I really wanna watch that Arkansas game

AMEN

The Arkansas game was the best imho. Close all the way then a shutout in the last 2 minutes.

@@agFinder2 yea lol. Because of the refs. Everyone in the nation said Arkansas won that game. We played good but Arkansas was legit

@@masonparis7957 Score

We don’t talk about 2005 or 2009😞😂😂

@Hunter. When this season began I had Michigan State winning it all. I knew Carolina was rebuilding. I just didn't know how much they needed to rebuild😂. Much respect to Michigan State and especially Tom Izzo, who I feel is the most underrated Coach in college basketball.

They never even have to go to class

They won in 82. That was not year of the rooster. It was the prior 81 season so I can kinda feel ya.

@@dolphthompson7680 That is why I started at 1983 and not 1981.

So, we are a lock to win it all in 2029. Works for me.

Yep!

He did miss a lot which was uncharacteristic.

Yeah, he had an eye injury from the South Carolina game which definitely played a factor

@@zekecleere230 That's correct. I forget where I heard it, but he basically could only see clearly in one eye... If he had his full vision I believe that this game would have turned out differently.

Partially true. I also felt that Few's decision to continue to go to Nigel Williams-Goss besides him badly reinjuring his ankle near the end led to the Meeks block and the game closer. Gonzaga may have lost anyway, but Nigel deserved a better chance. The biggest myth of this game is that Meeks dominated Karnowski. Karno was missing 3 footers. No defensive player ever, even Bill Russell, can stop a big that close to the basket when he's skilled and has a major height and weight advantage. No one. I saw every game Karno ever played, and he dominated centers far better than Meeks who were his height. Meeks did his best, but those were, as you say Gabe, point blank shots.

Carolina defense played a roll on him missing was very hard layups made him keep guessing and made him hit tougher shots and he wasn’t a great free throw also

wow! A UK fan whining about officials. What a fresh take. ROFL

It just took the air out of momentum. It was a horribly called game.

Same I wanted redemption but I could really care less tho go heels !

@@gavinmccabe1845 True, I was happy regardless lol.

@@PlusUltraAdrian nah, we woulda beat you again and you wouldn't have been able to handle it again. Wisconsin got lucky beating us by a few points that year.

@@neetrab No you wouldn't. We were meant to win in 2017. Regardless of who was in front of us. Nova wasn't winning squat in 2017.

@@PlusUltraAdrian true but nova won it in 2018 unc and nova were best teams 2016-2018

51:45 Unbelievable. That is the epitome of a team hungry for victory. Three guys, including two 6-11+ bigs hustling their butts off

@@MattSmith-iq1ld it was better than the duke one last year. I’ve got news for you.

Wish It would have went to overtime.I think my Wildcats would have pulled it off.Respect to UNC though hit the big shot when it counted.Although I can say Kentucky has had wat better NBA players than UNC in the past 10 years by a landslide.

Who cares. North Carolina got the title!

A title is a title.🤷‍♂️

@@wilfredomartinez1701 Difference being the NCAA isn't the NBA so who gives af.

they ddnt have anything for carolina big men

Both teams in the bonus with over 14 min to go in game...makes for a real slog

Absolutely

Yeah zags had some chances in the first half to pull away but they didn’t get the job done. Refs were horrible but Zach Collins was also very foul prone that whole year and if he had managed to not foul out he could have maybe helped the zags win that game down the stretch with Goss playing well

How about GU's Karnowski and all the layups he blew? Forget the open 15 foot UNC jumpers. There were 7 or so layups that Karnowski missed in this game that Coach Few said after the game he makes 97% of the time That was not the result of Meeks' defense of the hoop. When you are that deep into the lane and are that much taller and weigh that much more than your defender, you can only miss shots as result of it being your own fault. People forget that GU had the #1 adjusted defense in the nation in 2017, which factors in SoS. They were tough to score on. I hate to say this about Karnowski, who is the winningest player in the history of NCAA D-1 basketball, but Justin Jackson failing to nail the occasion 12 foot jumper is different than missing a 2 footer as a 7-1,, 300+ pound center with superb touch. What was actually AMAZING about the Heels in this game were all the tough shots they hit. The Hicks shot against JWIII near the end of the end of the game was one of the toughest shots I've seen a college basketball player hit in the history of the NCAA tourney. People forget that GU was the #1 adjusted defensive team in the nation in 2017 at Pomeroy. You cannot GAME the Pomeroy ratings as they incorporate strength of schedule. The reason why that 2017 Zag team went to the final was their defense. They've many better offensive teams.

@@MattSmith-iq1ld Sort of my point. Whether UNC missed shots they normally make, or missed because of good defense, the Zags did not capitalize. Karnowski choked, Really no other way to put it. The refs let these two teams actually play the last 2 minutes. UNC won that two minutes.

Lol stop Gonzaga was a better team, Karnowski threw

@@tiger5600 I don't think so. Carolina didn't exactly play well and still won. I believe if they played a 7 game series Carolina would take them 4-2 .

We played terrible and still beat Gonzaga...Thats all that needs to be said

@Michaelangelo... Yeszir!

Totally disagree. GU was the #1 defensive team in the nation according to kenpom. The big difference between this Zag team compared to many other others is that they were ELITE defensively. UNC was not just unlucky for their shooting %. IT was because the Zags were super elite on defense. They beat a super elite defensive team in South Carolina that beat Duke. You cannot fake out the Pomeroy stats because they factor in strength of schedule. GU was the #1 defensive team in nation that year. It wasn't a fluke. UNC was to be commended for winning this game.

@@MattSmith-iq1ld now we're the #1 offence

I hated how CBS and Turner said that Meeks played great defense on Karnowski. A bunch of B.S. When you are 3 feet from the basket, and you miss a layup, no defender can stop you when you are that much taller, stronger and weigh more than your defender. Karno also had outstanding touch around the basket. He just blew it. Meeks did nothing defensively that Karno had not seen. He had played against great centers during non-league play during his career. Coach Few said he was missing layups that Karno would nail 97% of the time. It was clearly the biggest factor in Gonzaga losing the game. This was a very tight game. It's not like Karnowski needed to go 12-12 from the field to win the thing.

And Gonzaga lost again tonight

look like a fish 💀

Mildred Williams good for you

Meeks never had full control of possession. Zags and unc were fighting for a loose ball. Stop your whining

1:08:46 - Double foul on Berry and Karnowski, but clearly was a steal by Berry and a foul by Karnowski. 1:20:46 they called it out on UNC, but it wasn't a block. There were a lot of calls that went GU's way. Ironically, more calls went their way then UNC's...

YESSSSSS my brotha!!

UNC dominated everyone in that tournament. They were by far and away the best team in the NCAA that season. In fact, it can be argued that Gonzaga gave the Heels their best game in that tourney.

@@MattSmith-iq1ld it was actually LSU in the 2nd round. LSU crumbled in the last 5 min, but outplayed UNC until then.

No they didn’t outplay is they went on their spurt and we answered with ours...then reality set it and both teams became exactly who they were the entire season. And Ty Lawson was playing on one foot too.

Not really...Joel Berry was playing with 2 sprained ankles and hurt the whole tourney. He powered through a whole game...Goss couldn't gut out 90 seconds.

@@bulletTusnami what do you mean goss couldn't gut out 90 seconds he didn't leave the game no matter how much his ankle was hurting

PJ K you stated he was the “Real MVP”. Joel Berry STARTED the game on two bad ankles...Goss took 2-3 shots on a bad leg and missed, but you’re giving more credit than the guy who outplayed him...on two bad ankles. Smdh

Played a great game, but no center ever, not even Bill Russell, can stop a 7-1, 300+ pound center with great touch when he's 3 feet from the hoop. Karno missed point blanks that I saw him countlessly convert against bigs better than Meeks who had a size and weight disadvantage. He is given too much credit for Carolina's deserved victory. Even the NWG block was when NWG badly hurt his ankle again. I could've blocked that shot. But Few had zero TO's and couldn't set up a play for someone else.

2018*

Let’s be real it was last year whether the result was bad or not last years was peak final four

@@harp1288 2017 was the best imo although I will say this year was exceptionally awesome. I mean this year was really really good too. This year, Florida Atlantic, who would have ever envisioned ever was in it that would be like saying we will make it to the college football playoff. North Carolina will in football this year although that is more of a likely possibility, then Florida Atlantic going all the way to the final four my gosh! Florida Atlantic would be like not even wake forest making it all the way to the final four it was a feat that I mean nobody saw coming I mean nobody even dreamed of that reality it’s more of a reality like I said that we will make it to the national championship college football playoff this year. The Tar Heels will then Florida Atlantic going all the way to the final four in college basketball this past year, that was truly something nobody nobody saw it was about as big as TCU making it all the way to the national championship to play Georgia in college football. This year Florida Atlantic did the unthinkable. They went all the way to the Sweet 16, and took down some powerhouse teams, they went all the way to the elite eight I forget what the bracket was but I think they may have played Kansas State. I can’t remember 100% off the top of my head but they beat them. I think it may have been at Madison Square Garden to make it all the way to the final four wow that was a story! This year was pretty phenomenal also. How about Jim Larranaga making it to his first final four? How about San Diego State? I’ll say that this final four was arguably pretty special also, and I’m not even a fan of any of those teams I definitely watched the national championship let alone the final four it was pretty special too but just seeing this year was pretty special as well though even though it wasn’t our year to not even make the tournament at all for that matter, but just seeing those four teams, Uconn, San Diego State, Miami, and Florida Atlantic was just mind-blowing! This year’s final four knocked my socks off! It was so fun to see Dan Hurley, forget that he’s a Dookie, or has a Dookie connection, win the national championship! It was also cool to see Brian Dutcher have a run. He had a great season! UConn won the national championship. They are not exactly our rival per-say, but we are indeed no stranger to their basketball program. We do play them occasionally in Chapel Hill. We do play the Huskies we absolutely know them. They absolutely know Carolina Uconn is no stranger to the Tar Heels at all. Without a shadow of a doubt they know us. We are like a second-fiddle rival to them. It was cool this year also wasn’t it? It was also cool to see early on Farleigh Dickinson take down Purdue that was identical to UMBC versus Virginia. It was a repeat of UMBC. That was just something that will go down in infamy. That will live in lore in Cinderella. That was Cinderella herself that night on March 17 that was something that will go down in history. Cinderella herself 👗 👠 🏀 came to the ball that night when #16 FDU won.

@@Gonzoweirdo1 LAST YEARS is what I said so like 2022, not this year, even tho we didn’t win, last years final four was BY far the best I have ever seen in terms of semifinal and championship excitement…..especially the semifinal

As a Carolina fan, I've got a lot of respect for the Zags of Gonzaga University. I've actually predicted the Zags a perfect season, the buzzer shot VS UCLA had to be one of the greatest shots of NCAA March Madness ever.

Well it makes sense they made it to the final and lost...

NO Sir

Sports 311 Villanova

Sports 311 they played a great UNC team that was hungry. Gonzaga was good that year. But they also have a weak conference.

@@uncleluke7789 on the final minute they where out of bounds while calling a timeout