5 seed Auburn overcame a slow start to roar past top-seeded North Carolina 97-80 in the Midwest Region semifinals Friday night. It was North Carolina on Friday night. “Nassir didn’t have the same lift and Cam wasn’t the same person on the court, but those are just excuses,” said North Carolina coach Roy Williams, whose team was the first No. That in turn gave them second and third chances down floor, and allowed Auburn to take a 41-39 lead into the break. Williams finally relented and called timeout, and the genteel North Carolina coach with the aw-shucks disposition spent most of it savagely ripping into his bench.

Source: National Post March 30, 2019 04:18 UTC