Syracuse coach Adrian Autry expressed dissatisfaction with his team's effort, indicating potential consequences for lack of effort. UNC basketball team faced a hangover from their previous game, resulting in a loss to Clemson. Players and coaches highlighted the lack of energy, enthusiasm, and mental sharpness as contributing factors to the defeat.
"We weren’t as live as we usually are." "They were the hungrier team ... They played harder than us. They bullied us." "I didn’t particularly enjoy or like the practices leading up to the game tonight." On UNC's letdown of a loss against Clemson: https://t.co/mswcSrMl8r
North Carolina did everything a good team can do to play badly. The Tar Heels saw this coming. And they just let it happen. “We’re a great team, but we’re not talented enough to turn it on and off whenever we want to,” Armando Bacot said. https://t.co/mtaf5scYWQ
UNC coach Hubert Davis in with us now: “I didn’t particularly enjoy or like the practices leading up to the game tonight.” During that quick and early TO, told his team it wasn't about the X's and O's but the energy, enthusiasm and effort, all of which he found lacking.
After losing to Clemson here, Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram say in the postgame that the ominous warning signs for UNC included several players showing up late to pregame warmups today.
Reaction from UNC players was, generally, that they sensed something was off and they didn't have the necessary energy and mental sharpness to compete at an optimal level this evening. Call it a hangover, though I wish there were a better word.
No Seth Trimble for UNC (& Harrison Ingram going out for a pivotal 2nd-half stretch) didn't help. But falling behind 15-2 kinda set the tone. That's a hangover. P.S. Would love to know the all-time record of the 1st Duke/UNC winner in their next game. Would bet it's not great... https://t.co/kHumeIYqIN
UNC has been unable to catch Clemson and now Harrison Ingram is down under the basket with what appears to be a left knee/leg injury. Clemson up 63-54. Ingram limping off. Might have bumped knees.
UNC feeling the Duke hangover. https://t.co/jfILgE6SIR
Adrian Autry wants effort and fight from his Syracuse basketball players. If he doesn’t see it, there could be consequences https://t.co/JVcKck8JvV https://t.co/rP0DbFREUq
Syracuse coach Adrian Autry on ACC coaches' conference call, referring to loss to Wake: "I wasn't happy with everything. The way I want to do it is effort.'' "If I've got to play walk-ons to get you to play the way I need you to play then that's what's going to happen.''