UNC lost to Texas in the Maui Invitational title game. Coach Roy Williams discussed the three days and where the Tar Heels go from here
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00:00So, first half, I think their attention to detail and
00:03their sense of urgency was much better than ours.
00:07We turned the ball over way too many times.
00:10Yes, we have freshman guards, but at some point in your life,
00:13you gotta stop turning the ball over.
00:14And so we need to do a better job of that.
00:17We dug ourselves a big hole, not making free throws and
00:20turning the ball over in the first half.
00:22And then second half, I think we only had four turnovers, but
00:26we still missed three free throws in the last two minutes.
00:29At the end of the game, you gotta make free throws and not turn it over.
00:31And that's the two biggest problems that we had today.
00:34But Texas, they play exceptionally hard.
00:38They're very experienced.
00:40Somebody told me they have 100% of their scoring and
00:43rebounding back from last year, and they added Greg Brown to it.
00:46And I knew Greg would make a three today cuz he had missed his first ten.
00:50So I knew we would cure his problem there.
00:53So he did make one, but we just gotta play better and
00:56can't get behind a good team like we did today.
00:59Well, you can tell him anything you want, but guys,
01:02if you've ever played basketball, it's up to you to guard that guy.
01:05And RJ tried to do a good job, and Matt hit a tough shot.
01:09If we'd had a little more experienced team, we would probably try to double team.
01:12But we haven't been doing a very good job of that in practice, and
01:15I didn't wanna give up the layup, not getting the goaltender in there.
01:19But that's what it was, and you gotta congratulate Matt for making the shot.
01:23Well, I hope he learned not turning it over, not taking bad shots.
01:26You gotta shoot a higher percentage.
01:27You get zero assists, four turnovers, that's not good.
01:32But I love him to death as a kid.
01:35He's gonna work really hard, and I think he will learn those things.
01:38And I looked out there at one point today, we had four freshmen on the court.
01:43That sounds like an excuse, but they've gotta grow up quickly cuz we're playing
01:46them cuz they deserve it, and the way they practice.
01:49It's Caleb, RJ, Puff, Kerwin, Walker, Dayron.
01:54They've all got to get involved and get a little bit better along the way.