Carolina 77-Miami 87

Good game, and not really a 10-point loss by any stretch of the imagination. Miami played an excellent game, simply could not miss, and surged at just the right time. Carolina had the game largely in hand until a 13-4 scoring drought. If PJ's 3 had fallen instead of going in-and-out, things might very well have gone differently...but there are lots of true counterfactuals...

Carolina played amazingly well compared to how they played for most of the year. I think this was their best game, so they may be peaking at the right time. But with no real inside game, there are obvious limits to what they can do.You can't rely on the 3 to save you ever time, no matter how well you shoot it.

Congratulations to Miami on their first ACC tournament championship.

Go Tar Heels!