1-Man’s Opinion on Sports-Wednesday. ‘AZTECS-BAD LOSS-WORSE YET ON TV”
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“AZTECS–A BAD NIGHT–ON TV”
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Mountain West Conference teams don’t belong in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
San Diego State didn’t belong on the floor with North Carolina in the NCAA Play In game in Dayton.
it started bad, got worse, became a blowout. And the worst part, it was on national television for the nation to see.
North Carolina’s legacy program put on a show. San Diego State, in the NCAA championship game just two years ago, came off looking like a wannabe. It was ugly for sure.
Carolina, too much team speed. Too many athletes. Too much defense.
San Diego State, beaten on the boards. Beaten down the floor. Buried at the 3-point line.
How bad was it? Worst beating in Brian Dutcher’s SDSU head coaching career.
At one point the Tar Heels had a 40-point lead, and the Aztecs leading scorer Miles Byrd at that moment had 0-baskets.
RJ Davis,, an all time leading scorer at UNC and an elite all time scorer in the ACC, was on a rampage. He was magnificent from start to finish, drilling 6-straight 3-point shots.
The Aztecs defense must not have made the charter flight. They couldn’t stop Davis’ penetration, passes, layups or long range bombs.
But UNC played above the rim all night. Dominated the glass, shot at 60-percent for much of the night.
Aside from the heart of Magoon Gwath, hardly anyone else could cope with all things the Heels threw at them. Oddly, this was not a great UNC team, witnessed by the controversy at different parts of this season.
That’s what makes the SDSU blowout feel so bad. This was not a Dean Smith nor Roy Williams’ Tar Heel program that laid a Blue beat down on them.
You knew it would be bad when it was 41-19. When State had just 8-baskets in 20-minutes. Or when UNC reeled off 23-3 spurt. Or when SDSU’s guards went (3-18) shooting in the first half.
Next year is a new year, hopefully with Gwath and Byrd coming back, with the young roster Brian Dutcher has brought in, plus the return of two veteran guards.
But it was painful, this (95-68) hammer job in Dayton. A bad night, and worst of all, the whole nation saw it.
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