2012 NCAA Tournament: Greensboro second-round review
It was an exciting and long day as four 2012 NCAA Men's
Basketball Championship Tournament second-round games took place at the
Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. on Friday.#8 Creighton Bluejays
vs #9 Alabama Crimson Tide...
In-Game notes:
In-Game notes:
The top-seeded Tar Heels hold the home-court advantage at the Greensboro Coliseum as the stands are awash in Carolina Blue and will present the #16 Vermont Catamaounts a great test and experience during this game being played on Friday during second-round play in the 2012 NCAA Men's Championship Tournament.
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| #16 Vermont Catamounts warm-up before tipping off against #1 North Carolina |
Due to technical difficulties, this game is in progress with five minutes remaining in the first half
Note: John Henson is not playing in this game today
- The Tar Heels lead the Catamounts 26-19 abut the top-seed in the Midwest Regional is having to work hard to kee ahead of the scrappy Catamounts
- Carolina's offense continues to be complemented with long-range three-point baskets but is not dominating Vermont at this point
- Vermont is really being tested against the Tar Heels and their endurance continues to be pushed to the limit during the first half of play
- Believe it or not, both teams shooting close to the same percentage (UNC - 39%, Vermont - 35%) as both teams are still trading baskets - Tar Heels leading 33-23 with 1:12 to play
- Not to mislead the situation - North Carolina is controlling the pace of this game and hasn't blown it wide open yet because they are not shooting well
- For the Catamounts, great and gutsy play from Sandro Carissimo is keeping his team closer to the Tar Heels than may have been expected
- North Carolina taking advantage of using its size and experience in the paint, scoring 18 points under the basket and adding 13 points from Vermont turnovers
- Vermont is leading in bench points with 11 so far
Interesting notes at the half:
North Carolina - shooting 12-29 (41.4%) - leading scorer - Tyler Zeller - 15 points
Vermont - shooting 11-29 (37.9%) - leading scorer - Sandro Carrisimo - 6 points
2nd half:
- Carolina starts with the ball and works a nice shot in early as McAdoo drops a little jumper
- Vermont has been playing a zone defense throughout the game against the Tar Heels and and have created some turnovers - few
- Tar Heels are denying the Catamounts scoring opportunities but they are missing their share of easy opportunities as well
- Vermont only trailing by 10 points - 39-29 with 16:36 to play
- Carolina begins to t pick up the pace and tightening up defensively as the Catamounts' Pat Bergmann is rejected by Zeller on the lay-up - crowd cheering loudly
- Tar Heels leading 46-33 with 12:36 to play in the half
- Slowly the Tar Heels are dropping shots and extending their lead to 51-35 with under 10 minutes to play
- P.J. Hairston hits a three that hits all twine and Carolina now leads the Catamounts by 20 with 8:33 to go
- Harrison Barnes working hard under the basket and scores a basket and gets the foul and finishes the three point play
- Vermont not out of it as they hit a three-pointer but not before Zeller and Justin Watts score uncontested back-to-back baskets - Tar Heels leading 64-40 now
- Vermont fighting for respect and score as Four McGlynn gets two - not as many as he scored against Lamar though
- Reggie Bullock hits a three-pointer with under five minutes to play - Carolina leads 71-46 to the pleasure of the Tar Heel faithful in attendance
- Even as Vermont works hard to get baskets in the paint, the ball is still not dropping
- North Carolina getting much of its bench into the game while leading 75-52 with 1:34 remaining
- Time winds down and signifies the end of this one
