That is why they lost. It had zero to do with Roy's lineups or the refs. UNC played like absolute dog-poop. 14 turnovers? Unacceptable. They were never really in this game tonight.
Justin - Played really hard and never took a play off, but was stymied by Perrantes' defense and forced too many shots. To be fair, he had to force shots because UVa's D was aggressive and he wasn't getting much help from his teammates.
Joel - Played hard on D but seemed a bit lost on running the O. OK game, but nothing special.
Theo - I hate to say it but he looked like last year's Theo. Losing focus on D when his man didn't have the ball, falling away shots, not taking it to the rim.
Kennedy - Lower effort level than we have come to expect. Not awful, but we needed him to step up more.
Isaiah - I'm trying to think of a player with a lower basketball IQ. For his sake, I hope the pro scouts look at him and think "those fouls won't be called at the next level, and he'll do fine with better spacing." He has the athleticism and a nice shooting touch. I never see Roy yell at Isaiah. I suspect he knows it won't do any good.
Tony - Looked exactly like what he is: a talented freshman who played well but was a bit flustered by UVa's aggressive D. Good game, under the circumstances. Won't be in the running for ACC ROY, but should still make the all-frosh team.
Luke - Worked hard and did OK, but last night's level of competition was just a little above his pay grade.
Nate, Seventh, Brandon - All played about as you would expect. OK, but nothing special. I liked Brandon's aggressiveness. He and Seventh should be pretty good next year.
In sum, nobody had a particularly good game and several of our better players had sub par games. Against a less talented but more motivated team on the road, we failed.
What worries me is that after Saturday, all of our remaining games will be on the road against motivated teams. And some of them (if we get that far) won't be less talented.
