The NC game was lost for one reason

In the final analysis North Carolina's victory over LSU was due to one thing which occurred about 8 times. The Tar Heels scored six or seven breakaway baskets as the result of turnovers which occurred for the same reason. Whenever LSU was passing the ball crisply and quickly they were able to get good shots and score. However, any time a player became stationary with the ball NC made him pay for it. There were several times when Taz mad a couple of dribbles and was cut off from the goal. He would stop and then get surrounded until the ball was stripped. On one occasion he threw a skip pass over the defense to Thornton in the opposite corner for a wide open three. We needed more of that.

There were other times tehe guards picked up their dribble agaisnt the sideline and then tried to force passes with the passing lanes cut off. LSU would have been better off to just throw the ball into the stands and go back and set up. If the game played out the same otherwise it would have come down to execution in the last few minutes and Carolina would have had to play tight with it's season on the brink.