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UNC basketball: 10 Observations from Gonzaga's win over UNC

Regardless, Gonzaga and UNC did the basketball world a service by making this game happen.

That left the 6’9” Garrison Brooks and Justin Pierce who grad transferred to UNC from William & Mary as Roy Williams’ options to slow down Gonzaga’s skilled bigs.

Gonzaga’s offense pretty much did whatever it wanted with just some basic actions against UNC’s defense.

The Tar Heels played with great effort, but their defensive communication and execution was lacking.

On the other hand, Gonzaga’s offense looks much better than it did just a month ago in Atlantis.