North Carolina Basketball: UNC survives and advances to the Elite Eight

If I was told that UNC would commit a season high 24 turnovers and that sophomore small forward Harrison Barnes would shoot 3 for 16 while not having sophomore point guard Kendall Marshall, a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, in the line up I would think that a loss would be the final tally. Instead, top seed North Carolina (32-5 ~ 14-2 in the ACC) was able to take down No. 13 Ohio (29-8 ~ 11-5 in the MAC) 73 to 65, even if the Heel needed overtime to do it. This was the first OT game in this season’s