BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When No. 18 North Carolina talked in the preseason of repeating last season’s run to the Final Four, it wasn’t supposed to include a repeat of last year’s losses in all of its marquee non-conference matchups.
The Tar Heels (5-3) are well on their way to duplicating that aspect after a 77-65 loss at Indiana Wednesday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Heels shot a season-low 33.9 percent in losing their third straight game.
As poorly as Carolina shot the ball, trailing by as many as 15 in the second half, it chipped away and had a chance to make it a two possession game because of IU fouls that piled up.
