Time for this year's "Top 10 team who will not make the Elite 8 article". Last year's choice was the Texas Longhorns, which did actually make the Elite 8 which kind of submarines the validity of this article. Anyway, this year's choice is none other then the North Carolina Tar Heels. Now I know this looks like sour grapes and for the most part it is but let's delve deeper into the ESPN crowned champions. First of all last year's undoing was there atrocious defense which eventually unraveled against Kansas. This year's defense is actually worse with their adjusted defense efficiency a couple points lower. No team has ever made the final four with an adjusted defensive efficiency less than 25. UNC is currently 20th. Second the big hoopla around them was their depth. UNC can go 11 deep with 10 McDonald's All Americans. Yeah douche bag Bobby Frasor doesn't make the cut. Since the season open they've lost Tyler Zeller to a broken arm, Marcus Ginyard to a broken foot, and William Graves to too many broken rules. Now, forced to only play 3 reserves, 2 of which are freshman and one being Bobby Frasor it's going to be tough to win those Thursday-Saturday or Friday-Sunday "doubleheaders". Third, their coach is still Roy Williams, who I know won a championship a couple years ago but when faced with opposition usually wilts. I look forward to seeing him in the stands again this year with a Kansas shirt on as they last longer then UNC again. Book the second round loss now, 1 seeded UNC 68, 8 seeded Utah 71.
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