CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) β North Carolina suddenly has a rebounding problem heading into the NCAA tournament.
The Tar Heels ranked among the Atlantic Coast Conference’s best on the boards this season but had their worst rebounding game in nearly three decades to close the regular season. Then came a one-and-done ACC tournament trip in which Pittsburgh’s Talib Zanna grabbed the most rebounds ever against a Roy Williams-coached UNC team.
It’s why Williams says that rebounding is “probably the No. 1 thing we’ve got to work on” heading into Friday’s NCAA opener against Providence in San Antonio.
The Tar Heels managed just 20 rebounds in the loss at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, the program’s lowest total since 1987. Then Zanna grabbed 21 rebounds against the Tar Heels in the ACC tournament quarterfinals.
