A loss. At home. To unranked Boston College. The team chosen by the media to finish 11th in the 12-team ACC. One senior on the roster.

Tyrese Rice, who led everyone with 25 points: “You look at people playing defense against them – people’s hands were back. When [they] drive, [opponents are] just standing straight up, they’re not trying to contest shots. I couldn’t even look at the tape because everybody’s scared.

And here we thought the key was simply containing Ty Lawson (which BC did – 10 points, four turnovers, four assists). You’ve just got to tune out the media hype, push back, and let trigger-happy Wayne Ellington (so overrated) and everyone else jack three’s.

UNC fans are in loser denial, just chalking it up as another loss. If you thought it wasn’t possible to dislike the Tar Heels any greater than you already do, these comments should do it. Reality is over here; the world where UNC is the best, Roy is a deity, and the sun always shines can be found on that link.

A week ago, UConn went down and it was widely assumed that North Carolina was the heavily front-runner for the title, distantly followed by everyone else. Is it wide open now? Who’s to say that Miami – somewhat similar to BC in that it has one very good guard and decent role players – won’t give UNC fits? Or will everyone read too much into this, and in reality, UNC was just looking ahead to Wake Forest, whom it plays on Sunday?