North Carolina did not have a Maui Invitational that they wish to remember. They walked away with two losses and are now 4-3 on the season.
On top of that, they trailed by double digits in the first half of all three games despite coming back and winning the game against Dayton.
The schedule for North Carolina is not going to get any easier. They will take on No. 9 Alabama next Wednesday, followed by No. 18 Florida in the Jumpman Invitational later this month.
That’s all before starting ACC play which will dominate January and February and are always some of the toughest games of the season ranked or not.
Coming away from losses that the team feels like were in their grasp is hard. Elliot Cadeau emphasized that these losses are going to feed the team the fuel they need going forward, via Inside Carolina.
I feel like we feel hungry now. We know that nothing is going to be given to us, and we just learned a lot from it. I think the main thing we learned from it is our toughness just has to be better. We have to be more tough. I feel like we’re going to start bringing that every day in practice. We have to. We have no choice. So I think that’s one thing.
North Carolina will next be seen in action next Wednesday against No. 9-ranked Alabama in the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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