For North Carolina, loss to Alabama in Sweet 16 will be a haunting NCAA Tournament exit

LOS ANGELES — His feet plunged in an NCAA cooler half full of crushed ice, eyes glued to the black carpet inside North Carolina’s locker room, tried to answer a simple and simultaneously impossible question: What are you feeling right now? “F—ing pissed off, first and foremost,” Ryan said. “Wanted to win that game. We all did.” Advertisement Naturally. So in moments like that — not even a half hour after in the — that’s a logical first reaction.

On UNC’s next offensive possession, the double-teamed Davis as they had all game, and he passed out of it to forward on the perimeter. Withers hitched. And then, for only the 20th time all season, a 21 percent 3-point shooter rose up and launched a trey, with Davis behind him clamoring for the ball. Clank. “The shot I took was a crucial shot,” Withers said. “I work on it day in and day out, but I think that with the time and score there, I could’ve gotten to the free-throw line there.

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