On the one hand, the courtside observers have an excellent point. North Carolina simply doesn’t play defense the way an excellent defensive team is supposed to play. Just look at the Heels. Norman Dale would not approve. Why, their hands aren’t up. Their knees aren’t bent. They don’t even slap the floor like those other players from down the road. Shocking. Then again, this ain’t figure skating. If it were, Carolina would indeed lag far behind, say, Southern Illinois in terms of presenting a laudatory defensive aesthetic. Instead, this is a contest between two teams to see who can get the ball into the basket the most times. On those terms, North Carolina is indeed an excellent defensive team.

— Pretty deep stuff, as far as bball articles go - very insightful