North Carolina Basketball: UNC survives a tough road test against Maryland

As I said in my preview UNC had to play hard the whole game if they wanted to go home without a loss, and while No. 5 AP/No. 6 ESPN/USA Today North Carolina (20-3 ~ 7-1 in the ACC) had a rough first half, in the end they managed to take down Maryland (13-9 ~ 3-5 in the ACC) in a tough road environment by the final of 83 to 74, once again proving the score does not tell the story of a game. For head coach Roy Williams, who was coaching against one of his former assistants in Mark Turgeon, the first half of the game must have been torture, as the Terrapins got to every loose ball on the floor and made every play imaginable. And when the second half began with Maryland pushing the lead from 3 to 9 points it seems like this was the trap game that many feared and the announcers kept talking about. But then something changed, and Carolina settled down, began to dominate the interior and played the basketball that the Tar Heel fans are accustomed to. But before anyone gets too excited abou...