A Different Tarheel Team Than Any Other

This years North Carolina Tarheels basketball team is far different from most any other team they have had in the past several years. Most of that difference lies in the Tarheels inside game. Since the early days of Dean Smith the 'Heels have always worked the inside first and that usually gave the Tarheels a big advantage in free throws attempted and made, usually at about a 2 to 1 ratio. Through 8 games the 'Heels have attempted only 10 more free throws than their opponents. This season the 'Heels are shaping up to be an outside shooting team with James Michael McAdoo manning the middle but he is not the classic Tarheels post player. He is leading the team with 3.75 Free Throw attempts per game and as a team, the Tarheels are only averaging 16.75 attempts per game. It doesn't help that they are only making 61.2% of their free throws. Their is a saying and I don't know who to credit it to, "live by the three and die by the three" and the Tarheels are not consistent enough from the outside to live by the three. Reggie Bullock needs to use his size and P.J. Hairston needs to use his thick body to drive to the basket and get to the line more. Bullock has 11 free throws in 8 games.