Villanova Can't Hit 3-Pointers

Whether it was an off night, the size and length of North Carolina's defense bothering the smaller Villanova guards, it all added up to the same thing: a crate load of bricks. When the Wildcats shoot a hideous 5-of-27 on 3-pointers (18.5 percent), they do not have much of a chance. There is not much to decipher.

Villanova gave up size all over the court, so they needed to hit some of their jump shots to have a chance, to open up lanes for penetration to the basket and to give Dante Cunningham a little space inside to work.

It never happened.

Scottie Reynolds was 3-of 11 on 3-pointers. Dwayne Anderson, Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes combined to miss all 13 of their attempts from the outside. The Wildcats were held to their lowest shooting performance of the season, going 26-of-79 from the floor (33 percent).

Instead, it was UNC that jumped all over Villanova on the perimeter. Wayne Ellington for North Carolina drained several threes in the first half, and that only accelerated the need by Villanova to shoot threes.

The Wildcats had to get some offense to stay with North Carolina. That never occurred. The longer the game went, the more desperate Villanova became to get some scoring. That never happened. But the bricks certainly did. Again and again.