UNC Basketball: 5 reasons why Tar Heels have fallen apart this season

5. Too many possessions that end in bad shot selection

Statistically, UNC Basketball’s offense can be defined via a big strength and a big weakness. On the positive side, they rank in the top-15 nationally at both getting to the free throw line and making them, with around 24 attempts a game. Not only is that an opportunity to get easy points on the board but more importantly, get the opposing team in foul trouble.

On the other hand, this Tar Heel squad likes to shoot threes, making Love and Davis, who alone averages 12 a game. The problem is that they aren’t good at it compared to other teams. UNC Basketball ranks 328th nationally at 31% and in the ACC, is 8th in attempts but dead last in makes and overall percentage.

These two sets of stats directly correlate with one another in that anytime they shoot the ball, they aren’t trying to get Bacot the ball and make the free throw line. And the shots that the Tar Heel guards take at times are low-percentage and several feet behind the three-point line. Against Pittsburgh, they made a few to start the game and only made a couple afterward.

That’s on Coach Hubert Davis, who has to get these guys to make better decisions for 40 minutes. When they’re on, they’re incredibly hard to beat. Yet when those shots aren’t falling, UNC Basketball is not only in danger of losing more games but potentially missing out on the NCAA Tournament altogether.