SAN ANTONIO -- North Carolina had 1.
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score and avoid another early NCAA tournament exit, but instead spent that
precious time trying to call timeout. A fittingly frustrating end to a
frustrating Tar Heels season. With coach Roy Williams jumping and gesticulating
for a timeout, the No. 6 seed Tar Heels inbounded the ball to Nate Britt who
dribbled past midcourt as time expired, ousting them in the third round for a
second consecutive season in a 85-83 loss to Iowa State on Sunday. Officials
huddled for several minutes reviewing the clock on replays before confirming
that the game was over. Williams -- who collapsed his hands on his knees as
Britt surged toward him -- then shook Iowa State coach Fred Hoibergs hand as
North Carolina began absorbing the heartbreaker. "We made some mistakes. We
practice all the time that situation for five guys to be calling timeout, and Im
supposed to be calling timeout, and I was calling timeout," Williams said.
"Referees didnt recognize it. We practice those scenarios, so we made mistakes.
" Iowa States DeAndre Kane did exactly as his coach had instructed, driving for
a layup with 1.6 seconds left that gave the Cyclones the lead. His twisting shot
put Iowa State in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. "Hes been our
Mariano Rivera. Hes been our closer all throughout this season," Iowa State
coach Fred Hoiberg said. Now the No. 3 seed Cyclones (28-7) are headed to the
home of the former Yankees star, New York City, where they will play No. 7 seed
Connecticut in the East Regional semifinals next week. The No. 6 seed Tar Heels
(24-10) are gone in the NCAA tournaments opening weekend for the first time in
consecutive seasons under Williams, who choked back tears following the end of
his 10th season in Chapel Hill. "Lets not anybody lay it on the officials or
anything like that. We didnt call the timeout with 1.6 seconds to play,"
Williams said. Britt said he thought North Carolina got the timeout before the
buzzer. "When I looked up at the clock I saw one-point-something time left," he
said. "I saw staff screaming and trying to call timeout." Kane finished with 24
points and 10 rebounds. It was just the kind of big game the Cyclones needed
without forward Georges Niang, who broke his foot in Fridays win against North
Carolina Central. The 6-foot-7 sophomore sat on the bench wearing a bulky boot
while the Cyclones tried their best without their third-leading scorer and
tallest starter. Kane said the last possession called for him to attack the
basket, unless North Carolina defenders swarmed him as he penetrated. "But
nobody helped, and I made an acrobatic shot and it went in," Kane said. Marcus
Paige led North Carolina with 19 points and Kennedy Meeks had 15 points and 13
rebounds. But North Carolina played nearly the entire game without forward Brice
Johnson, who sprained ankle in the opening minutes. The team said X-rays were
negative, but the Tar Heels third-leading scorer never returned. The Tar Heels
crave a fast pace, and -- after dealing with the grind-it-out style of recent
opponents -- Williams and Paige had spoken of relishing the chance to finally
hit the gas against the similarly up-tempo Cyclones. But this was no track meet.
Undersized Iowa State bottled up the Tar Heels before they could run and
bombarded them with 3-pointers (12 of 26) instead of quick baskets. The first
dunk came from Kane, not the high-flying Tar Heels, and not until 12 minutes
into the game after a handful of bungled North Carolina fast breaks. Niangs
injury left Hoiberg with a tough choice: go small with his best remaining five
or a put a little-used big man in place of his star sophomore. He opted for size
over another shooter, giving 6-foot-8 forward Daniel Edozie his first career
start. Edozie missed the only two shots he tried and grabbed four rebounds. But
Johnsons bum ankle reduced North Carolinas size advantage. Johnson, who came in
averaging 10.6 points and is the Tar Heels second-leading rebounder, tumbled to
the floor with North Carolina up 12-7. He sat on the bench before hobbling to
the locker room. Coincidental or not, the Cyclones got hot the moment Johnson
left the game. They shook off a 1-for-10 start from the floor and erased a
seven-point deficit in less than 1 1/2 minutes. After that, neither team led by
more than single digits. "Once Georges got injured people didnt think that we
had enough to pull out this win," forward Dustin Hogue said. "This goes to show
that we have depth and we have heart. With enough heart you can beat anybody."
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