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Monday, April 3, 2000
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quit until the white team wins.”
Regardless of who wins in the scrim
mages, those impromptu games are a
big reason the Gators emerge victorious
at the end of the real thing.
Donovan had 10 guvs ready to go
and used them all, shuffling faster than
a three-card monte dealer in New York
City. UNC coach Bill Guthridge had six
tired players and no one to relieve
them.
And it showed on offense. The
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idea were quickly abandoned. Traffic
was able to pass through Franklin Street
without crowds or road blocks acting as
impediments.
However, Chapel Hill police had
expected more of a fan reaction to the
game and planned accordingly.
Chapel Hill police Capt. Tony
Oakley estimated that 20,000 to 30,000
revelers would have mobbed the street
if UNC had w on the game.
Chapel Hill police officer Harold
Horne said the police had taken mea
sures to secure the streets.
"The vehicles have been removed
from the blocks to bring down vandal
ism,” he said. “One hundred twenty-five
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Gators went on a 25-9 run after Cota
picked up his fourth foul. Of course, a
chunk of those points came from the
bench players.
Once Q>ta picked up his fourth, he
was forced to back off of Florida reserve
guard Brett Nelson, who had seven
points and an assist in the Gators’ next
five possessions to lead a
12-3 run against the Tar Heels.
Nelson finished the game with 13
points, and Donnell Harvey pitched in
eight.
“It doesn’t matter who you are or
what kind of shape you’re in, you just
can’t be in good enough shape to go
officers have been employed tonight."
Additional officers were also recruit
ed from the Orange County Sheriffs
department. University Police and the
Chapel Hill Fire Department.
Phillips said Carrboro police had
about 15 people stationed throughout a
two-block area.
Other precautions the police took
included sending out reports to stores on
Franklin Street advising store owners
and managers to expect physical dam
age to their property if the Tar Heels lost
the game. “The police told us to board
up our windows and expect blue graffi
ti,” said Ash Abedelhak, manager for I
Love N.Y. Pizza.
However, he insisted that I Love N.Y.
Pizza’s rapport with the students was so
reputable that nothing would happen.
To safeguard against the threat of van
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against our 10 guys with six of theirs,”
Miller said. “When you’ve got 10 guys
who really want to win, and you practice
competitively, it makes the games easi
er.”
The Florida bench, which has
outscored opponents’ reserves by an
average of 11.8 points per game this
year, outscored the offensively nonexis
tent Tar Heel backups 37-2. The lone Tar
Heel bench bucket was a thunderous
slam by forward Julius Peppers.
“They just went on a scoring spree,
and we couldn’t score,” Peppers said.
“We didn’t get good shots at all. They
were getting good looks. Open looks.
dalism, Hams general manager Alex
Paschold said Hams had hired three
bouncers for the night.
None of the stores on Franklin Street
suffered any damage as a result of
UNC’s loss, but many were able to prof
it from the larger than usual crowd.
“We’re doing business here at 400 per
cent more than a regular day,” Abedelhak
said. “We were here when UNC went to
the semifinals two years ago, and we’ve
been expecting all this rush.”
He said he prepared for the rush by
having extra workers come in and
ordering nearly twice the usual amount
of ingredients.
Franklin Street showed no signs of
the loss Sunday morning except for
boards on the windows of The Gap.
Assistant Manager Paul Crockett said
that although the boards were not need-
Everybody was playing tentative.”
And while Peppers’ two-handed stuff
rocked the rim, it still only counted for
two points. The fact that UNC didn’t get
nearly as much out of its reserves as
Florida did proves that despite the Tar
Heels’ magical Final Four run, it’s far
easier to win when you have the type of
high-quality depth Florida does.
“They sustained a lot of energy for a
long time,” Florida point guard Teddy
Dupay said. “I just think at the end, we
had a little extra gas down the stretch.”
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ed, they were originally put up for safe
ty precautions. “We were hoping we’d
have to put the boards up again for
Monday," he said. “Unfortunately, it
didn’t work out that way but we’re still
proud of our Carolina Tar Heels.”
Despite the crowds on Franklin
Street, many chose to watch the game at
the Smith Center, where UNC had set
up large-screen televisions for students.
“I wanted to watch the game here just
to see the atmosphere,” said transfer stu
dent Cecile Barat.
“I’m from France, and this is very dif
ferent - we don’t have anything like
this.”
Lisa Crist contributed
to this story.
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at citydesk@unc.edu.
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NCAA history, UNC (22-14) would
have even worse memories of the 2000
Final Four.
It was Cota who drained a 3-pointer
to end a 5:46 scoreless streak, ending a
16-0 Gator run, in the first half. And it
was Cota who dribbled through the
Florida press time and time again.
The 3-pointer sparked a Tar Heel
revival that lasted through the second
half. Trailing 18-3, Cota’s long-range shot
set off a 31-16 UNC run to end the half.
Although Cota began the spurt, Brendan
Haywood did most of die work
Haywood, the focal point of UNC’s
offense during its four-game run to the
Final Four, scored 16 points in the half.
Florida’s big men racked up all kinds of
foul trouble trying to stop UNC’s 7-foot
center, and Haywood made them pay
on the free-throw line when he con
nected on 6 of 9 attempts.
Although UNC trailed by just three
at the half, the first half portended the
Tar Heels’ demise. UNC shot just 37
percent, and its best shooters -Joseph
Forte and Jason Capel - combined for
3-of-14 shooting.
Forte, UNC’s go-to guy in the
regional final against Tulsa, tried to
shake the ghosts of Tar Heel shooters
past in the second half. Forte drained
four consecutive shots to open the half,
pushing UNC to a six-point lead.
But the poor shooting would return
and the looming foul trouble of the first
half - four Tar Heels (Cota, Capel,
Forte and Haywood) had two fouls -
began to haunt UNC. Forte and Capel,
who both fouled out, finished the game
9-of-29 from the floor, including 4-of
-14 from 3-point range. UNC shot a sea
son-low 35 percent from the field.
With UNC’s shooters limited by
fouls, Florida turned its attention to
defending Haywood in the post. Asa
result, he took just one shot and five
free throws in the second half.
The foul trouble hampered UNC’s
ability to defend, especially Cota’s on
Florida’s Brett Nelson. Nelson, a fresh
man whose game is similar to former
Gator point guard and current NBA
playerjason Williams, entered the tour
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ing style than his leadership qualities.
But in Florida’s run to the finals, Nelson
has developed into another weapon for
coach Billy Donovan’s squad.
In a testament to the Gators’ depth,
Nelson led the team with 13 points,
eight coming in the rally after Cota’s
fourth foul.
“We got a little excited,” said UNC
forward Kris Lang, who scored four
points while nursing a sprained right!
ankle. “We started losing focus, and
Brett Nelson started hitting some;
tremendous shots.”
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