Besides the positively ridiculous, ludicrous technical foul call, I felt the turning point occurred at the 11 minute mark of the 2nd half. Scheyer had a completely wide open 3, clanked it, Lance grabbed the board, clanked the put back. We looked completely deflated from there.
Lawson crushed us. The announcers (specifically G-Man) kept harping on UNC's balanced effort but Ty Lawson's effort alone completely destroyed us. We simply had no answer for them. I really didn't think Carolina's defense was all that great in the 2nd (it was terrible in the 1st), our guys just couldn't hit any open looks from deep (which was necessary for a win). Gerald was visibly winded in the 2nd so that may have had something to do with it.
I disagree with the general notion that we can't hang with these guys b/c we have nothing in the post. If you paid attention it was Lawson that completely schooled us and we seem to have less of an answer for him there anywhere else on the floor.
Back to the tech which put a huge kink into any existing momentum. That was yet another case of the refs feeling like they just have to call something especially considering who was involved with it. Everyone knows Kyle is not some retaliating kind of player. It's 100% obvious he's trying to pry the ball away which takes his elbow to Tyler's noggin. Nothing even close to maliciousness on that play, but instead the tech. Positively ridiculous. Not at all something that determined the outcome of the game, but a pathetic call nonetheless.