North Carolina pounds Marquette, advances to Elite Eight

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    After repeated early, deep deficits this postseason, North Carolina flipped the script Friday night, dismantling Marquette 81-63 in an East Regional semifinal that was over before the half.

    North Carolina got off to its customary slow start, then seized control to move within a game of reaching the Final Four for the third time in four years.

    "I looked up at the clock and it was 10-8 their favor, and the next time I looked at the clock is when I went off at halftime and it was 40-15," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. "I knew we were doing very well to say the least."

    Those 15 first-half points were the second-fewest allowed by North Carolina in a half in 144 NCAA tournament games, and the Marquette's 20 percent shooting from the field came on 6-of-30 shooting that was the second lowest by an opponent in an NCAA tournament game.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310840153
     

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