Hubert Davis compares North Carolina's turnovers to a pick-six

North Carolina had a rough outing at Pitt, losing 73-65 and Hubert Davis was not fond of his team’s turnovers.

In fact, Davis compared the turnovers to what happens to a football team. In fact, it put UNC in a big hole in the second half, leading to the loss.

Just imagine a quarterback throwing an interception returned for a touchdown.

“I think the turnovers were costly,” Davis said. “I think the time of the turnovers were costly. And I think the conversion of the turnovers, and it’s almost a pick-six every time you turn the ball over, (Pitt was) scoring. So it’s very difficult to withstand something like that.”

With the way Davis wants his team to play, the Tar Heels can’t dilly dally with the basketball.

“One of the things that we talk about all the time is a point-five mentality on the offensive end,” Davis said. “As soon as you catch it, shoot it, pass it or drive it. We never talk about holding it or over dribbling it. Those are the things that we talk about.”

Hubert Davis notes turnovers are big problem for UNC

But since turnovers and uneven play continue, Davis acknowledged it can be frustrating after each game.

“I think it’s a combination of a number of things, frustration, disappointment,” Davis said. “I think it stops there, and I think it has to stop there. Our next game is on Saturday, and we have to find a way to get better in that area, especially playing games and not just playing games throughout the entire game, (but) down the stretch. I don’t know how many points we had, but we had a lead in the first half. We’re up 10 in the first half. So that’s a common thing. Same thing against Stanford, same thing against Wake Forest. We have leads, and then we go into halftime and we’re only up by one or up by two.

“I can’t remember how much we led in the second half (seven points). One of the things that we always talk about is, we can get there, but can we stay there with that level of attention and detail and consistency? And so I wouldn’t point towards just the end of the game, I would say throughout the entire game, where we’ve done a good job of building the lead, and then we have those stretches throughout the entire game.”