Love/Hate with Gottlieb and Fraschilla

And no, I'm not saying I love Doug Gottlieb and hate Fran Fraschilla. I hate both those guys. But they breakdown what there is to love and hate about each of the remaining 16 teams in the tourney on ESPN.com. A little Carolina taster:

North Carolina

What I Like: The transition game
Transition basketball and Ty Lawson are basically interchangeable. Without the 5-11 junior, the Tar Heels don't have a dominant running game. UNC scored more than 90 points 15 times prior to Lawson's injury at the end of the ACC regular season, in large part because of his blinding coast-to-coast quickness. In the two ACC tournament games without Lawson, Roy Williams' club averaged 75 points a game, and in the loss to Florida State it had a season-low 64 possessions.

It's clear that the odds of North Carolina winning it all improve with Lawson back in the lineup. He has become a more dangerous outside shooter (47 percent on 3s), gets to the rim and finishes at a 57 percent rate inside the arc and is responsible for more than one-third of the team's assists when he is on the floor.

What I Don't Like: Ty Lawson and the overuse of depth
If Lawson is not healthy, this team's chances of advancing become much slighter. Quite simply, Lawson is the straw that stirs the drink. Additionally, Roy Williams has a tendency to over-sub his players and under-utilize timeouts. If you can capitalize on a weak lineup against UNC, the Tar Heels can surrender momentum like they did when they blew a 16-point lead against Maryland. The depth, however, allows the Heels to make more shots late due to their much fresher legs … or so they say.