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The rollercoaster ride that is North Carolina hockey has, in the particular span of 6 days, delivered whiplash to UNC followers. A brutal home loss to Marquette on Wednesday. The riveting recovery succeed over Florida Condition three days afterwards. And now, a gut punch by way of Syracuse: a 72-70 loss to the Orange. The bumpy ride dropping us here with this particular outcome should come as simply no surprise, yet it shouldn't make it any easier for UNC to absorb. The Tar Heels were a good 11 seed within Jerry Palm's mount entering the time, riding high off a conquer Simply no. 11 Florida Express. But Palm manufactured clear that their particular inclusion came with a caveat that will they are far from safe. Falling towards the Orange doesn't drastically hurt its tourney chances, but this is flirting dangerously with disaster right now with margin for error quickly dwindling. If there's a metallic lining here, is actually that dram