Odom breaks down the Deacons' win

Dave Odom played football and basketball at Guilford College and was voted the school's most outstanding athlete in 1965. Later, he was a men's basketball coach for 22 years at East Carolina, Wake Forest and South Carolina. In 12 seasons at Wake, he guided the Deacons to two ACC Tournament titles and eight NCAA Tournaments. Among his most famous players were Tim Duncan, Randolph Childress, Josh Howard and Rodney Rogers. Odom also produced four 20-win teams in seven years at South Carolina and posted a 406-278 overall record with three NIT titles. Today, he talks about North Carolina's loss to Wake Forest on Sunday.

The story of Wake Forest's victory was Jeff Teague's ability to manage the game, and in particular, to get the ball where he wanted when he wanted and [get] the shot he wanted. He established that early and never let it go.

Secondly, the Wake Forest defense was better than advertised. They did a great job of closing off the middle. There was no room for Tyler Hansbrough to work or Ty Lawson to drive. I thought Dino Gaudio did a great job of rotating his post players, keeping fresh bodies in the game to guard Hansbrough and the other North Carolina postmen.

That said, you've got to give North Carolina a lot of credit. They didn't play their best game, yet had a great chance to win the game in the final seconds. They were only one possession out of it with 4.7 seconds left. You've got to give Roy Williams a lot of credit keeping them in the game on a night when they didn't play their best.

Perhaps the most important ingredient for North Carolina no one saw. That was Marcus Ginyard's absence. Look at the way the game started and way it finished. It started with Jeff Teague having his way and ended with Jeff Teague having his way. North Carolina really had problems offsetting Teague's ability to manage the game. And Marcus Ginyard has been North Carolina's best defender for the past two years. With him out that obviously caused North Carolina a lot of problems.

Teague's too big for Ty Lawson and appeared to be too quick for the other [UNC] perimeter players.

Clearly, Wake Forest had more depth last night, an element of the game UNC historically has excelled in. North Carolina needed another body in the post [injured Tyler Zeller] and Ginyard on the perimeter.

Wake Forest has played excellent basketball. But nobody had seen them play [much on TV]. As Wake Forest becomes more of a focal point, coaches will begin to formulate different game plans, which will make it more of a chess match. The Wake staff will have to become aware of different approaches to how teams guard them.

Jeff Teague said to America last night, 'Look at me!' I don't know if you can find a better guard in the United States right now than Teague. Wake will have to be ready for different approaches teams will take to handle Teague, much as North Carolina must be ready each night for how their opponent defends Hansbrough. Coaches in the ACC are certainly well versed on changes of strategy.