Chaos in Chapel Hill: in a game full of excitement but without much rhythm, the Tar Heels led early, fell behind late, then forced two overtimes to beat Maryland after two Terps fouled out.

The UNC home crowd looked great-- enthused, and full of students (way more so than, say, in Latta's frosh year), with a sprinkling of bussed-in Maryland fans. For the home team, Larkins looked magnificent, delivering 18 boards, 25 points, and 11 of her fourteen free-throw attempts; she got just what she didn't get at UConn-- help from the taller folks and shot-blockers around her.

For Maryland, Tolliver looked great, but also got tired: she and Coleman played 50 minutes apiece. In Brenda's pregnancy-related absence, coach Park seemed less than eager to use his timeouts, and really wary of his bench: would the outcome have differed, once overtime began, if more than seven Terps had seen the floor?

UPDATE: Voepel turns in not one but two stories on how the Tar Heels feel. Also, the BasketCases remind us that Brenda didn't use her bench much more than coach Park does-- though the timeoutlessness last night was his call, not hers.