Many North Carolina and N.C. State fans took in the Tar Heels' 93-62 victory over the Wolfpack on Saturday from their seats inside the Smith Center. Others listened to their favorite school's radio broadcast of the game, some while also watching on TV.

Those groups missed ESPN's full coverage of the much-anticipated matchup in this heated rivalry, including some unusually biting commentary from those who called the game at courtside and those who chimed in at halftime and after the game from a network studio.

Here's a sampling, for those who may have missed it:

Play-by-play man Mike Patrick: "This qualifies as a good, old-fashioned butt-kicking." ... "Just for the sake of mercy, you'd like to see one go in (for the Wolfpack)." ... "Much of this game, if you're a North Carolina State fan, has been unwatchable, at any speed."

Color commentator Len Elmore: "The thing that's baffling me is that (most of the Wolfpack players) have faced Carolina. They've faced this kind of pressure. They know it's coming. It just seems that they're not prepared to do anything with it. I'm really surprised. ... This is Chaplin-esque, almost."

The most stinging words, though, came from studio analyst Jay Bilas, after fellow analysts Hubert Davis and Digger Phelps took more politically correct approaches with their commentary, which is by far the most common route taken by former players and coaches now in the media.

Bilas at halftime, with the Tar Heels leading 43-13: "A little embarrassing? That was the most embarrassing first half I've seen all season long. What do you do if you're Sidney Lowe? Do you draw a play up? You've gotta go in (to the locker room) and draw a big heart there and say, 'Do we have any?'

"These guys are not relating to each other. Their body language is horrible. They look like a bunch of zombies whenever they get into a huddle. They didn't come prepared to fight. When you go on the road, you have to come prepared to fight and fight together. This is a team going in five different directions on the floor. I have not seen a performance as embarrassing as that all year long."

Bilas after the game: "There's no way that any team in America is going to hold a good team to 13 points in a half with their defense alone. N.C. State helped (UNC). N.C. State was a huge problem for themselves.

"There is something going on with that team — and I don't know what it is, I'm not Dr. Phil here — but they don't get along with each other. That was not a team that trusted each other, that valued each other. They didn't come together when things got tough, they went in different directions. That's the first thing that they've got to address, how that team relates to each other."