I’m not used to being the Enemy. One of the Bad Guys*. But somehow this weekend, the basketball team from my grad school alma mater – The University of North Carolina – became the villain in a “Hoosier-esque” story arc that was manufactured around this year’s Final Four in Detroit. The Michigan State Spartans were…
I almost turned it off. As Kansas was routing a flat-footed and confused North Carolina Tar Heel team in the first half of their NCAA national semifinal game Saturday, I nearly turned it off. Watching the perfect storm of Kansas playing superb and inspired basketball and the Tar Heels playing a sloppy, poor-shooting, and poor-decision-making…
So, as a Tar Heel, the perfect basketball season contains the following:a) win the ACC regular seasonb) beat Duke every time you play themc) win the ACC tournamentd) go to the Final Foure) win the National Championship Ellington says first game is right over there in Raleigh This year, the Heels went 1-1 versus Duke, so “all of the above”…
Green_Over_Paulus There's really not much more that needs to be added to that picture. On Saturday, the Tar Heels beat their despised rivals, the Duke Blue Devils**, at Cameron Indoor Stadium to capture the ACC regular season title. The Heels finished at 14-2 in the ACC, 29-2 overall and #1 in the nation. The ACC Tournament…
As these things usually go, we’d thought that this might be a low-key weekend as we prepared to move over next weekend – and of course, we were wrong… The Good. We had the final walk-through on the new house — (which I’m now going to refer to as “The Aerie” which is a reference…
Lawson_UNC The sixth-ranked Tar Heels rode a big second half from Tyler Hansbrough to beat the soon-to-no-longer-be #1 Ohio State Buckeyes in the final game of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Buckeyes had led for most of the first half, but the Heels came out strong after the break (when I started watching….coincidence??) pulling away…
Heels! This week, the NCAA basketball season got underway in earnest — always a fun time — full of hope and curiosity as you begin to gauge where your alma mater(s) are compared to the competition. Who's going to be "tough" this year? Can anyone be this year's George Mason? et cetera. And the best…
Heels! This week, the NCAA basketball season got underway in earnest — always a fun time — full of hope and curiosity as you begin to gauge where your alma mater(s) are compared to the competition. Who's going to be "tough" this year? Can anyone be this year's George Mason? et cetera. And the best…
Stevil 