I think I am more interested in watching a title game after UNC is in the Final Four versus last year when they never made it to the final weekend. Then again it sucks big time the Heels are not playing tonight and I really hope Kansas plays at the same level tonight win or lose just so I do not feel like we got bounced by a fluke performance.
In terms of who to pull for here, there are certain points of view on picking which team you want to win. Staying neutral is an option but that is not much fun. Kansas offers an interesting choice for UNC fans since you have to ask yourself whether you want to back the team that ousted you or consider the Dean Smith-Larry Brown-Roy Williams connections to Kansas and adopt them as our midwestern basketball cousin? The latter seems fine but the other factor for me is I simply cannot give any love to Memphis and John Calipari. I just do not care for Calipari and when he interviewed for the NC State job he was more concerned about whether the academic standards could be lowered than anything else. This is not to say his players are not good kids but Calipari has always struck me as a bit shady so Kansas it is, if for no other reason than to rest in the knowledge that at least the Heels got dropped by the national champion and it was destiny.
Open thread for your comments, if there is anyone left out there. 
According to Marcus Ginyard who can always be trusted to give you the unvarnished truth.
Continue reading ‘“This North Carolina team panicked”’
Psycho T is here.
If UNC is going to win the national title it will be against the toughest Final Four ever. There are tons of questions for this one. Will Green and Ellington shoot the ball worth a darn? Will we see “beep-beep” Lawson? How well will Deon Thompson play? Can the defense step up huge. Tyler Hansbrough will bring his game but will enough help be there to push the Heels win?
Time to make it happen.
GO HEELS!
Continue reading ‘UNC vs Kansas: Game Thread’
The first game in what could be the greatest Final Four ever played. Will the lack of offense for UCLA or the poor FT shooting for Memphis be the factor here? I am leaning towards the former with Memphis winning a game in the 60s.
Comments if you have them. See you at 8:47 PM for UNC-Kansas.
What: NCAA Tournament National Semifinal
When: Saturday, April 5th, 8:47 PM
Where: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Records: UNC 36-2; Kansas 35-3
NCAA Results: UNC def. #16 Mt. St. Mary’s, #9 Arkansas, #4 Wash St, #3 Louisville; Kansas def. #16 Portland State, #8 UNLV, #12 Villanova, #10 Davidson
Psycho T is coming.
Continue reading ‘#1 UNC vs #1 Kansas’
UPDATE #2: You can also add AP Player of the Year to the list now.
UPDATE: IC is reporting that Tyler Hansbrough has also won the US Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year Award. At this point I would be surprised if he did not sweep them all.
Original post after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Tyler Hansbrough News[UPDATED]‘
This might be better suited as a discussion to have if UNC wins the title but since the N&O is comparing the 2005 championship team to the present squad I decided to toss it out there for discussion. Especially since this stands to be a slow news day for Final Four related issues.
Continue reading ‘Comparing The 05 and 08 Teams’
And hopefully they will return with a national title.
Everyone else is wearing suits and some more hideous looking ties but not Tyler Hansbrough. Why? Because that’s how Tyler rolls.
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