a beautiful day in the neighborhood...whenever Duke wins and Carolina loses in basketball.
Go Duke!
a beautiful day in the neighborhood...whenever Duke wins and Carolina loses in basketball.
Go Duke!
YESSS!!! Seems terrible that I'm happy for Kentucky, but that's just the way it is. Plus, UNC winning was the only way I didn't place in my pool. In any event, a question for you all. Would you rather have the season we had or UNC?
UNC won the regular season
Duke wins ACC championship
Duke wins 2 out of 3 vs. UNC
Duke finishes AP #3
UNC finishes AP #7
Duke gets a #1 seed, UNC a #2 seed
UNC gets to the Elite 8
Duke gets to the Sweet Sixteen
Ignoring the fact that we got destroyed against AZ, does winning one more game in the NCAA tournament make it a better season? Are we placing too much emphasis simply on the tournament result? I'm honestly not sure which I'd rather have. If UNC made the Final Four, then clearly I'd say they had the better season.
Duke had a more disappointing season, UNC played up to or even exceeded mid-season expectations. Both teams are disappointed, but your fan base took Duke's loss harder than UNC fans will take ours.
Well, at least that one is over. Now the sleaze bowl.
I refused to actively "root" for either UK or UNC. But make no mistake about it. If I didn't have to live around so many UNC fans, I'd have gone for them. Hate 'em or not, at least I can muster some respect for the UNC program, something I have almost none of for the UK program and Calipari. In fact, I think anyone who actually "rooted" for UK should have their license to complain about sleazy schools pulled for three years.
I was amazed that UNC managed to make it a game with Henson in foul trouble.
Now, come Final Four, I've got one side of the bracket that I can't determine who I most hope wins, and the other side I can't determine who I most hope loses.
But come the championship game, I know which side of the bracket gets my rooting.
I said the same thing before the game. If they win today they had the better season but they did not and I would take ours. The Regular Season Champ is not as clear cut with the lack of a balanced schedule and the Tourney plus 2 out of 3 from our rival. i know we were disappointed in the loss but when I look at this season who else could have lost a player like Kyrie and still had the record Duke did? What if HB would have went down for UNC after 8 games? What would have happened to a team that set a team record with 8 wins of 3 points or less?
And while I respect Kong's posts. The UNC fan base I know will be just as devastated as we were.