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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
FWIW I was seeing Twitter chatter last night (unfortunately I can't find the exact Tweets right now, my apologies) that indicated UNC fans are now optimistic Kessler may be returning. Another reason a thread with this title might've been a bit premature, hahaha.
That said, as I mentioned previously (forget if it was in this thread or another), if Kessler does return it is a pretty clear stain on the end of Roy Williams' legacy... regardless of what the behind the scenes reasons might be, it would certainly look like Walker desperately wanted to get away from Roy, not UNC, if he returns so soon after his Roy's retirement. So there's the potential for some schadenfreude there, I suppose.
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It'll be very, very minimal schadenfreude if/when Kessler comes back. I'd much rather he go. Does make sense for him to come back, though -- with Sharpe and Brooks gone, no big time PF/C recruits or transfers coming in, Kessler and Bacot are both lined up to play at least 30 mpg next season. And, Kessler's play down the stretch suggests he's going to be quite good.
I live in a different state,but whats it like to be around a heal fan?
Well, we'll know the truth anyway. I live out of state where things like this are completely under the radar. Hell, the entire academic scandal went under the radar outside of the state of North Carolina and the Duke community. That's just the reality. The DBR community is locked into stuff like this, but we are by far and away the exception.
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Looks like Kessler is coming back to UNC.
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Per sources close to us, Walker Kessler will be RETURNING to #UNC after entering the transfer portal.
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