Here’s the reaction from my friend Tilly Gokbudak when he saw that the Tarheels were down by 28 points…
“I would have sooner expected to see Uma Thurman (naked) in my bed! I was that surprised.”
I’d better stop while I’m ahead 😛...
A longtime friend was banned for life from a sports restaurant last night after breaking-bad on UNC-Chapel Hill, which lost bigtime against Kansas in the semifinal of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Jayhawks won 84 to 66. Not once did Carolina take the lead, and at one time they were down by 28 points. Apparently my friend could not contain his relish at the Tarheels going down so hard.
Another friend is reportedly going to burn his “lucky underwear”, which he had worn during every UNC game for the past few seasons.
I’ve already warned Lisa to expect some long, sad faces tomorrow at school. Whether there will be more depression among the students or her colleagues, remains an open question.
And after reviewing both semifinals last night, I’ve my own guess as to who’ll win between Kansas and Memphis tomorrow night. But at this point, it doesn’t really ...
9:31 p.m. EST: One of the announcers has just said that this game “is over” already, with 7 and a half minutes left in just the first half! Kansas 38 and UNC 12.
Someone who shall remain anonymous has told me that Davidson did better against Kansas than the Tarheels are doing tonight.
9:44 p.m. EST: 40-19, Jayhawks still in the lead with just over 3 and a half minutes in the first half. Carolina is starting to show some pepper here.
9:51 p.m. EST: Kansas 44, UNC 27 at the half. Kansas might have burned much of their juice too early in this game and Carolina is still gaining some traction. All the same, I’d love to be a fly on the wall in the Tarheels locker room right now.
10:20 p.m. EST: 15:54 in the second half, Kansas with 54 and 40 for Carolina. If both teams stay ...
CBS Sports has an Official NCAA Basketball Tournament Brackets application on Facebook and among other things it lets you rank who your favorite teams are… along with who you loathe the most.
I thought the current standings were pretty funny:
Right now the Tarheels of UNC-Chapel Hill are the top favorite team, followed by the Duke Blue Devils. But in the Despised category, Duke is by far the most hated followed by Carolina, and UNC has almost as many votes as it does in the Favorite chart. Hmmmm…
This might be the most scientific indicator yet of how intense the feud is between Duke and Carolina. Even though it’s a routine part of life here in North Carolina, I must admit it’s still quite neat to see it reflected in this way.
Oh yeah: GO DUKE!! 🙂...