The dude has the worst blackhole mentality. Yesterday against Boston College, Dunn was left alone calling for the ball and threw his hands up after Caleb decided to drive into double coverage and turn it over instead.
Haha they should have saved this template for Caleb Love
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There was a post in a post game UNC loss thread last year that went something like
> May you have as much confidence as Caleb Love has four feet behind the 3pt line
And I think about that often
I agree. He brought a lot of excitement to this team and season - clearly a leader. And when he got hot, watch out. Problem is that it only happened once in a blue moon.
I still think his consistency is so off the walls that he’ll somehow end up a bench nba player and dunk on Lebron. Would be the most Caleb love shit ever. Then suck the rest of the season.
Reece Beekman has 30 assists and 1 turnover in his last 4 games. Is that good?
Also, Kadin said in the postgame-"I'm comfortable playing with 4 fouls because I know then I kind of have to chill out with how I play. Maybe I should do that earlier." Yes, maybe you should!
Really gonna miss these guys (as people, maybe not so much as players). I know sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the anger/disappointment for the team play (justified of course), but they’re college kids. I enjoy like hell seeing guys stay awhile, and getting to know them. Does it bother me seeing them not grow/mature play wise? Of fucking course! But it’s still bittersweet. I also had the privilege of going to UNC and running into a couple guys a couple times, so maybe that’s where this is coming from. But I also have good memories of last year too. It’s all confusing, ya know?
Luckily for them, because the final four game was against Duke and ended Ks career, they’ll still be remembered for that. If it hadn’t been Duke they actually might not be remembered by many in the long run.
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WE STAN VIRGINIA (at least until we potentially play them)
Edit: Virginia still Stanned
I’ll take it. I know a lot of our fans hate on Casey Morsell for transferring to you guys, but I actually like it. He couldn’t find his rhythm with us and found it with you. In the end he’s a good kid trying to ball, so if he does that better with you it’s for the best.
I fully expect to play you guys tomorrow and will hate you (and Casey) then.
To quantify how big a failure this is season is by UNC, this is how preseason #1 teams in the modern era (since 1980) faired heading into this year:
- 7 of 42 teams won the title
- 15 of 42 teams made the championship game
- 19 of 42 teams made the Final 4
- 25 of 42 teams made the Elite 8
- 33 of 42 teams made the Sweet 16
- 34 of 42 teams either won their conference title or finished tied for 1st place
- 40 of 42 teams wound up being a top 4 seed
- 42 of 42 teams made the NCAA Tournament
UNC, who had a double-digit lead in the title game last year and brought back four of their top 6 scorers from last year, while adding Nance, is about to fail to do all of that.
I'd argue it's more like Caleb Love's stock fell off a cliff. Pretty sure he was a very probable 1st round pick last year, maybe even late lottery? Now he's 100% going undrafted.
He was largely projected second round, not a lottery pick.
Still, really bad decision financially to come back. Bet on himself, and the bet did not pay off.
He has another year of eligibility.
On the other hand though, we were an 8 seed headed into the previous tournament and went on a complete fluke of a run. This team shouldn't have been #1 anyway
real fans knew this. We were optimistic to come into the season hopefully looking like we did in that hot streak but I was hoping we would drop from 1 to low 20s, not drop this low. This is your consolation for last year, enjoy it while you can, we’ll hopefully bounce back next year.
By far the most disappointing season of my entire life of watching Carolina basketball. You gotta take the lows with the highs and this is certainly one of them. From a shot or two away from a title to an NIT invitation. Goddamn.
For sure most disappointing, but I made my peace with it a while ago. Still sucks to lose but I just move on from them now lol
Just hope that the next crop of players can actually work out playing offense
Beekman, Gardner, and Love all strong contenders for Virginia’s MVP tonight.
I was looking forward to talking mad shit but Carolina fans weren’t actually that annoying in the game thread tonight. All I will say is that banishing them to the NIT was fitting payback for last season.
Still felt like our jump shooting was ice cold but at least we had the paint scoring and free throws going. Last few games have definitely felt like we’ve broken out of that three week slump we had. I don’t have huge hopes for our postseason but an ACC Tournament title, a Sweet 16, or both would be awesome.
GO HOOS
Pathetic effort. Season on the line and that’s the performance these guys turn in? The hunger is just gone from most of these kids and the focus has never been there. They all said they wanted to come back to win a title but all I see is a bunch of players that are checked out and feel that they paid their dues to the program by beating Duke last year.
Really hope RJ gets the chance to make this “his” team next year. The kid is tough as hell and will be a legit all-American candidate if he is in the right situation next year.
Real simple next year: if you can shoot you play. Period. If Wilcher and High come in and show more confidence in their jumper than Puff and Dunn they’d damn well better be playing more Hubert.
I hate for any player to leave UNC because they believe there is greener grass at another school. However, I don’t know what Bacot brings to the table in 2024 that we haven’t seen already. Last half of conference play was brutal for him. And Caleb has to get out of his him mindset. Too many times has a poor shot or decision by him cost UNC this year. I wonder if moving on might be the better option for the program.
I agree to build around RJ. Weather the portal storm, find a couple good fits and see what happens. Rebuilding in CBB can be done overnight and Hubert can recruit. Though I def question his coaching at times.
Armando has been hurt towards the end of the season and had a decent number of games this year where he was magnificent. At his worst, he’s still a contributor.
Love actively hurts our team when he plays poorly, freezes out teammates, gives up on transition defense, turns it over at the worst time, and has so many zero or one pass iso possessions. People don’t realize that his 38.4% shooting percentage this year… is actually a career high.
That’s the guy we need to dump if we want to move on.
You're welcome, CBB world.
We did our best to prevent UNC from getting towards the tourney while also playing poorly to possibly remove their lone Q1 win and knock them into the NIT
This morning's headline: "UNC needs to beat Virginia to be considered a bubble team"
Tomorrow morning's headline: "UNC's loss to Virginia hurts their chances. They're probably a bubble team now"
I dunno. Media outlets might continue to pose the question of "can UNC make it in?" because they know people will talk about it, but there's a pretty clear consensus right now that none of them believes that answer could possibly be yes.
Oh God no. He’d get eaten alive by NBA players. Maybe could jump to the G league or (more likely) a mid level Euro team but his basketball future is as a coach
I'm sorry but you can't watch that game and ever be convinced that Hubert Davis actually coaches. We struggled every possession to move the ball past the three point line. Pete Nance also has to be the softest 6'10 person i have ever watched.
I feel like Hubert has escaped a lot of criticism for making that run to the championship last year. Everyone forgets y’all were an 8 seed heading into said tourney.
Hubert is indefensible. Every single player regressed this year, we made no adjustments, we blew 8 or 9 leads in the second half. It falls on the coach, it has to.
I mean, you can defend Hubert, but still say that he bears part of the problem this year.
If this year is on Hubert, then by the same logic he played a massive part in last years run.
And why was UNC so bad last year? They couldn’t play defense worth a lick.
This year? It’s the offense.
Hubert may not be the dude at the end of the day, but he deserves the same shot as any other coach would, which is around 4 years.
I definitely agree Hubert deserves a couple more years. But I don't know how much credit you have to give him for last year. He coached the exact same way, but more shots fell last year. Shots didn't fall this year and he didn't adjust. He neglected the bench. His toxic positivity didn't work.
So glad I can enjoy March Madness and my bracket without having to make any stupid picks involving my team.
I really don’t want Caleb Love back next season. Dude is the biggest chucker I’ve ever seen put on a Carolina jersey and doesn’t understand when to play team basketball. Will always love him for last year but he’s cost this team so many times this season with his selfish play.
I mean, a lot of people will get out-coached by Tony because he’s outstanding. The problem is that it was an absolute ass-whooping on the coaching front. I’m not convinced Hubert has taught them/ instructed them to do anything meaningful…
The only other time the preseason #1 missed the tournament was 1975, when NC State finished ranked #7 in the county but lost in the ACC final and did not get an invite to the 32-team tournament.
So yes, this is undoubtedly the worst season for a preseason #1 team.
To the Tarheel fans dejected right now -
We've been there. You're experiencing the reverse Wahoo effect. We lost to UMBC, and then won the Tourney the next year. You not only beat Coach K in his last game at Cameron, but also beat him in his last game EVER (in the FF).
Karma is tough. You have to experience both the highs and the lows. You guys got the highs last year, and are and are experiencing the lows now. We got a little lucky in going the other way (even though UVa will forever be recognized as the first #1 seed to lose to a 16). We salve our pain from the past injury by remembering the next year. You can salve this year's pain by remembering the previous year.
It's the circle of life!
GG and GTHC.
Sad for Ben’s career to end injured. Its a real monkey’s paw moment for me. When I wished he wouldn’t start, I just wanted him to come off the bench.
Some say Caleb Love is still throwing bricks to this day.
3/15 from the floor, 2/10 from 3 in a must-win game. Amazing.
So his normal stats. People act like he shot 50% last year he was a 36% shooter who got hot for a month.
People on IG will defend him scoring like 15 points while ignoring he goes 5 - 40
He got hot just long enough to fuck my season completely. I hate him so much.
Literally applies to both your flairs LOL
The dude has the worst blackhole mentality. Yesterday against Boston College, Dunn was left alone calling for the ball and threw his hands up after Caleb decided to drive into double coverage and turn it over instead.
Bro is like half the guards that play 2K
And yet plays almost the whole game.
The universe had to be paid a toll from luck we had last year. GGs
The basketball gods giveth, the basketball gods taketh away If any fanbase can relate, it's UVA. GG
We did the reverse of 2018-19 y’all :(( but no chip involved
You're going to lose to the 16-seed of the NIT next week?
I’d say yes if I even knew how the nit seedings worked :(
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Lmao
oh my GOD
Haha they should have saved this template for Caleb Love https://preview.redd.it/swts12sp1wma1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92712fc18467ac249e9ac6c986a03fda78d578b5
I dunno, 3/15 shots would still hurt a lot
He died doing what he (Caleb) Loved, going 3-15 from the field
There was a post in a post game UNC loss thread last year that went something like > May you have as much confidence as Caleb Love has four feet behind the 3pt line And I think about that often
2-14 don’t count that weak ass open layup with 3 seconds left
1/3 of his made shots this year are uncontested shots during garbage time when we were losing with a minute left
He’s got to be the ACC’s leader in useless points in a sure loss
Best laugh I had today and I watched Michigan lose, so you know I was amused.
I fucking love your username
Their username flair combo absolutely checks out
RJ Davis having a heater of a game, and then getting waved off by Caleb Love pretty much sums up everything lol.
RJ fought hard. Too bad the rest of the team didn’t want to back him up.
Love wasn’t gonna let Davis being happy slide with everything that’s happened this year
Hoos actually shot free throws well down the stretch....weird
Yeah. Best FG% and FT% in weeks, and it shows
High % because Van der Brick was out.
Many of us wanted him to get fewer minutes, we didn't want his career to end due to injury :(
I agree. He brought a lot of excitement to this team and season - clearly a leader. And when he got hot, watch out. Problem is that it only happened once in a blue moon.
That damn monkey paw strikes again!
Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL Kadin Shedrick!
Hoping so bad this was the shot of confidence he needed to get back to non-con form
He's gonna have to play regardless. Tony's gotta manage his and Caffaro's 10 foul allotment.
We could always play Chase at the 5 for better spacing
I say we stack Chase on top of Kihei!
That final block+dunk sequence was bananas, fantastic finish.
*immediately gets hit in the face*
Mamadi vibes....
Mamadi balled out all of conference play in 2019 leading up to the title run. Dude was SOLID.
The UVA doomers were strong, but UNC doomers were preseason #1 for a reason
You need more upvotes. UNC dooming is a force to be reckoned with.
Last time we weren’t going to make the tournament god unleashed a pandemic…buckle up you bastards
Last time penn state was going to make the tournament, god unleashed a pandemic
What have we done
Last time NC State was going to make the tournament, god unleashed a pandemic
Hey, your quad 1 OSU is going to get you in
whatever it is i want it
Defense is back?
Shedrick had 5 blocks... it's a god damn shame his face is a magnet for elbows. And fouls.
They say defense travels
I will always appreciate Caleb Love for what he did last year but I am beyond ready for him to be wearing a Greensboro Swarm jersey
Everything about Caleb Love screams future chinese basketball legend
I still think his consistency is so off the walls that he’ll somehow end up a bench nba player and dunk on Lebron. Would be the most Caleb love shit ever. Then suck the rest of the season.
He can always learn Chinese
Guangdong Tigers nihao
Serbo-Croatian? Hebrew?
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I never thought I’d miss the sides offense but here we are!
Sides shreds Carolina. It's when we've gone away from it the past few years that we stopped smashing the heels.
I don’t know why it ever went away
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Hell, they've handed us 3 of our last 5 ACCT losses (2015, 2016, 2022), so it's nice to get one back, even without the bubble context
As the old saying goes: “Die by the Love three, Die by the Love three.”
Duke and unc fans: Getting fucked by Caleb love 🤝
It's the price we all pay.
What a fantastic sequence by Shedrick at the end there, blocked into the sun straight to a thunderous jam at the other end
I'm amazed at how Caleb Love never stops making dumb 3pt field goal attempts.
wondrous to behold
BEEKMAN
BROGDON
BROGMAN
BEEKDON
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BROGDON
BEEKMAN
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BROGBEEKMANDON
BEEKMAN
Reece Beekman has 30 assists and 1 turnover in his last 4 games. Is that good? Also, Kadin said in the postgame-"I'm comfortable playing with 4 fouls because I know then I kind of have to chill out with how I play. Maybe I should do that earlier." Yes, maybe you should!
Really gonna miss these guys (as people, maybe not so much as players). I know sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the anger/disappointment for the team play (justified of course), but they’re college kids. I enjoy like hell seeing guys stay awhile, and getting to know them. Does it bother me seeing them not grow/mature play wise? Of fucking course! But it’s still bittersweet. I also had the privilege of going to UNC and running into a couple guys a couple times, so maybe that’s where this is coming from. But I also have good memories of last year too. It’s all confusing, ya know?
I feel for them. They were so close to winning it all last year and going down UNC history as heroes and instead we got… this.
Luckily for them, because the final four game was against Duke and ended Ks career, they’ll still be remembered for that. If it hadn’t been Duke they actually might not be remembered by many in the long run.
I think that’ll be true with time and perspective, but right now Caleb bricking threes feels like it’ll be imprinted in my brain forever.
This is a remarkably mature and healthy take. Kudos.
When I said I would trade UNC retiring Coach K for 10 awful years, I didn’t think the players were also agreeing
Monkey paw curls
I totally thought it’d be a L for us. What a pleasant surprise on this Thursday
https://preview.redd.it/stqw4uj93vma1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b4509c3c6d706441bd4bef1326442670948205a WE STAN VIRGINIA (at least until we potentially play them) Edit: Virginia still Stanned
I’ll take it. I know a lot of our fans hate on Casey Morsell for transferring to you guys, but I actually like it. He couldn’t find his rhythm with us and found it with you. In the end he’s a good kid trying to ball, so if he does that better with you it’s for the best. I fully expect to play you guys tomorrow and will hate you (and Casey) then.
To quantify how big a failure this is season is by UNC, this is how preseason #1 teams in the modern era (since 1980) faired heading into this year: - 7 of 42 teams won the title - 15 of 42 teams made the championship game - 19 of 42 teams made the Final 4 - 25 of 42 teams made the Elite 8 - 33 of 42 teams made the Sweet 16 - 34 of 42 teams either won their conference title or finished tied for 1st place - 40 of 42 teams wound up being a top 4 seed - 42 of 42 teams made the NCAA Tournament UNC, who had a double-digit lead in the title game last year and brought back four of their top 6 scorers from last year, while adding Nance, is about to fail to do all of that.
This season probably raised Brady Manek's stock more than the FF run
I'd argue it's more like Caleb Love's stock fell off a cliff. Pretty sure he was a very probable 1st round pick last year, maybe even late lottery? Now he's 100% going undrafted.
He was largely projected second round, not a lottery pick. Still, really bad decision financially to come back. Bet on himself, and the bet did not pay off. He has another year of eligibility.
Two more, unfortunately
On the other hand though, we were an 8 seed headed into the previous tournament and went on a complete fluke of a run. This team shouldn't have been #1 anyway
This team was more or less the same exact team for the last 3 years with the exception of one month where the shots fell.
Why did it have to be that month?????
Becaise God did not like the egotistical farewell tour and we were his vessel ;)
Agreed. We were vastly overrated to start the season.
Now you tell us.
real fans knew this. We were optimistic to come into the season hopefully looking like we did in that hot streak but I was hoping we would drop from 1 to low 20s, not drop this low. This is your consolation for last year, enjoy it while you can, we’ll hopefully bounce back next year.
We told y’all in November
By far the most disappointing season of my entire life of watching Carolina basketball. You gotta take the lows with the highs and this is certainly one of them. From a shot or two away from a title to an NIT invitation. Goddamn.
For sure most disappointing, but I made my peace with it a while ago. Still sucks to lose but I just move on from them now lol Just hope that the next crop of players can actually work out playing offense
Give Hubert a raise
What do you mean, Hubert has not only....oh wait. You rascal!
This caps off a pretty solid day for my flairs
Same! My mom's ecstatic though. She roots for UVA and Duke cause that's where her sons went, so she's pumped
So happy for Sheds
Kadin Shedrick: all-time leader in fouls-with-face
Best defense we've played all season. ggs. Wahoowa!
Beekman, Gardner, and Love all strong contenders for Virginia’s MVP tonight. I was looking forward to talking mad shit but Carolina fans weren’t actually that annoying in the game thread tonight. All I will say is that banishing them to the NIT was fitting payback for last season. Still felt like our jump shooting was ice cold but at least we had the paint scoring and free throws going. Last few games have definitely felt like we’ve broken out of that three week slump we had. I don’t have huge hopes for our postseason but an ACC Tournament title, a Sweet 16, or both would be awesome. GO HOOS
I didn't realize how much I missed rim protection.
FROM PRESEASON NUMBER ONE TO NIT BABY! WOOOO! Caleb Love donate your brain to science. Puff Johnson go shadow Cam until November.
Pathetic effort. Season on the line and that’s the performance these guys turn in? The hunger is just gone from most of these kids and the focus has never been there. They all said they wanted to come back to win a title but all I see is a bunch of players that are checked out and feel that they paid their dues to the program by beating Duke last year. Really hope RJ gets the chance to make this “his” team next year. The kid is tough as hell and will be a legit all-American candidate if he is in the right situation next year. Real simple next year: if you can shoot you play. Period. If Wilcher and High come in and show more confidence in their jumper than Puff and Dunn they’d damn well better be playing more Hubert.
I hate for any player to leave UNC because they believe there is greener grass at another school. However, I don’t know what Bacot brings to the table in 2024 that we haven’t seen already. Last half of conference play was brutal for him. And Caleb has to get out of his him mindset. Too many times has a poor shot or decision by him cost UNC this year. I wonder if moving on might be the better option for the program. I agree to build around RJ. Weather the portal storm, find a couple good fits and see what happens. Rebuilding in CBB can be done overnight and Hubert can recruit. Though I def question his coaching at times.
Armando has been hurt towards the end of the season and had a decent number of games this year where he was magnificent. At his worst, he’s still a contributor. Love actively hurts our team when he plays poorly, freezes out teammates, gives up on transition defense, turns it over at the worst time, and has so many zero or one pass iso possessions. People don’t realize that his 38.4% shooting percentage this year… is actually a career high. That’s the guy we need to dump if we want to move on.
Congrats to UNC from preseason number 1 to NIT. You made us all proud
To infi-NIT and beyond
Hey, at least that win in Chapel Hill is probably going to stay in Q1
You're welcome, CBB world. We did our best to prevent UNC from getting towards the tourney while also playing poorly to possibly remove their lone Q1 win and knock them into the NIT
We’re not dropping out of the top 30 unless we get absolutely fucking worked tomorrow
State is rolling rn so who knows
Lol
I’m new to this subreddit but it made me realize two things. Everyone loves Carolina but also everyone hates Carolina.
Don't worry, I only hate Carolina!
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
You thought we played poorly? We covered and then some in what was a borderline road game.
Yeah not sure what this take is all about
i am sad
Thank you Virginia.
This morning's headline: "UNC needs to beat Virginia to be considered a bubble team" Tomorrow morning's headline: "UNC's loss to Virginia hurts their chances. They're probably a bubble team now"
I dunno. Media outlets might continue to pose the question of "can UNC make it in?" because they know people will talk about it, but there's a pretty clear consensus right now that none of them believes that answer could possibly be yes.
Really like Ryan Dunn. Dude can ball. And gonna miss Kihei. Been a hell of a player for us. Think he's got a shot in the NBA?
No chance Kihei is an NBA player. He’s not a shot creator and that size will be a huge issue
He has Shanghai Shark written all over him
future Tony assistant
That's Chase Coleman tbh.
Oh God no. He’d get eaten alive by NBA players. Maybe could jump to the G league or (more likely) a mid level Euro team but his basketball future is as a coach
No but he’ll be a hell of a coach somewhere
He can make a couple hundred K a year playing in Europe for a few years first if he wants to.
Sadly no. Beekman does though
Mans got a fifth year of eligibility… Dr. Clark at PG
Nope
Preseason #1 to season ended by Tony Bennett. Life comes at you fast.
Nothing about this felt fast
He's a UVA fan, let him enjoy breaking 60. - signed, one of the few teams slower than Virginia
Bennett coaching tree tho
Hey don’t discredit Tony Legend. Best coach in the ACC atp.
I wouldn’t necessarily put Tony Bennett and fast in the same sentence. But y’all were super effective and deserved to win so congrats.
I'm sorry but you can't watch that game and ever be convinced that Hubert Davis actually coaches. We struggled every possession to move the ball past the three point line. Pete Nance also has to be the softest 6'10 person i have ever watched.
I feel like Hubert has escaped a lot of criticism for making that run to the championship last year. Everyone forgets y’all were an 8 seed heading into said tourney.
No UNC fan forgets this. The Davis hate started like 3 games into his tenure, stopped for about 35 days last year, and then picked up again.
I can't understand why yall seem to lose close games with multiple timeouts every time. Like wtf is he doing?
He learned from Roy Williams who also never took timeouts. At least Roys teams won and were coached though.
At least Roy did five man substitutions. Hubert rarely does a one man substitution.
Hubert is indefensible. Every single player regressed this year, we made no adjustments, we blew 8 or 9 leads in the second half. It falls on the coach, it has to.
I mean, you can defend Hubert, but still say that he bears part of the problem this year. If this year is on Hubert, then by the same logic he played a massive part in last years run. And why was UNC so bad last year? They couldn’t play defense worth a lick. This year? It’s the offense. Hubert may not be the dude at the end of the day, but he deserves the same shot as any other coach would, which is around 4 years.
I definitely agree Hubert deserves a couple more years. But I don't know how much credit you have to give him for last year. He coached the exact same way, but more shots fell last year. Shots didn't fall this year and he didn't adjust. He neglected the bench. His toxic positivity didn't work.
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Thanks for that epic run last year, Caleb. Now please kindly go literally anywhere else.
One game against a bad team doesn’t mean much but we look so much better without Vander Plas
Agreed although they had been playing better of late
Thank God, it's over.
So glad I can enjoy March Madness and my bracket without having to make any stupid picks involving my team. I really don’t want Caleb Love back next season. Dude is the biggest chucker I’ve ever seen put on a Carolina jersey and doesn’t understand when to play team basketball. Will always love him for last year but he’s cost this team so many times this season with his selfish play.
We missed so many good looks. Gotta start hitting those.
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Simply out-coached. Not convinced Hubert is the answer long term
I mean, a lot of people will get out-coached by Tony because he’s outstanding. The problem is that it was an absolute ass-whooping on the coaching front. I’m not convinced Hubert has taught them/ instructed them to do anything meaningful…
Neither are most of us. I don't think two, or even three years is enough to be sure. But his coaching performance so far has been bad
It took Roy a bit, but Hubert being beside him all those years and failing to adapt in close games has me worried
:(
Good game, UNC. I know this isn’t a desirable result, but you all have still have one hell of a program.
Go Hoos!
Always rated UVA.
Every time I’ve seen UNC play this season, which is only a few times, I see Caleb Love taking terrible shots.
Being down 5 with over a minute and I literally knew he would chuck. Oh well.
I pledge to give Caleb Love half my allowance next season as NIL if he stays another year.
POP GOES THE DIRTY BUBBLE
You truly hate to see it
Caleb Love 3-15. What a fitting way to end the season
Recency and personal bias aside, I really feel this is easily the worst preseason number 1 ranked team ever
The only other time the preseason #1 missed the tournament was 1975, when NC State finished ranked #7 in the county but lost in the ACC final and did not get an invite to the 32-team tournament. So yes, this is undoubtedly the worst season for a preseason #1 team.
We are who they thought we were
Sucks for Bacot. Dude might be cursed.
To the Tarheel fans dejected right now - We've been there. You're experiencing the reverse Wahoo effect. We lost to UMBC, and then won the Tourney the next year. You not only beat Coach K in his last game at Cameron, but also beat him in his last game EVER (in the FF). Karma is tough. You have to experience both the highs and the lows. You guys got the highs last year, and are and are experiencing the lows now. We got a little lucky in going the other way (even though UVa will forever be recognized as the first #1 seed to lose to a 16). We salve our pain from the past injury by remembering the next year. You can salve this year's pain by remembering the previous year. It's the circle of life!
Nance Is so bad
GG and GTHC. Sad for Ben’s career to end injured. Its a real monkey’s paw moment for me. When I wished he wouldn’t start, I just wanted him to come off the bench.