Well, the NIT, but hey, I'll take it. Most of teams in the NIT are better than the 10-16 seeds in the NCAA tournament anyway. Let's run down the resumes of the teams the Heels have beaten.
William & Mary - beat Richmond, Wake Forest, VCU, and Maryland
Mississippi State- beat Vandy twice and Ole Miss twice
UAB- just Butler, but they were 23-6 in the regular season and are upset specialists
Everyone, including me, thought Carolina would lose to W&M in the first round. I thought they would come out looking lethargic and let the Tribe get open threes on the reg. They look like they've somehow gotten excited about playing basketball like they were when they handled Ohio State and Michigan State earlier this season. Who knows where their effort went in conference play. Larry Drew is finally playing smart, Tyler Zeller is starting to look like the star he could be, and John Hensen is playing like a malnourished Ethiopian on a fucking mission. I still haven't decided if I want them to actually win the NIT because it's embarrassing, but this definitely gives me even more confidence about next year, and I was already predicting a national championship. How weird would it be if they go NCAA champions, NIT champions, NCAA champions in 3 years? That'd be a streak that has never been done and would never be done again.
PS, what ever happened to this logo? It's the best logo in all of sports, and you never see it anymore. It's so 90s.
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