ATLANTA — When North Carolina returned to Chapel Hill following its 90-57 at Florida State on Jan. 14, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams wrote the number 33 on a board inside the team’s locker room.
The number, of course, was a reference to UNC’s margin of defeat against Florida State, which was the most lopsided of Williams’ nine seasons as UNC’s head coach.
The “33” still hasn’t been erased. It offers a constant reminder to the Tar Heels, who today will play Florida State in the tournament championship game.
“We’ve had 33 written on our board for so long,” UNC sophomore forward Harrison Barnes said on Saturday. “Still up there to this day. So it’d be great to erase that and kind of just get that away from us.”
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THE WARWAGON
Sat, 03/10/2012 - 22:33 — ThemikeIts not about the noise any more AC, its about showing up on Championship Sunday and taking the respect we've earned from this conference. No one is going to see what kind of program Leonard Hamilton has built in Tallahassee as anything more than a novelty until we win this conference, until we kick the door in and take something of value from these condescending snobs from Tobacco Road. They brush off regular season wins like they don't matter, but if we beat UNC tomorrow, they can't ignore us any more.
ITS TIME FOR ONE MORE SEMINOLE UPRISING! THE WARWAGON IS ROLLING NORTH, LOADED FOR BEAR! WE CAME TO TAKE THIS TITLE BACK TO THE TLCCC AND HANG IT IN THE RAFTERS! YEEHAW!
Seriously though, caps lock aside, that first paragraph is dead on analysis.
I guess you don't look in the same mirror during oblong season ?
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 21:21 — gvillegatrCongrats on the win. You earned it. Now you have a bullseye on your chest as you aren't a submarine under water no more. At least for the rest of the month ...