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So I’m sitting here watching Kansas and Memphis for the National Championship when I see Roy Williams, UNC Coach, wearing a Kansas sticker on his shirt and smiling. Why does he have to do this to me? He just got his team stomped into the ground by Kansas, yet he’s sitting there cheering. I don’t give a shit if he used to coach them, the fans didn’t like him when he left and if this is some sort of attempt to get back in good graces then f*ck you Coach. You’re a Tar Heel now dammit!

Well time to drink more, which I said I wouldn’t do. Expect my posts later this week to come from The Meadows Rehab facility in Wickenburg AZ if my depression keeps up. Feel free to comment or e-mail me if you’d like to contribute to my well being.

Over the last few days it is still confusing for me. The Tar Heels played so well over the course of the season and yet we still came up short. For the first time this season I was truly disappointed. Sure the losses to Maryland and Duke hurt, but nothing hurt this bad.

I was so convinced that this was our season, I watched every game, continued my superstitious ways of changing hats, drinking beer out of only one mug, covering items in my apartment with the opposing teams colors, yet nothing worked. All season I watched and all season I KNEW that the Tar Heels would be champions come April 7th. Now I sit here still in shock that tonight it is not the Tar Heels playing, but it is Kansas.

For the first time this season…

For the first time this season I was speechless, I couldn’t cheer, I couldn’t cuss, I couldn’t do anything but drink my beer. With seven minutes left in the first half I had seen enough, I just turned the TV off and my girlfriend and I headed to a going away party. The going away party was supposed to be a split party, at least in my mind, we’d say goodbye to a friend and celebrate a North Carolina victory. Instead we said goodbye to a friend and I drank to cope. When we got to the party I wondered if I had seen the same game I was watching only a short time ago. When I left UNC was down by 20+ points, now I see a game with UNC only down by five and I couldn’t believe it. With my superstitious ways I decided that UNC would win if I didn’t watch the game. That was not the case and I remained in shock all evening until the booze finally kicked in and I forgot that the game was even played.

The next morning I woke up with a pounding headache, a dry mouth, and a nauseous stomach. The nausea wasn’t from the extreme amounts of keg beer I drank the night before, but from the realization that it all wasn’t a dream, UNC had really lost and my favorite time of the year had come to an abrupt end.

I wish there was an excuse I could come up with, but there’s none. UNC was outplayed by a better Kansas team and we looked confused and rightly so, we had our asses handed to us. The worst part is that now I have nothing to look forward to until the NBA playoffs. It won’t be until Football season that I get to watch my other favorite sports team choke. Go Raiders.

As a UNC fan maybe I have become blind or deaf to the “over-exposure” of my favorite college athlete. Lately all I’ve heard and seen from forums and fans, even some writers, is how Hansbrough is not all he’s cracked up to be.

Loved by Media, Hated by Rivals

It could be jealousy, racism, or just not dealing with a loss. If I watched Hansbrough single handedly carry an opposing team past mine I wouldn’t be a fan either. But no matter how much you hate him, the fact is, you have to respect him. I’m so tired of the talk that he is not going to be a good NBA player, the fact of the matter is that he will go down as one of the greatest College Players, especially if he stays with UNC for his senior year. This kid has set numerous ACC records and could possibly go down as the highest scoring player in North Carolina history. How can you hate that?

I guess the answer is simple, people hate what is forced to them. Is it Hansbrough’s fault that the analysts love him? Is is Hansbrough’s fault that the commentators love him? NO, Hansbrough just goes out there and plays the hardest he can, and outplays his own abilities many times.

Hate the commentators, the analysts, and anyone you want. Just don’t hate the best player in the game right now.

As Always, Go Heels!

Alright, so I’m not a sports journalist for Sports Illustrated but today while surfing sports news (other than my own) I ran across Sports Illustrated’s Power Rankings. These are apparently written by Luke Winn who could be a genius and make me eat my words, or he could be retarded and I could be right. Anyways here’s his top 5 in the Power Rankings and the reasons I disagree.

1. UCLA- Although I do believe that UCLA is a great program, I don’t feel they should be #1. This team has lost to Texas, USC, and Washington State. Their latest win was an overtime victory against Stanford. While the team is a good team, they are not the best in the NCAA.

2. Tennessee- Are you serious man?! Tennessee has played good basketball this year but a forgettable game between them and Memphis put them in the 1st place in the polls. Roughly 28 hours later they lost to Vanderbilt. They also lost to Kentucky earlier in the season and were dominated by Texas. Tennessee, in my opinion, is over rated and will most likely not make it far in the NCAA tournament.

3. Memphis - My disagreement here comes because the Tigers are my number one or two team as far as power ranking goes. Memphis are probably being overlooked due to the conference that they play in. Although they lost to Tennessee I think Memphis beats them two out of three times with the team they have right now. They also are the only team with 1 loss and that says something doesn’t it?

4. North Carolina- With Tyler Hansbrough named Sports Illustrated’s player of the year already, and a Tar Heel team that seems to get stronger every game, I give them the number one, possibly number two spot. Even when faced with a large deficit at Boston College, the team never lost their composure and came back strong. They have 2 losses both coming in conference play but the losses came to Maryland who is overlooked far to often and Duke. They lost to Duke with a 3rd string point guard running the floor due to the injury to Ty Lawson. I’m not making any excuses and this weekend should settle this for better or worse.

5. Texas- This team has losses to Michigan State, Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech. They should be somewhere around 7 in my opinion. The team came out strong but has shown many weaknesses. My pick for 5, possibly closer, is Kansas. While Kansas has lost to Texas they just showed them earlier in the week how to beat Texas Tech, and they beat them 109-51.

I don’t want to look like a hypocrite but I’m very superstitious about sports. I won’t give you my top 5 for now, but know that Texas would be out, Kansas in, North Carolina and Memphis would be higher, UCLA would be number 3, and Tennessee would barely squeak by at number 5. Duke would even be above Texas if I was to do a top 10. But lets not get into that.

Feel free to disagree with me in comments, I’d love to hear everyone’s opinion.

For the second time this basketball season the Fox Sports Network here in Arizona has screwed me over. The first time was the UNC double overtime they cut off for the Phoenix Suns Pre-Game show. I can understand cutting it off for the ACTUAL game, they are a Phoenix team. But the Pre-Game? Now tonight, rather than airing ANY of the UNC-Wake Forest game. They’ve decided to show “Best Damn Sports Show” followed by the Coyotes pre-game. Who gives a shit about a hockey pre-game show? I could get half of the game if not for a pre-game that my bet is not to many people give a shit about. Anyways that’s my rant, f*ck you fox sports for ruining my Sunday.

Go Heels!