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Today in UNC History(MBB)

March 29, 1982
Final Four MVP James Worthy scores a game-high 28 points and Michael Jordan hits the game-winning shot from the left wing with 17 seconds to play as Carolina beats Georgetown, 63-62, in one of the Final Four’s greatest championship games ever played. Worthy makes 13 of 17 shots from the floor and has three steals, including one at the end of the game that seals the victory. Jordan scores 16, and the win gives Dean Smith his first of two NCAA championships.
March 29, 2008
Tyler Hansbrough has 28 points and 13 rebounds and is named East Regional MVP as UNC beats Louisville to reach its 17th NCAA Final Four.
March 29, 2009
Ty Lawson, the 2009 Bob Cousy Award winner, scores 21 points and earns South Regional MVP honors as No. 1 seed UNC beats No. 2 seed Oklahoma, 72-60, in Memphis, Tenn., to send the Tar Heels to their record 18th Final Four.

The State of College Basketball

With NIL and the sudden change of transfer rules, college basketball has drastically changed recently. Nobody has asked about the toll it's taking on the coaches.

From the time basketball practice is allowed to begin until the team has played its last game, being a college basketball coach is a burn-out, sprint of a job. The coaches not only have had to manage their current teams but they also have to jump on airplanes to go recruiting and scout potential opponents on cold winter nights. It's a grueling 5 month season, and they deserve some time off in the offseason. That was then.

With free transfer in effect, every single player is a free agent every year, and other schools are constantly trying to poach current players even during the season. As well, NIL money is constantly being renegotiated, not just every few years.

Professional sports teams have a General Manager and Coach, and those are two, full-time, separate jobs. They only have to manage the free agent portion of their roster each year. At this point coaches are having to play the role of both GM and coach for their team, and it's too much for one coach and 3 or 4 assistants to manage. We will certainly see burnout being a problem, but also are we going to see the elevation of the travel agent ("Player Operations") role becoming more of a General Manager type role? It’s really going to require someone with an MBA and/or JD degree.

NCAA Officiating hit rock bottom

They truly don't want to improve when you see the likes of Lee Cassell, Bert Smith, Clarence Armstrong.
There are a few others but these names stand out the most from all ACC games they work. Absolutely ridiculous ☹️

Pro Day...

UNC is having its pro day right now, but I was not able to make it. I had rescheduled a Dr appointment three times, and once the Heels lost a few weeks ago, I got an appointment for this morning and couldn't reschedule. It was an important one, so I couldn't miss it.

Thus, I missed pro day, and we didn't have anyone avaialble to cover it.

My deepest apology.
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