Mike Anderson and his Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team may have fallen to North Carolina but as a fan, something else happened in my eyes. Not only me but many fans came away from this game with the same feeling.
Ask yourself how most fans of most teams feel when their team loses? Most of the time its anger and a timeline on twitter of excuses and blame. When Arkansas lost to the Tar Heels I felt no anger. Yes, there were bad calls but I felt no need to make excuses. I felt pride.
My twitter timeline was a direct reflection of that pride I felt after that gut-wrenching loss, even from many who didn’t particularly like Anderson.