Dear Niner Nation:
I think often of the words of a University colleague, “Place matters.” This Place. These People. This University.
We’ve been tested this year in ways that could not have been imagined -- in athletics, higher education and all walks of life. As a once-in-100 years pandemic introduced itself to the world, our basketball teams made a hasty retreat from Frisco, Texas, leaving behind unrealized dreams of competing for championships. Like many, we focused our attention on what was most important to us. For Charlotte 49er athletics, that meant protecting our people and our programs.