It’s basketball season, so I feel that I should explain my behavior. Also, possibly, apologize for it.
North Carolina is the preseason number-one team in the nation this season. This is perfect. It is exactly what I have wished for over these last three seasons. The Tar Heels will have a team that will be national contenders. This will be fantastic, because it means that on the vast majority of nights, they will play like men, and we will rejoice in the slaughters to which they lead another helpless opponent.
The only problem is that on a very few nights, they will play like 20-year-olds, and we will wonder why we watch these games because these kids Just Don’t Get It and in the old days there used to be Pride in Wearing the Carolina Jersey and some of those things that happened on the court Coach Smith Never Would Have Allowed.