This unfortunate anniversary would probably be less depressing if UNC wasn't still mired neck deep in the repercussions of the scandal that burst onto the scene less than two months after Austin's tweet was sent.
Five years later the tweet operates in urban legend territory. When it was first discovered, the theory went that Austin was tweeting from a swanky club in South Beach about getting free champagne, a clear NCAA issue. As it turns out, Austin was simply tweeting a line from a song by Rick Ross, probably from the airport. The notion Austin was at the club has been dismissed by Austin himself and disproved by our own Doc Kennedy.