The Tar Heel faithful made their pilgrimage to a sacred spot on the UNC campus Tuesday night – the Smith Center. It was a journey that was much, much sweeter than the one they made last April.
Decked in championship gear, the crowd moved almost as one in the brilliant sunshine to the Smith Center, hours after North Carolina’s basketball blue bloods beat Gonzaga for the national title in Phoenix. It was a sweet victory after last year’s bitter championship loss to Villanova.
Olivia Newell, 22, a senior from Greensboro, recalled watching the disastrous Villanova game at a house party last year.