Two days after a sudden end to UNC’s basketball season, the immediate shock, surprise, frustration, and sadness has started to fade away. Most of us are coming to terms with the fact that some nights, no matter how hard a team plays, shots just don’t fall. Every now and then, the other team just plays better. The enemy gets a vote.
This one hurt. Not quite as bad as April 3rd, 2016 — no game can ever hurt like that—but pretty damn close. As I read the post-game analysis and the inevitable, absolutely deserved, tributes to Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson, only one consistent thought ran through my mind.