The one benefit of last year’s dumpster fire season was that UNC fans didn’t sweat being on the bubble. We weren’t even on the bubble! Barring Cole Anthony transforming into 2011 Kemba Walker and single-handedly dragging the team into March Madness, the end of the season was relatively stress-free. And with COVID-19 cancelling the 2020 NCAA Tournament, technically... technically Carolina didn’t miss it.
This season is different. The promise of youth was spoiled by the compacted schedule and instead of taking a raw Boston butt and putting it in the slow cooker with some brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, and red pepper flakes, Roy Williams was forced to throw that raw meat in the microwave and nuke it for an hour.