OT: North Carolina lost to Wofford!
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/wofford-downs-no-5-no…
I though I would make a post on this given that Michigan played the Tar Heels in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. In the long run, one would expect North Carolina will be just fine and have a very good season. Nonetheless, it's still a very shocking upset which trumps anything Indiana has managed (or mismanaged) so far.
December 21st, 2017 at 6:56 AM ^
Clemson fans across the internet are lamenting that Wofford has more wins at Chapel Hill than they do.
December 21st, 2017 at 7:03 AM ^
Ball State over #9 ND, Loyola-Chicago over #5 Florida, or Wofford over #5 UNC?
December 21st, 2017 at 7:20 AM ^
The article thinks this was the biggest and I think I would agree. UNC is probably better than Florida or Notre Dame, they are the defending champs, and Wofford had never previously defeated a top 25 team.
December 21st, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
In a strange coincidence, the team from our "The Horror" is from North Carolina.
December 21st, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
Wofford is in South Carolina
December 21st, 2017 at 12:23 PM ^
is in North Carolina. "The Horror" happend in the their state.
December 21st, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
It didn't happen in their state. The game was in A2. I was in attendance.
Maybe if UNC had lost an upset to a little school from Michigan, the analogy would work a little better.
December 21st, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
North Carolina had their own "The Horror"
App State is also from North Carolina.
I was trying to make a North Carolina connection.
December 21st, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
I get it. It's just not that much of a "strange coincidence."
OTOH, if you factor in that both teams breathed oxygen, wore shoes and featured players born on days ending in "Y", it's downright spooky...
December 21st, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^
Wofford over UNC is definitely the biggest upset. They are from a low-major conference (SoCon) whereas the MAC and MVC are at the mid-major level. Plus what was said above, that the Terriers had never defeated a Top-25 team.
Fun fact: Michigan defeated the Terriers in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament, 57-40.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^
Maybe it’s above SoCon in the pecking order, but mid-majors are conferences that sometimes have the ability to send two or three teams to the NCAAs, and not just because of an upset in the conference tournament. The MAC hasn’t had two teams get in this millennium (even if one could make the case they should have for a couple of years).
December 21st, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^
would be my pick from that particular triumvirate
December 21st, 2017 at 7:21 AM ^
My hatred for North Carolina is right up there with Duke.
I look forward to watching youtube highlights of this one during my lunch break.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:26 AM ^
My wife is an NC State graduate, so we share a disdain for both UNC & Duke. Thankfully she's also picked up the proper thinking about OSU and Sparty.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:04 AM ^
Funny. I almost went to the UNC game with my daughter (who attends) but I got tix for Duke's body bag game so I went there instead.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^
Thought that one might be slightly interesting when I saw Evansville's shiny record going in (10-2). Then I checked the score with a few minutes left in the first half and saw that Duke was up 30. LOL, nope.
Three minutes into the game, UE led by two, 7-5. For the remaining 37 minutes, they would be outscored 99-33.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:55 AM ^
It was brutal. K was playing a really deep bench so I'm not sure there was obvious intent to slap the floor and beat the opponent by 70.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
And some days you're the hydrant (and the dog is a Mastiff)
December 21st, 2017 at 7:53 AM ^
I went to a coaching clinic for football at Wofford College about three years ago. The town the school is located in is so small that if you blink once you’ll miss it. Great for the Terriers!
December 21st, 2017 at 8:04 AM ^
is great for everyone. It's nice to be able to flip on a game on any given night and see a blue-blood go down to an unknown. These "cupcake" teams have proven to be quite a struggle for the big dogs this season.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:36 AM ^
Any day UNC loses in basketball is a good day.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:51 AM ^
Woff!
December 21st, 2017 at 9:01 AM ^
Might not be the best time for the Buckeyes to be traveling to Chapel Hill on Saturday.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:24 AM ^
The game is being played at the Pelicans' arena in New Orleans as part of the CBS Sports Classic (along with UK versus UCLA).
But yeah, this could be something similar to what UNC did to Michigan after being embarrassed by MSU.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^
I had a bet on the over at 153 and UNC hit a garbage 3 pointer with a second left to make the game final at 79-75.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:18 AM ^
If there is any silver lining to this, any at all, it probably means that you're going to watch a very angry UNC team take out all of it's frustration on OSU on Saturday.
I hope the word bloodbath is too light to describe whatever UNC does to OSU on Saturday afternoon. I hope OSU gets ground into a fine powder which UNC then proceeds to collectively take a nice shit on and leave out in the hot sun to fester for a few weeks.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
sucks about Carl. Sorry. Maybe this will teach you not to go back to the garbage people for any reason, particularly when it make absoutely no sense to do so.
December 21st, 2017 at 12:34 PM ^
Is this a walking dead post? WTH?
December 21st, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
I was talking to Rick (the OP).
December 21st, 2017 at 4:17 PM ^
Good riddance to Carl
I'm looking forward to when Rick dies and Negan takes over.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:21 AM ^
guarded the rim last night like a matador... Have never been impressed with their interior defense under Roy Williams.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
They have been streaky this season despite being No 5 (for now) and sitting at 10-2. Maye is good if he’s not the focal point and other than Berry they have a lot of unproven guys.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
in the country in Fletcher Magee. Dude can shoot it from anywhere. Don't be surprised if Wofford makes some noise in the NCAA tourney and Magee is the breakout star
December 21st, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
A poor man's JJ Reddick. He nailed a big 3 once UNC had cut it to one or two down the stretch (he also missed a few after that which were wild jacks). He's shooting above 50% from three, and if he keeps that up he may get an NBA look.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
Lotta TOs. Felt like a Tournament upset.
December 21st, 2017 at 12:41 PM ^
Should have contemplated retiring after last season. Never gonna top that, only one way to go when you are at the top.
December 21st, 2017 at 3:23 PM ^
I have to interview Wofford coach Mike Young for one of my freelance gigs, and it's usually a pretty brutal experience. The guy is basically Basketball Dantonio - abrasive, humorless, but at the same time, he gets every ounce of ability out of his players. Young's players take on his personality, and that was evident last night. The Tar Heels looked to be having about as much fun as I usually have when I dial Young's number and turn on the old voice recorder.
December 21st, 2017 at 5:24 PM ^
My son's middle school basketball assistant coach is a UNC alum. He arranged to bus the middle school team five hours on a school day to the UNC-Wofford game. When the game was over the middle school team and coaches got back on the bus and drove five hours home.
December 21st, 2017 at 6:20 PM ^
College basketball. We have a good shot at the tourney this year. All you can ask for.
GO BLUE!!