Bruh …
It’s the only appropriate term to describe what happened over the weekend in Chapel Hill, as members of the North Carolina basketball team and several hundred students lost their minds during a pandemic that killed more than 462,000 Americans – all for that they defeated one of the worst Duke teams ever had coach K … with four points.
Monday night’s game between North Carolina and Miami was canceled after a video appeared with UNC’s Day’Ron Sharpe and Armando Bacot celebrating Duke’s victory at a party without masks. The video was uploaded by The Daily Tar Heel, the school’s student newspaper.
The win between the two teams with a combined 19-13 record was so impressive for several hundred UNC students that they celebrated on the streets jumping over a burning mattress, while everyone present was without a mask.
Prior to Monday night, Miami had not dealt with a single cancellation or postponement all season. That’s why they had no problem returning and flying right home.
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The timing of the events is the most interesting part of this fiasco, as the story broke out on the same day that UNC made history. Monday’s revelation of the latest AP Top 25 rankings revealed that, for the first time since 1961, UNC, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and UCLA were all ranked. Tar heels are on bubbles for the NCAA tournament.
Ironically, in addition to the tricks in which UNC students and players were involved, this is a week that demonstrates once again how many problems basketball has during COVID. Baylor, the team ranked 2nd in the nation, postponed three more games, bringing their total to at least 10 games that have been postponed / canceled this season because they are not scheduled to play again until February 20th. Then there is Michigan, the 3rd ranked team in the nation that has not played since January 22.
To better understand how tumultuous this season has been, The NCAA has a list of the latest COVID news for this season. Look over. But be careful, it’s a lot. This is what happens when you need a basketball tournament to take place The cancellation of last year’s version resulted in revenue losses of $ 600 million.