This is an installment of This (NON) Sporting Life, a blog post about sports written by a guy who doesn't know much about sports.
Yes, I’ve gone on record as being a fan of the Duke Blue
Devils but congratulations are due to the UNC Tarheels for winning the NCAA Men’s
basketball championship. Hey, it makes my wife Andrea happy so that’s a good
thing.
I actually kind of feel sorry for Gonzaga. I remember years
back when Gonzaga would get into the NCAA tournament as a low seed, then
surprise everyone by advancing further than anyone expected. Then Gonzaga
started getting higher seeds and would get bumped from the tourney earlier than anticipated.
This
year, the stars seemed aligned to finally deliver to Gonzaga a great tournament
run. Andrea, who I will remind you is a Carolina fan, picked Gonzaga to win the
whole thing in her tournament bracket. There are no greater doubters of
Carolina basketball than fans of Carolina basketball. I as a Duke fan have had
more confidence in the Tarheels than a lot of Carolina fans.
One night a few months ago, Andrea came to bed after staying
up to watch a UNC basketball. She was clearly not in a good mood so I assumed
the worst. “Sorry Caroilina lost, “ I said. “No, they won!”, she replied. Then
why was she upset. “They should’ve won by more!”
Carolina fans: so hard to please ‘em.
After Carolina’s win over Gonzaga Monday, someone posted on
Facebook a reminder that Duke had beaten the national champions TWICE this
season. OK, that’s true but still a dick thing to say if you ask me.
So for now, congratulations to the 2017 National Champions
UNC Tarheels! Way to go! You make North Carolina proud.
And when the next season gets underway, Duke will go back to
kicking your tail. But for now, you done good!
Until next time, remember to be good to one another.
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