It's a great day for Cyclone Nation. The University of North Carolina went down to defeat to the Iowa State Cyclones last evening in the NCAA's. The sports media in this country are distraught as is CBS which carries the games. It's all about viewers and commercial money.
The first dagger was when that basketball powerhouse, Mercer, knocked off the Duke Blue Devils. Hard on the heels of that one was when Kansas hit the skids via Stanford. The media's last hope was North Carolina. Without these teams in the NCAA's it would seem like an orphan without an orphanage. Who would watch? Who would want to watch? Why, if these great institutions aren't in the Dance what's the sense in having a tournament. If Bill Self, Mike Kyzezewski and Roy Williams, the greatest basketball minds since Johnny Wooden, can't show their smarts it's a worthless tourney so think the sports media. Clue to anybody: Fred Hoiberg from Iowa State is the best coach in America--period. Opinion only, but kids go to the aforementioned schools because of their reputation as basketball powerhouses. If a prospect wants to play for a guy who isn't a showboat and bigger than the game he should play for Hoiberg. He never yells at his players and treats them with respect. He was once asked about his demeanor. His answer: "I want to treat kids they way I would want to be treated".
Try as they might last night's television announcers, beginning with six minutes to play in the second half, couldn't will a victory for the Tar Heels.
Hail Cyclones everywhere.
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