They were the best of times. They were the worst of times…hedge wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:55 am "You’re too young (I think?) to remember the late 80s Heels, but Hedge and Saint might agree with me that this is more like a throwback to that era."
I'll take that. Not always the most exciting teams to watch with the Joe Wolf's, Dave Popson's and Jeff Lebo's, but they played sound basketball. I went into every season I was at Carolina thinking we had a FF caliber team, and truthfully, we did most years (maybe all of them) but we always got bounced in the Sweet 16 or Elite 8. But those teams won a lot of games...
Our college years definitely overlapped (85-89). We kicked ass in the regular season, but inevitably lost in the tournament to a team with quicker athletes.
Louisville in 86
Syracuse in 87
Arizona in 88
Michigan in 89
Glen Rice nailing threes on us like we were Sarah Palin was the worst of those memories. Still, I’m tired of these mediocre to shitty regular seasons. Win 25+ games pre postseason and get a high tournament seed.