North Carolinas Rough Road

Well UNC looked like champions today holding off a surging NC State team. I want to say great game to any NC State player that reads this line and say you looked great today and were very close to to climbing a huge hill in your run late in the game. NC State should be proud of such a huge run in the ACC tourney, and proud to have traded blows with perhaps the country’s best team in UNC.

Now the other shoe dropping for UNC is this road to the finals they have laid out for them. The UNC coaches must feel like a firealker looking down at a bed of coals because they got a very nasty couple of wolves hiding in the bushes etween “here and there”.

With a possible matchup with marquette in the second roand and a very nasty matchup with the best player in the country and Texas as a four seed in the round of 16, only to be followed by a possible outing with a very strong #2 in the final 8 VS georgetown and their great inside outside game, UNC will have a road to test any possible champion.

The reality is that Texas is almost or should be a 3 seed and Georgetown was very close to a #1 seed themselves. This bracket has a very heavy 1 through 4, and likely the best combined skilled players in the 1 through 4 seeds.

I have heard rumors that the #3 seed Washington State will perhaps meet their demise in the first game against a tougher than expected Oral Roberts. I havn’t had the heart to click theat pick officially yet but Im not theonly one thinking it.

So will UNC preveil through the bracket? I think the real challenges will be with marquette and Texas. marquette could catch them before they hit there stride and texas could always have a 40 point game for the best payer in the nation Kevin Durant, who is an absolute freak and reminds me so much of Tracy McGrady, which is thehighest form of compliment to them both.

My opinion is that UNC will make the final four, but will face an Overtime game somewhere on the way. They better hit their freethrows is my advice.