Bruh …
It’s the only appropriate term to describe what happened in Chapel Hill over the weekend, when members of the North Carolina basketball team and several hundred college students lost their minds in a pandemic that killed more than 462,000 Americans – all because they one of the worst Duke teams Coach K has ever had … by four points.
Monday night’s game was between North Carolina and Miami canceled after a video surfaced with UNC’s Day’Ron Sharpe and Armando Bacot celebrating their victory over Duke in a maskless party. The video was uploaded by The Daily Tar Heel, the school’s student newspaper.
The victory between the two teams with a combined record of 19-13 was so impressive for a few hundred UNC students, that they celebrated in the street by jumping over a mattress that was on fire, while everyone in attendance had no masks.
Miami had not yet faced any cancellation or postponement before Monday night all season. Therefore, they had no problem turning around and flying home straight away.
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The timing of the events is the most interesting part of this fiasco, as the story broke on the same day that UNC made history. Monday’s unveiling of the latest AP Top 25 rankings revealed that for the first time since 1961, UNC, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA were all not ranked. The Tar Heels are in the air for the making of the NCAA tournament.
Ironically, aside from the shenanigans that students and players at UNC were involved in, this is a week that just goes to show just how much trouble college basketball is having during COVID. Baylor, the country’s number 2 ranked team, has postponed three more games, bringing their total to at least 10 games postponed / canceled this season, as they won’t be playing until February 20th. And then there’s Michigan, the nation’s No. 3 that hasn’t played since January 22.
To get a better understanding of how tumultuous this season has been, the NCAA has a running list of the latest COVID news for this season. Check it out. But beware, it is a lot. This is what happens when you need a basketball tournament because canceling last year’s version resulted in $ 600 million in lost revenue.