North Carolina My #1

12. February 2009  - Published by Dan Clasgens
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Don't kid yourself, Connecticut (22-1) is off the hook. They are the best offesnive team in the Big East and after watching the 7-foot-3 Hasheem Thabeet dominate against Syracuse on Wednesday night you have to be impressed with their defense too. The Huskies play in basketball's best conference too, the Big East.

Still, North Carolina is the best team in the land. Period.

Tyler Hansbrough's (22.8 ppg) numbers are as good as they were last year, but there the hype is nowhere near it was. Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington are both averaging about 15 ppg and in total six players are in double figures.

Coming into the 2008-09 season it was almost as if the Tar Heels had already been crowned number #1. I was waiting for the NCAA to call off the season and cut straight to One Shining Moment. The talking heads on ESPN were even speculating they might not lose a game until February. That's a ton of pressure.

The Tar Heels hit their bump in the road when they fell to Boston College. Next was the lost to Wake Forest. Suddenly UNC looked like the third-best team in the ACC and far from the best in the nation.

Since then we've watched Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Duke, and now UConn take the reigns atop the polls. Meanwhile, North Carolina has been rolling. They've won seven straight games after picking up their fourth straight win at Cameron Indoor Arena and Coach K court. During the latest streak, Carolina is outscoring their opponents by nearly 17 points per game.

The Huskies are contenders, but I'm ready to move Roy Williams' bunch back to the top.

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Bret Sims
Bret Sims
2/12/2009 4:52:42 PM #
Dan,

Just when I thought you had come to your senses you write a blog like this.  UNC your number 1?  Are you kidding me?  They don't play defense and they will run into a team in the tournament that will shut them down or they will have a cold day shooting and it is all over.  Roy Williams has never won with his recruits and this year won't be any different.
Dan Clasgens
Dan Clasgens
2/12/2009 7:09:11 PM #
The same can be said for any team if they were to go cold. North Carolina has experience, talent, and depth. Since those two losses, no team is playing better with a tougher schedule...PERIOD.
Bret Sims
Bret Sims
2/13/2009 6:58:54 AM #
Roy Williams has never won an NCAA Title with his recruits playing his style of basketball.  PERIOD dot dot EXCLAMATION
Jeff Gentil
Jeff Gentil
2/13/2009 10:44:10 AM #
T-I-R-E-D!

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