For as long as I can remember, the first thing I do after every North Carolina Tar Heel basketball game is read an Adam Lucas column titled Rapid Reactions. It is usually on the Tar Heel Times website within an hour of the game ending, maybe sooner. Adam always has 10 or so ‘blink’ reactions, and they are typically well-articulated. Last night, this is all Adam wrote:
1. I’m going to be honest. I wrote some stuff, but it doesn’t matter. This win will live forever and the Iron Five who played the entire second half are all-time Tar Heel heroes. The last time Mike Krzyzewski ever walks off the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium is after being defeated by the University of North Carolina coached by Hubert Davis in front of everyone who ever slapped the floor for Duke. Carolina 94, Duke 81.
Nothing is better than being with my family and getting the Heels a program-defining victory. We debated if it felt as good as winning a National Championship and decided we couldn’t go there, but it felt damn good. We took the above photo (minus Sally; plus Kevin, instead of Bailey) as a tribute to the below photo after the Heels beat Gonzaga for the ‘Natty’ in 2017. A glorious evening with a squad that came back to avenge the loss to Villanova in the 2016 title game.
If you’re going to fully understand what this rivalry is all about, check out this article Adam released this morning: Lucas: The Unseen. So happy for Hubert Davis!
We did a victory dance last night, but this classic from 2017 gets Sally in the mix as well . . . Enjoy!
