The 2009 banner dropped last night. I really would have liked to gone to this game. Maybe game should be "game" because it wasn't really a game, but a reunion as ACC Now put it. I guess I just didn't realize the significance and for that I apologize.
I wasn't there; wasn't even in the same state, but thanks to technology, I was pretty close to the action. Big thanks go to Marcus Ginyard and Tar Heel Fan Blog for their Twitter updates. Ginyard was even nice enough to include pictures occasionally (like of MJ's Ferrari - Holy Whoa). Adam Lucas was also giving updates, but I couldn't access them until this afternoon. His are the best, but no offense to the others, but this is what he does for a living is talk about North Carolina basketball. And he also has a pretty good seat at the scorers table.
I'm not going to post all the links to individual articles, but just check out Tar Heel Blue and Scout. Both sites include photo galleries and Tar Heel Blue has highlights of the game and will be posting the tribute videos that were shown before the game next week, so be sure to check them back out.
One thought to close. This is what Roy Williams said after the game ended:
"The reason we have this game tonight is that this is the first part of a yearlong celebration of the 100 years of Carolina Basketball. We're going to do several things, we'll have an old-timers game. We did this because when we have the reunion during the season the NBA players and coaches can't attend. We love the fact that you guys came. This is the best place in the world for college basketball because of these guys right here and you guys up there."
Think about it - this season is going to be special. Yes, we probably all say that every year, but this is going to be 100 years of Carolina basketball. Where else can you have an event like this and draw 21,000 people and get so many great players together? This is Carolina basketball.
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