Carolina Blue Skies in Florence

I can picture it now.

Seven years ago from this exact day, I was watching the Carolina Duke game at my mom's house in our living room. This year, about 20 other UNC students, and a few random people, stayed up to watch the ultimate rivalry on a projector at a local bar here in Florence. Seven years ago, Raymond Felton ran the called play instead running towards the open basket after JJ Reddick had air-balled a shot. Seven years ago, UNC lost to Duke by one measly point in the last seconds of the game. I cried. I bawled. My mom honestly didn't know what to do.  Last night, well... rather this morning, UNC lost a heartbreaker by one. measly. point. We were all about to cry, bawl, but at six in the morning we were all too tired, so breakfast of pancakes did the trick instead.

Seven years ago, Felton, one of the greatest point guards in UNC history, made a mistake and the game was done. This year, Zeller, made a small mistake too, and well the game was done. But neither of these mistakes took away how great both players are. With 23 points, Zeller carried UNC most of the game, so it was never anyone's fault. Just like, the game against duke (seven years ago... yeah that one) wasn't called because of a mistake made by Felton.

In the end, practices start up again, the sky is still Carolina blue and this weekend I'm headed off to Venice for one of the greatest festivals in Europe, Carnevale............ (haha)

The point of this post was one: to share my love of college basketball and two: to say that even when other parts of my life have changed (I'm no longer sitting on my couch crying my eyes out after a basketball game), but one thing will never change and that is I will always pull for carolina blue.

But wait, just one more thing... Seven years ago it was... you guessed it! 2005. I do believe Raymond and team beat Illinois on April 4th to win... what was it? Oh yeah, the National Championship.

We shall see. We shall see.