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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
I can appreciate it.
I grew up in North Carolina a HUGE fan of ACC basketball. I rooted hard for UNC, Duke, etc. in the national tournament. I always thought they were the "underdog" teams because they were from the South (and because Dean Smith hadn't won a national championship yet).
Only when I moved away did I realize that most of the country saw Carolina as part of the "elite" and rooted for them to lose.
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Except for Jimmy V's run in 1983 with NC State, I have never rooted for an NC team.
"Whittenburg, that's a long way.....!!!111"
Thurl Baily rebounds and jams it through for the winner against Phi Slamma Jamma's Clyde Drexler and Akim Olajuwon.
Still one of my all time favorite sports memories.
No one, I was a senior at the time, and I mean no one, had NC State even keeping that game close. I was saying, I don't know, that team is destined. I got to have EVERYONE eat some crow the next day. Awesome.