BASKETBALL

After a long and very fun season of assistant coaching our high school basketball team, time now exists to write again. BUT SPEAKING OF BASKETBALL...How about those HEELS. In a season of uncertainty and parity in college basketball, UNC rose to the occasion and re-found their roots in uptempo, unselfish play. Gone are the twins that needed to be home in Orange county CA and the guard who left the program via a phone call to Coach from daddy. It's been a fun team to watch: great defense, the old fast break is back and a deliberate well orchestrated half court offense led to another ACC championship.

What a game last Saturday night when the DOOK blue devils traveled the seven miles to THE UNIVERSITY to attend a basketball clinic at the Dean Smith Center. Sorry DOOKIES but the HEELS unselfish offense coupled with a relentless trapping defense rendered coach K's perimeter run and gun 3 point offense impotent (27 three point attempts by DOOK compared to UNC's 9). I was fortunate to have been in Manhattan over the weekend and had the opportunity to watch the game at a bar in my old neighborhood of Murray Hill. Surrounded by Carolina fans / alums made for great night out.

But what makes the greatest basketball rivalry so fun is we all know DOOK will be back next year as good or better... and we can't wait. That's what makes great Universities so special: a tradition of excellence...in the classroom and on the fields and courts.