I voted for Duke and I did it on gut reaction. I suppose my hatred for UNC truly began with the coach stealing incident of 2003. Prior to that I sort of looked at them as a friendly program. They had a KU alum as a coach he had been successful, we got one of their own to coach us and he had been successful. All in all not a lot of animosity from me other than the stories of the 57’ title game.

After the Roy departure it was game on…their ego’s had been inappropriately boosted and the east coast machine was in full effect. Now labadabba, you being stuck out east and clearly surrounded by so many Tar Holes in your life I can understand the feeling, but for me last year really felt good…exercised the demons if you will and I can renew my stronger hatred for Duke, probably Missouri 2nd and K-State 3rd (although w/only 1year of respectable ball I’m not sure they’re worth the time)

My take on OU and Texas is this…good fans, love their football, worthy opponents in basketball and for that I am grateful. Throughout the Roy Williams years we cruised through the conference slate with little challenge and I think it really had a negative impact on our tourney performances. With a stronger conference, one we have won 4 consecutive years I might add, we claimed the ultimate prize.

To the original point though, yes there are a lot of reasons KU fans could hate UNC but after last year, I for one am content letting the world think what they want. I’d rather be amongst friends and watch the defending National Champion Jayhawks with those who appreciate them.

even propagandized my Grandmother into rooting for UNC against KU. She had completely forgotten I am a KU alumnus. It should be noted, nobody on my side of the family ever attended UNC. Yet somehow, my little old gramma from Iowa just a few hours away from dear old Lawrence chose the Carolina half of the family rather than the Kansas. Freaking weak. Now I’m pissed off all over again…

I’m guessing we might get a Mario Chalmers love fest tonight, Vitale is doing the Denver vs. Miami NBA game as part of an ESPN promo…on the other hand he might go on and on about Dwayne Wade, Michael Beasley and any number of others.

I hate North Carolina, too. Although the object of my animosity is Tyler Hansbrough and the media hype machine that turned him into the “player of the year” last season, rather than Roy Williams and Dean Smith. Well, on second thought, I can’t stand Roy Williams, either. Golly-gee-whiz-I-don’t-give-a-shit-about-North-Carolina…phoniest bastard in college basketball.

us again year in and year out then this poll would be different, it’s kind of a “what have you done for me lately” kind of thing.

I think my hatred of UNC comes down to three things:

1. Smugness of fans. Covered pretty well already. One thing to think about: considering the rediculous amount of talent they’ve throughout the years, they’ve only won two titles since Jordan. This relates to my second point:

2. Overhype. Why don’t more members of the media mention the fact that Roy Williams has never won a national championship with his own players? Why doesn’t he get the crap that “offense only” coaches in every other sport do? Why does everyone gloss over the fact that Tyler Hansbrough is basically useless when you put a decent big man on him?

3. Finally, Roy Williams’ refusal to get into recruiting contests with UNC over the years always pissed me off. Just think about how much pain could’ve been avoided/ joy could’ve been experienced with the right players from the more populous half the country. Was his relationship with Dean really so fragile that it couldn’t have handled a little competition for players like Vince Carter?