Scholarship table
Silly that we never draw MN in the Gavitt Games
Not really. Historically we were usually good for about one blowout loss to a high major per year under Wojo (Iowa, I4, Maryland etc.), but the only two "buy" games we ever lost under him were Omaha in the third game of his career, and Belmont, which historically is one of the better "buy" games available. Wojo's problem was that his record in March was very subpar, he was usually fine for most of Nov-Dec.
Buzz and Crean lost buy games, too. Annoyingly, it happens.
Per Rothstein, NC Central added to the home schedule. Pretty regular contender in the MEAC, but not exactly a high-quality mid-major game.
Many UNC players take some of their class at NC Central so we can just call the game UNC lite….
I now question if NC Central is a real school.
John Grisham wrote a basketball novel last year called "Sooley," about a Sudanese kid who leaves his war-torn country to play at NC Central. The basketball scenes were like "Hoosiers" on steroids -- Sooley not only makes about 90% of his shots but they all come from 30 feet away (except for the highlight-reel dunks). So that stuff was fictional ... but NC Central does actually exist. (I think.)
It does exist. The part of the book where the coach leaves to take the HC job at Marquette had me laughing my ass off! Grisham knew that Wojo was toast before Scoopers did.
Where do I see the master list of all the noncon games we have scheduled so far
We all know we have to schedule buy games, but I'm happier with buy games that may actually challenge us. This is much better than bringing in the dregs of the SWAC, Chicago State, etc. TC brought in Delaware State a few times when they were defending MEAC champs and a team like that will actually help us.
Brew is keeping the first post of this thread updated.
TASTES GREAT
LESS FILLING