B1G/ACC Challenge: Michigan at UNC
Reported by Jeff Goodman of ESPN. Bring on the Tar Heels!
Notre Dame at MSU
Duke at Indiana
Miami at Minnesota
Boston College at Nebraska
Clemson at Ohio State
Louisville at Purdue
Florida State at Rutgers
Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Penn State at NC State
Maryland at Syracuse
Wisconsin at Virginia
Iowa at Virginia Tech
Illinois at Wake Forest
The incessant replays of Webber's ill-fated timeout ~25 years ago should provide some fond childhood trauma flashbacks.
I probably should say they, as going there hasn't surpassed the 18 years of all out fandom that I had for Michigan up to that point. I'm sure I'll wear a Michigan hat to the game.
What year are in?
Schedule...with the Maui Tourney, NC, UCLA and Texas we should have a very good SOS by seasons end...
For real...yuck.
Playing the defending champs on the road isn't easy, but it's best to play them early.
1. They lost a ton of talent.
2. They are not a good defensive team.
3. Wagner should be a matchup nightmare for whatever young big they play.
4. Their crowd is not intimidating. Dickie V always called them a "wine-and-cheese" crowd.
I'd definitely rather play at UNC instead of at Duke.
I believe you're thinking of Sam Cassell, as Dickie V usually gives UNC's crowds a good rating. That was just sort of a random press conference thing, similar to the Illinois dude's "white collar" remark. Thad Matta notably said "I think I've never been in a building that was as loud as that building was at times" after a game that OSU had here, and Jim Calhoun commented "I don't know what they are talking about because there was no 'wine and cheese' crowd here today." after one of UCONN's games. It's definitely not as crazy as Rupp or Allen Fieldhouse, but against any semi major team I'd say that it's false to call the crowd "not intimidating."
If they keep it close, that's still a close loss on the road to the defending national champions. Still a good tournament booster. Who knows, maybe UNC gets caught looking ahead and Wagner has a Louisville-esque game. Stranger things have happened in this game.