Tar Heels care less about COVID, so Miami says ‘peace out’ and come home

Bruh …

It is the only appropriate term to describe what happened over the weekend at Chapel Hill, as members of the North Carolina basketball team and a few hundred students lost the right in a pandemic that killed more than 462,000 Americans – all because they beat one of the worst Duke teams Coach K has ever had … by four points.

Monday night’s game between North Carolina and Miami was canceled after playing a video featuring UNC’s Day’Ron Sharpe and Armando Bacot celebrating their victory over Duke at a no-mask party. The video was uploaded by The Daily Tar Heel, the newspaper of the pupils of the school.

The victory between the two teams who have a combined 19-13 record was so impressive for a few hundred UNC students, that they celebrated in the streets by jumping over a mattress that was on fire, while everyone was without a mask.

Before Monday night, Miami hadn’t had to deal with a single cancellation or postponement all season. That’s why they had no problem turning around and going home.

The timing of events is the most interesting part of this fiasco, as the story erupted on the very day the UNC made history. Monday’s unveiling of the latest AP Top 25 ranking revealed that for the first time since 1961, UNC, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and UCLA were unranked. The Tar Heels are on the bubble for making the NCAA tournament.

Ironically, aside from the shenanigans that UNC students and players have been involved in, it’s a week that once again proves how badly college basketball is in during COVID. Baylor, the nation’s No. 2 ranked team, postponed three other games, bringing their total to at least 10 games that have been postponed / canceled this season, as they are not expected to play again until February 20. And then there’s Michigan, the nation’s No.3 ranked team that hasn’t played since January 22.

To better understand how tumultuous this season has been, the NCAA has a current list of the latest COVID news for this season. Look over. But beware, it’s a lot. This is what happens when you need a basketball tournament because the cancellation of last year’s version resulted in a loss of revenue of $ 600 million.