Monday night, the North Carolina Tar Heels won their fifth NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Chapel Hill is synonymous with basketball excellence. Dean Smith, Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Rasheed Wallace, Vince Carter, and Jerry Stackhouse are just a few names connected to this dominant program. Some are suggesting that the current Tar Heels team may not only be the best team in the school’s history, but also the greatest team of all-time. Some are even heralding Forward Tyler Hansbrough as the greatest college player of all-time. The greatest player is certainly up for debate, however, the only team that could receive that kind of accolade in my mind is the 1990 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels.What must be considered however in regards to the current National Champs is their age. In the current era, high profile student-athletes usually spend one year in college by requirement, but two at the most. The 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels have two senior and three juniors in their starting five.
How this team ranks in the history of the NCAA is unknown. However, unless there is some kind of alteration to the NCAA rules, this will be the oldest team college basketball will remember.
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Best team of all time? Hmm...sounds like that might be coming from a wannabe...PROFESSOR!
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