Chansky’s Notebook: Upside-Down Cake

Posted Dec 5, 2024
UNC has entered the danger zone of the college basketball season. With a 4-4 record and still two challenging non-conference games against Florida and UCLA on neutral floors, North Carolina faces early residence on the NCAA Tournament bubble that brings back some bad memories in this century. The infamous 8-20 season of 2001-02 began 5-5. (Chapelboro.com)

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