Hitting the road is not necessarily bad
Posted Mar 8, 2008
Nearly everyone seems breathless over the prospect that Duke or Carolina could play the first two rounds in Raleigh and the regional rounds in Charlotte, creating a home dynamic on the road to the San Antonio Final Four. True. Another, quieter statement seems equally true: In Carolina’s four championship seasons, the Tar Heels won regionals in Philadelphia, Raleigh, New Jersey (1993) and Syracuse. That’s why Roy Williams flushes every question about the alleged Raleigh-Charlotte prize.
(Winston-Salem Journal)
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