Why wasn't Michael Jordan at the title game?

Posted Apr 4, 2017
Michael Jordan was not in attendance when UNC beat Gonzaga in the NCAA championship game Monday night, and Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said he thinks he knows why. “He’s superstitious like I am,’’ Williams said, while adding that he had not had a chance to see if Jordan had left him a congratulatory voicemail. “He came last year, and we lost.” (USA Today)

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