This rationalization is some straight bunk. I ain't speakin for no other Carolina fans on this board, but I'm always about who had the better season. All stans rationalize beyond that. I don't. Every instance when duke goes out in the first or second round, but the Heels go 2 to 4 game deeper, duke fans come with the bullshyt:
we both lost, it don't matter or
but that guy who played 7 minutes for us will be good in the NBA or
but we beat you at home by 3 more points than you beat us or
we won the regular season ACC, the tournament title ain't as significant or
we won the tournament title, the ACC regular season don't mean shyt, y'all had a soft schedule.
Y'all done gone so far off the deep end that even a season when we reached the championship and lost at the buzzer y'all spun that in your stan minds as a bad season for us. Y'all been having a lot of overall
eh seasons. With the GAWD coach, supposedly stacked rosters, and expectations of championship or bust, y'all been out there shytting the bed. Carolina been having better seasons with supposedly thin rosters, fukked up recruiting, and our ol' dadgum overly tan hound dog coach.
Team gotta do better. This season for duke was a fukking disgrace from top to bottom. We won the ACC, beat y'all at home, got the ACC player of the year, lost fewer games, ain't trip or elbow our opponents, and we're still playing in the tournament. That's another season better than duke, and ain't no sane Carolina fans worried about none of the usual subterfuge trying to spin out of the sadness y'all feel about it. Everything about this season was a disaster for y'all. Should've been an easy march to the Final 4. shyt ended up being a 9 loss, 11-7 in the ACC, out the first weekend season. That shyt is a monster fail.