Born & Bred

You better get accustomed to that net-cutting, Roy. You'll be doing it again quite soon. Maybe not this year. But it's coming. These boys may be gone, but you've got a bunch of loveable freshies.

Something very strange happened when the final seconds elapsed Tuesday night: fans stood and cheered. It wasn't a polite sound of clapping as the final buzzer sounded. It was a loud, resounding ovation that followed the Tar Heels off the floor, into the tunnel, and down the hallway to their locker room.
It was unlike almost any sound you've ever heard in the Smith Center after a loss.
It was the sound of a fan base falling in love.

--Adam Lucas http://tarheelblue.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/113005aab.html