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The day after is always one where, you know, there's just mounds and mountains of analysis.

Obviously, there is this whole North Carolina thing,

which to me is really overdone. I don't think it's an outrage. I know West Virginia has, you know,

is going to open an investigation with the governor and the attorney general and,

you know, everybody else they can, you know, marshal together to get the job done.

It wasn't like West Virginia was an outstanding team.

I don't see much difference

among the whole group of teams when I look at them as a group,

whether it's West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio State, North Carolina, Utah State, I'd put in that

same group. I don't see a whole lot of difference among any of those teams.

And remember, two things, which I have not seen brought up anywhere. Number one, there are very few college basketball teams that are brands. North Carolina is a brand. North Carolina is the fabric of the sport.

The uniform is the fabric of the sport. No one ever expects a North Carolina team. I remember this

team was ranked highly at the start of the season.

And yes, they played a brutal schedule and they lost all their big games. But remember this.

And this is something that I think is not been taken into account. That's the human element.

That committee bored having been together for days

sat around and watched carolina without flag obviously but they watched duke build a 21 point lead

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