Agreed, but Doherty had the connection to UNC that at the time mattered most: his UNC roots as a former UNC basketball blueblood (1980–1984) who played under Dean Smith and started on the 1982 NCAA Championship team alongside Michael Jordan. A four-year letterman, he was the second player in ACC...
How far UNC basketball has fallen. I completely agree that McCollum has quickly proven himself to be a very good coach with success at multiple stops, but who could possibly have predicted that UNC would hire a head coach who as recently as 2024 was coaching at Division II Northwest Missouri...
He had one turnover to go along with his 12 assists. Pretty good ratio for a player that the Bulls decided wasn't a point guard.
If AYO keeps this up, he is going to get paid even more than any of us thought was likely to occur. The trade to the Timberwolves is really allowing him to show off...
Further perspective:
Larry Bird. Nikola Jokić. Ayo Dosunmu. The three players in NBA history with 15+ PTS / 60+ FG% / 15+ REB / 10+ AST / 3 + STL / <1 TO
Pretty good company . . .
Wildcat fans will go ballistic if they don't win a Natty and then Lloyd leaves for UNC if they think he already had one foot out the door rather than being completely focused on coaching his AZ team:
Well, I certainly hope I'm wrong since the ILLINI may meet Nebraska in the Elite 8 after we beat Houston tonight, but Fred Hoiberg at this point COULD still potentially win the National Championship at Nebraska, which given that they had never even won an NCAA basketball Tournament game in 8...
But since Bubba is still under contract as UNC's A.D. until July of 2026, if he does make the hire, rumor has it that he has already cut his list down to just two available candidates to interview for the UNC basketball head coach position: