You Are Thhe Worse Coach I Ever Met’ Star Player Disparaging The Tar Heel Head Coach

Cormac Ryan led North Carolina with 18 points in their 54-44 victory over Virginia on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.

This week marked UNC basketball’s first without a weeknight game since Christmas break. By tallying an 8-1 January record and posting a statement start to February by handily knocking off now-No. 8 Duke in Chapel Hill, the No. 10 Tar Heels (20-6, 12-3 ACC) put themselves in contention for a top NCAA Tournament seed.

But a 2-2 record since coincided with tired-sounding voices in the locker room, suggesting the team was more than happy to embrace this week between outings.

Gearing up for a battle against Tony Bennett’s unranked Virginia squad (20-7, 11-5 ACC) in Charlottesville at 4 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN), third-year UNC head coach Hubert Davis detailed to the media on Friday what the break from game action has meant for his players’ state of mind:

“Individually and as a team, there are times where you can get better by just being able to catch a breath. And I do feel like basketball-wise, physically, even mentally being able just to take a deep breath, not having a midweek game, was something that would be good for this group.

“That being said, it was a week of hard work, a week of really good practices in preparation for the remainder of the season. And so, it wasn’t a week off-off. It was a time to reinforce the things that have allowed this team to be successful thus far and to be able to continue to improve and move forward…

“You know, there’s a difference in doing individual workouts and practicing on us — and thinking is being locked in towards that — as opposed to doing that in addition to [thinking] how does this relate in preparation to a game. And being able to just have a single focus on us for a good part of the week, I thought was refreshing.

“And I thought it was needed.”

Following Saturday’s bout at Virginia, UNC basketball will have little more than 48 hours before hosting unranked Miami (15-12, 6-10 ACC) in the Dean E. Smith Center at 7 p.m. Monday (ESPN).

By now it is no secret that the North Carolina Tar Heels do not enjoy going to Charlottesville to take on Virginia. There likely isn’t a worse house of horrors for the Heels in the ACC, and it honestly feels like they are always having to travel to Virginia more years than they don’t. The data shows that it’s as normal of an occurrence as visiting any other team, but I suppose when you witness UNC constantly losing to the same team in the same building repeatedly it’s hard to feel like the vicious cycle ever ends.

The idea that UNC will just never beat UVA on the road is only reinforced when you realize just how long it’s been since they’ve beaten them in Charlottesville — the last time the Heels pulled off a win in that building was February 25, 2012.

Words couldn’t possibly describe just how insane it is that an elite program like Carolina’s continues to struggle so mightily against one team. It’s even more insane when you consider the fact that they have beaten Duke in Cameron five times since then. Then when you consider the fact that the Heels’ last win over the Hoos was the same year that LMFAO was a thing and it really makes you wonder how in the world we ended up in such a dark place. So dark, in fact, that I decided to take a look at what else was going on the last time we all got to enjoy a win in Charlottesville.

You Are Thhe Worse Coach I Ever Met’ Star Player Disparaging The Tar Heel Head Coach

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