empire is a good word. recruiting is impacted by media. recruiting is everything. those journalists love to help ol'coach K recruit. journalists long ago buried engineering schools nc state and clemson with negative press. winning requires media brownnoses.
vitale is sickening in his praise of his favorites. those ref's play that game with a gift here and there, like those fouls they called against ga tech in the ACC tournament.
this is a CBS tv tournament. expect more bias.
not political? tin foil? Billy Packer was on IMUS yesterday talking about how the Atlanta hostage of Brian Nichols was lying. CBS is always political.
Coach K is not really a coach, but a manager. He recruits his players, tells them if they paly well they will get 40 minutes per game.
Coach K has blown leads in many big games, but the likes of Billy Packer (a Wake Forest Graduate) would never admit that.
Dean Smith was the only man to keep Jordan under 40-pts per game at UNC.