Post Tournament Ish....

48 hours ago, Chapel Hill was nervous.

33 hours ago, Chapel Hill was celebrating.

24 hours ago, I was tired.

3 hours of sleep will do that to you.

Now, as the thrill and excitement are starting to wear off (though the pride may never wear off), you have to wonder: What Now?

I have devoted the last three weekends to the NCAA tournament. Throw in the ACC tournament, and that's the entire last month. There are things I will not miss, such as seeing Coach K in every other ad, and the icky feeling that comes with watching 12 hours of TV a day.

Still, I already miss basketball. I'll miss people actually thinking about basketball. I'll missing caring what ESPN.com actually has to say. I'll miss "Did you see that game?" as a replacement for "Hello, how are you?".

I'll miss "This is kinda awesome", "Are you going to the post office?", "I'm just trying to make an omelet", "I stand corrected; now that is a stupid question", and "This is not awesome!".

And more than that, I'm going to miss having Rell as a fixture on our couch. I'll miss bad beach weather spoiling nothing, as we probably would have watched basketball the entire time anyway. I'll miss having 20 people in our living room for UNC games, watching two TVs turned in different directions.

So thanks for a great tournament everyone. Those who spent hours at our place watching basketball are welcome/expected to come over just as often.

And of course, go Heels!