The North Carolina Tar Heels are limping through their worst season in a long time, but don’t expect anyone to feel sorry for the struggling blue blood.
With better than 2,200 victories, 20 Final Four appearance and six NCAA Tournament titles, North Carolina has been one of the most successful programs in college basketball history. The Tar Heels have had two of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport — Dean Smith and Roy Williams — who currently sit in a tie for fourth-place on college basketball’s all-time wins list with 879 a piece.
North Carolina has long been a staple of the sport, and despite their current downturn, they’re unlikely to end up like Indiana or UCLA — former titans of the game that have been reduced to mere mortals.