My first UNC vs Duke Game Day Experience!!

February 20th, 2014.
8 days after the beginning of the snow day.
All traces of snow were gone, it was warmer than usual, and the entire campus was all excited for...
...the UNC vs Duke game!!!
after getting postponed for 8 days, one of the hottest NCAA rivalry game was finally here!

There were 2 posters(?) hanging over the pit.
The one on the right was relatively new, because it was hung after the snow days.
I kind of like the pun. "There 'snow' excuse..." haha

One thing really sad about that day was that... I didn't get the ticket for the game... T_T
Well, it is actually my fault because I didn't register for the ticket lottery.
(mainly because I thought I was going to be really busy on the game day)

Someday, Dean Dome.... SOMEDAY!!
I will go watch the UNC vs Duke basketball game before I graduate!
T_T

Since that was my situation, I watched ESPN's live broadcast of the game at my dorm's viewing party.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
don't do this to me ESPN...
Don't pour salt on my open wound of sadness(?) for not being able to be there at the Dean Smith Center...
You know I really wanted to be there!...
T_T

at least I learned how the past 86 games went...
43 wins and 42 losses.
Yay, we have 1 more victory!!! :D

Some of the fellow Tar Heels in the viewing party (including my suitemate) brought their laptops because they had a lot of homework to do.
But eventually.....

... they all paid more attention on the game than on their assignments.
Haha, don't tell me you guys didn't know this was going to happen. :P

Everybody is focusing onto the game!.png
Although I didn't get to see the game at the Dean Dome, I still had a lot of fun watching the Duke game with my friends at the viewing party.

We all cheered together, made a lot of noise, and etc.
All of these made my first UNC vs Duke game experience very satisfying. ^_^



These are the highlights from the game.
Woohoo! Yeah!!
I don't get to see these kind of epic moves everyday back where I'm from, not even in the professional league!

(watch the entire game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ck7co6uLQ)

At the first half, I was like "aw man... this is not looking good" because our team was missing almost every free throws, but at the second half, the Tar Heels came back with a really dramatic turn around!!

and then, we won 66 to 74!!
YEEAAAAH!!!

Coincidentally, there's a lot of 8's related to this game:
-Duke didn't show up because of the snow 8 days ago
-Chapel Hill is only 8 miles away from Durham.
-Duke was beaten by 8 points

so, somebody made a meme like this one, and someone else even made a t-shirt about this.


and as soon as the game was over...

Everybody rushed to Franklin Street!
My, oh my!
Even though Tar Heels do this every time they beat duke, I've never thought I'd get to experience this on my first year at UNC!

So many people, SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!
I had a blast!
I've never had this much fun since my trip to Osaka, Japan last summer!

All of a sudden, everybody was looking upward at a certain direction.

What do you know? there was this guy climbing up the pole!

and like this, Chapel Hill was restless all night long!!


I came back into my dorm at 12AM, so that I could edit all of the videos I filmed that night.


That "Rush to Franklin Street!"

I can't emphasize enough of how much fun I had that night.
I really had a time of my life, both during the game and after the game!
My experience in UNC has been so fantastic so far that, for the first time in my life, I actually felt proud of my school.
It Really Is Good To Be A Tar Heel! :D