Two weeks ago, ESPN's Dana O'Neil wrote an excellent piece about North Carolina's Junior Varsity basketball team. I neglected to link to it at the time because it ran the day of the North Carolina / Duke game. But it's a must read article, so I've linked to it today.
North Carolina's JV team is a hold over from the days when freshmen weren't eligible to play Varsity college basketball. Freshmen have been eligible play on the Varsity for decades now, but North Carolina never did away with their JV team.
North Carolina's JV team is made up entirely of walk ons. And although there's always a chance that players will be called up to play for the Varsity Tar Heels (a few JV players get invited to try out for the Varsity each year), North Carolina's JV Heels play primarily for the love of the game.
I've always loved the fact that UNC continues to maintain JV basketball. And I think it's too bad that JV basketball is, for the most part, a thing of the past in Division I basketball (thanks, largely, to Title IX). Kentucky still maintained its JV team as recently as the Rick Pitino era, but I'm pretty sure that Kentucky JV basketball is just a memory now, as well.
Drive and Dish just wants to show some love to Roy Williams for insisting on keeping JV basketball part of the North Carolina basketball tradition.
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There aint nothing anonymous about UNC players or Duke or any other wacky tobaccy program. whether its carolina a or b these kids take part in a soulless program in sin.
If want to see a pure amateur unpaid athletes you gots to be going to Indianapolis to see true faceless non ESPN decorated unpartied college kids from Butler.
This year justice be serve! Everybody sing along: cause soon and very soon Butler be cutting down them nets. Say it loud and proud, soon and very soon Butler be cuttin down them nets.
UNC JV not noticed until toilet lockerroom clogged and janitor notice they too play.
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