It all comes down to this....

I've gotten a couple of emails today wondering why I hadn't posted anything lately on our incredible, conquering, no. 1 Tarheels and their domination of the NCAA tournament!

Well, to be honest, there are a couple of people (ahem...Gina...) who have hinted that they skip over my posts about Carolina so I thought I ought to give everyone a break.

But make no bones about it,
we are ready for tonight!

Here are a few "we support Carolina" moments:

• Jarrett watched the Final 4 game Saturday night in the Dean Dome with several thousand other Carolina fans
• we all wore Carolina blue to church yesterday. Of course, that would have been much more effective had we still been living in North Carolina, but it was fun
• Nick wore UNC pajama pants, Air Jordans in UNC colors, 2 UNC t-shirts, a UNC hat, and crazy blue UNC hair to youth group last night (weird but eye-catching...)
• Alyson wore a UNC Basketball No. 50 t-shirt to school today
• Jarrett begged to get off work an hour early so he doesn't miss the first half (he gets to!)
• we're baking little Tarheel cookies today

We were talking about this being the greatest way to go out. Not only making it to the championship game, but giving the fans the most possible games to watch in a single season! They have played as many games as they could have--probably just because they know how much we love watching them! ;-)

And now, for your viewing pleasure, some of my favorite images.....

Some of the most-loved names in Carolina basketball having a good time

One Player of the Year dunking over the other Player of the Year

And a little bit of perspective on all this "save Detroit" hype from one of my favorite sports writers:

April 5, 2009
By Adam Lucas
DETROIT--One of the major storylines--and perhaps the primary storyline--for Monday night's championship game will be Michigan State trying to lift the spirits of the state of Michigan.
"There's a storm in the city of Detroit, and we're trying to bring some sunlight to it," Spartan point guard Kalin Lucas said.
Of course, that storyline ignores the fact that there are also hard economic times in other parts of America. Charlotte's banking industry has been severely impacted, and Roy Williams's son, Scott--a former UNC player--lost his job in that field.
Credit MSU coach Tom Izzo for keeping a better perspective on the importance of one basketball game than some members of the media. "There's a lot of cities right now that have problems," Izzo said. "But this is ours. This is our big city in the state. So that's why I think it's a little more meaningful for those of us that are from around here."
Williams, however, isn't ready to institute his own Detroit stimulus package just yet.
"I do realize they have a cause," Williams said. "Well, we also have a cause. We want to win a national championship. And if you would tell me that if Michigan State wins, it's going to satisfy the nation's economy, then I'd say, `Let's stay poor for a little while longer.'"

Let's Go Tarheels!!!