When we look back at this basketball season, unexpectedly long as it was, it’s the almosts we’ll remember.
That seems vaguely obtuse, to remember the things that weren’t done. But how close this season — already with its own place in history — came to being truly unprecedented and nearly unreplicable defines how good it actually was.
North Carolina almost winning a national title after looking at one point like the Tar Heels might miss the tournament entirely.
