CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Pittsburgh’s dramatic, 65–64 victory over North Carolina Wednesday night was punctuated by a boisterous, borderline bitter explosion from Panthers assistant coach and former Tar Heel Jason Capel.
It started on the court immediately after the game, when Capel and some of the Carolina fans began yelling at each other. North Carolina senior associate athletic director for media relations Steve Kirschner, who was the sports information staffer when Capel played at UNC from 1998 to ’02, yelled at Capel to leave the floor. But the anger didn’t stop there.
“Don’t disrespect me!” Capel yelled, walking around in circles in the hallway outside the Pitt locker room. “Y’all going to boo me? Disrespect me, all I did here? Final Four, ACC championship. …. I held this shit together when (former coach) Matt Doherty tore it apart!”
