Today is the day that Harrison Barnes is going to announce where he will be spending his college days. He's so talented that those days will amount to less than a year before he shoots off into the NBA. However, major programs want him just because he can be that dominant in that one year and it's a great recruiting tool.
I'm excited because North Carolina is on the list. I don't know if it near the top, but none of the schools seem to have the advantage (though UNC, Duke and Kansas have come at him the hardest). He could say any of the schools on his list, which also include Oklahoma, UCLA and his hometown Iowa State.
While Barnes will make some fan base elated, he'll tick off all of the others. That's too bad because what do you want the kid to do? His heart is where his heart will be and we should just accept that. Of course, if he picks Duke instead of Carolina then Tar Heel fans will make him their top target. Then again, many Tar Heel fans don't realize that we nearly nabbed hated-Devils Christian Laettner and Danny Ferry, too.
The guy is 17-years old. When you were 17-years old, did anyone other than your crazed college-obsessed uncle care where you went to school? Did anyone hate you because of the decision you had to make? Of course not ... not millions of fans you didn't.
Again, I'll be on pins and needles waiting for Barnes announcement. Yes, I'm dying for him to go to North Carolina but if he doesn't ...
All I ask is that you don't go to Duke, man.
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