College Basketball Narrative

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When it comes to college basketball I am a Carolina loving type of guy, my room is decorated all over with UNC merchandise. I’ve been to one basketball game at UNC and it was a blast. On the day of the game, I was very anxious to leave and get to the school because Carolina is my dream college and i will hopefully receive a scholarship to attend there when I graduate. I remember this day as though it was yesterday, I wore Carolina attire from head to toe, even my baby brother was dressed out for the game. When we got to the game, parking was hectic and fans started to pour in from all over, Carolina was facing UNC-W at home and was expected to win by a large margin. Our seats were in the middle of the arena and our view of the game was pretty

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