Where I'll be tonight at 9 pm

It's no fun living in North Carolina when UK plays UNC in a down [i.e., every] year:

[Tonight] North Carolina hosts Kentucky in a meeting of two of college basketball's traditional powerhouses, although only one qualifies for that distinction this season -- or recently.

... It has been 10 years, and counting, since Kentucky's last NCAA title. While they've gone longer without a championship, the Wildcats have never gone a decade without a Final Four appearance.

And in the interim? ... The Tar Heels have won one championship and been to three Final Fours.

... Kentucky couldn't have gotten off to a worse start, opening its season with a 111-103 home loss to Virginia Military on Friday. Kentucky fans expected more when they brought Billy Gillespie in from Texas A&M to replace Smith, but then again they always do.

... Dynasties rise and dynasties fall. No one doubts that th[is] dynast[y] will rise again. For the moment, they remain in the shadow of their own history.

Me? I've been having my doubts for some time now.

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[Tim Haab]

Doubts apparently warranted.