Show more support for basketball recruits

TO THE EDITOR:

Before I begin let me set a few things straight: I love Carolina and UNC basketball.

However, as a first-year student, one word dominates my mind when I think of UNC basketball fans interacting with recruits: apathy.

Before I came to UNC, I was an IU basketball fan (I live in Indiana). Fortunately, my family has season tickets.

Every game I attended, the student section erupted in numerous chants for basketball recruits visiting the game.

Chants like “Co-dy Zell-er!” and “Yo-gi Fe-rrell!” echoed in the stadium when the recruits were as young as sophomores in high school!

Why doesn’t this happen at Carolina? Blue chip recruits, the future of our Tar Heel team, are at every basketball game.

Why doesn’t the fan base show them any love?

Chanting recruits names is a growing sensation in college basketball, and yet, the Dean Dome is quiet.

Isaiah Hicks, a top-15 commit, was at the Virginia Tech game.

So, I ask: Why didn’t the student section chant his name? This needs to change.

Andrew Wiggins, deemed the “Michael Jordan of Canada” and the best high school player in the world, will take an official visit to UNC this spring.

It is crucial and absolutely necessary we not only chant his name at the game but also roll out the red carpet for him.

How, you ask? There are plans; big plans. But if the majority of UNC fans keep being apathetic towards the future of our Tar Heels, nothing will happen.

Channing Mitzell ’16
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