The national champion UNC-Chapel Hill basketball team was honored Wednesday by lawmakers.
Team members, coaches and staff listened to a reading of a Senate resolution which highlighted the squad's achievements and took a poke or two at rival teams in the state such as in the lines:
Whereas, the 89-72 Carolina win over Michigan State was a convincing and thorough victory but one that left intact Duke's record for the worst loss in Final Four history
and
Whereas, the senior players named above were undefeated in all away games played within a 12-mile radius of Chapel Hill;
But mostly the resolution was a celebration of the team and its achievements.
"I've been here 13 years and I think that's the best-written resolution and the greatest use of prose I've ever seen," said Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, who presides over the Senate.
More after the jump.
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Sen. Tony Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat, urged the team to come back.
"Let's do it again," Rand said.
Rep. Verla Insko, a Chapel Hill Democrat, affectionately described the team's achievements after the team listened to a House resolution.
"This year we lived on a continuous endorphin high," Insko said. "Thank you for a year of pure and complete pleasure."
Head Coach Roy Williams said he and the team learned something about parliamentary procedure on Wednesday. After listening to the reading of the lengthy resolution in the Senate, the team was worried when they heard a second and third reading was necessary. They were relieved to learn that a "reading" is only a vote.
"As much as we loved the first reading, we're happy we didn't listen to the second and third reading," Williams said.
Document(s):
Senate_UNC.pdf
House_UNC.pdf
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Re: Tar Heels feted by Senate, House
Did Burr introduce his own legislation in the US Senate as per this press release?