UNC Basketball: Would you rather…?

GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 03: Kennedy Meeks #3 of the North Carolina Tar Heels holds the championship trophy surround by teammates and Head Coach Roy Williams during the 2017 NCAA Photos via Getty Images Men's Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Brett Wilhelm/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) | NCAA Photos via Getty Images

Have you ever played the game “Would you Rather?” Basically, someone gives you two options, neither one is inherently better or worse than the other but each comes with its own set of pros and cons. For instance, would you rather have super strength but be incredibly stupid or would you rather be super intelligent but incredibly weak?

Today I pose the following UNC Basketball scenario: Over the next decade would you rather be guaranteed four Men’s basketball championships, including six Final Fours, and eight Sweet Sixteens but no championships in any other sport or instead you are guaranteed a championship in every Tar Heel sport but no more than one in each sport?

On the one hand, you would own a decade in a sport that you are known for while also bringing your title total to 10, second-most all time (UCLA has 11). On the other hand, you only get one in Men’s basketball (seven would put UNC in third by themselves) while also accumulating another 26 national titles to a historic program over the next decade.

Both are quite tempting, and therein lies the rub of the scenario. The pros and cons that make each appealing over the other are what make this exercise fun. For me, I would have to take the one in each sport. Yes, a dominant men’s basketball team would be awesome, but this is Carolina and the fact we are great in everything is what makes us great.