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North Carolina's 2017 national championship men's basketball team will not visit the White House, a team spokesman said on Saturday, though the Tar Heels were invited to visit, as is the custom for teams that win college men's basketball and football national championships.

Whether UNC would visit President Donald Trump's White House, if the Tar Heels won, became a topic of interest during the Final Four. Before UNC's national champioship victory against Gonzaga, coach Roy Williams said he'd answer whether UNC would visit after the championship game, if his team won.

Steve Kirschner, the UNC men's basketball team spokesman, said the Trump White House did invite UNC, but that the university and the White House couldn't agree on a date.

“We couldn't find a date that worked for both parties,” he said. “We tried about eight or nine dates and between they couldn't work out that date, we couldn't work out that date, so – we would have liked to have gone, but not going.”

Kirschner added that UNC's players “were fine with going.”

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article175046316.html

I honestly think the schedule conflict answer is about protecting the players from critics and saving face for Trump because the players didn't want to go.

 

[Servbot24]

Good they're not going but I wish they'd make a real statement with it.

 

[Kahoona]

Hopefully all sports teams do this for the rest of his term.

 

[WesternHeretic]

If Duke won they would have went..

YEA HOLD THAT L GROVER!

UNC>DUKE!

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

 

[NotMyUsername]

Hopefully all sports teams do this for the rest of his term.

And instead they go hang out with Obama.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

Did the specifially ask for a date after 2020 by any chance?

 

[Kensation]

Get those sons of bitches off the court!

 

[platocplx]

And instead they go hang out with Obama.

This is my wish. I wish Obama would invite them to his home.

 

[Beartruck]

Not that he'd want them anyways.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Good they're not going but I wish they'd make a real statement with it.

Those players need to be able to live in North Carolina, though. Like, actually live.

I appreciate the stands being made by financially compensated professional players, but I won't make the same ask of college athletes..

(Duke fan, hate having to defend Carolina, but there you go.)

 

[RBH]

If Duke won they would have went..

YEA HOLD THAT L GROVER!

UNC>DUKE!

Yeah!

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

"The dates that work for us are September 32 and October 35. Any of those work for you?"

 

[Apdiddy]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article175046316.html

I honestly think the schedule conflict answer is about protecting the players from critics and saving face for Trump because the players didn't want to go.

I think it's more about protecting the players from Trump's criticism on Twitter.

Good on them and I hate UNC with a passion.

 

[I H8 Memes]

This is my wish. I wish Obama would invite them to his home.

Can you imagine how trump would react to that? I wish obama was petty enough to do it.

 

[Slayven]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article175046316.html

I honestly think the schedule conflict answer is about protecting the players from critics and saving face for Trump because the players didn't want to go.

If with that was true they would have just left it at "Scheduling conflicts", but the added "they fine with going" doesn't sit very well.