Wear Twins Leave North Carolina, Nearly Spark Trending Topic on Twitter

Thursday is shaping up to be a tough day for North Carolina basketball fans. The highly touted Wear twins -- David and Travis -- are leaving North Carolina after one season in Chapel Hill. Before landing with the Tar Heels, the Twins considered UCLA and Arizona, so keep that in mind if you’re trying to figure out their next location.↵↵The transfer leaves North Carolina with a big hole in its frontcourt next season. Ed Davis has moved on to the NBA draft. Deon Thompson ran out of eligibility. That leaves Tyler Zeller, who is 7-feet-tall, but not exactly a wide body. They’ve also got John Henson, who is 6-foot-10, but has the body type that actually makes Zeller look like Oliver Miller.↵

↵↵It doesn’t bode well for the Heels, who were already at a major deficit when it comes to catching up with the reigning champion Duke Blue Devils. Now with a gaping hole in the frontcourt, that seems unlikely if not impossible. Then again, you wouldn’t know that from the reaction of some of the other returning North Carolina players on Twitter. Henson, for his part, tweeted an optimistic view: “its all good though, because now roy got room to bring a couple more thoroughbreds to the stable.”↵

↵↵That reaction was followed by some fun from both Henson and point guard Larry Drew thanks to hashtags and Twitter. (Nothing malicious, but definitely funny.) Just take some time to skim past the results for #theyleftbecause, with an assist from The Dagger:↵

↵↵⇥ LDrew2: #theyleftbecause I still couldn’t tell them apart↵⇥↵⇥JohnHenson31: #theyleftbecause their pickup truck just didn’t fit their lifestyle↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥LDrew2: #theyleftbecause they found out they would have to room with (Tyler) zeller...again↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥JohnHenson31: #theyleftbecause the surfing at wrightsville beach wasn’t up to par↵⇥

↵↵↵The departing vet Thompson stepped in with some sage advice to stop before they got too much attention. (Too late!) I think the Twitter thing was harmless and the guys don’t deserve a lot of grief for doing it. Maybe it wasn’t in their best interest to air it out like that, but if this isn’t exactly why we follow athletes on Twitter and other social media venues, then why are we doing it at all?↵

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