Bosley
3/29/2009, 11:37 PM
BLOOD THICKER THAN ALMA MATER: Former North Carolina forward Jason Capel had no problem wearing Boomer Sooner red when Oklahoma faced his Tar Heels.
"For one day? Not at all. I was a Capel my whole life, way before I was a Tar Heel,'' he said.
Capel was hoping to see his older brother, Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel, make it to his first Final Four. Jason Capel helped lead North Carolina to the 2000 Final Four.
Despite the Sooners' loss, Jason Capel still has plans to travel to Detroit next weekend.
Capel was ribbed by some of his Tar Heel friends for wearing red, but he did at least have the blessings of the North Carolina coaching staff.
"I think the fans take it a lot more serious than we do,'' he said. "The coaching staff, they told me, 'You should root for your brother.'''
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/wires/03/29/2060.ap.bkc.ncaa.south.regional.notebook.0777/
"For one day? Not at all. I was a Capel my whole life, way before I was a Tar Heel,'' he said.
Capel was hoping to see his older brother, Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel, make it to his first Final Four. Jason Capel helped lead North Carolina to the 2000 Final Four.
Despite the Sooners' loss, Jason Capel still has plans to travel to Detroit next weekend.
Capel was ribbed by some of his Tar Heel friends for wearing red, but he did at least have the blessings of the North Carolina coaching staff.
"I think the fans take it a lot more serious than we do,'' he said. "The coaching staff, they told me, 'You should root for your brother.'''
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/wires/03/29/2060.ap.bkc.ncaa.south.regional.notebook.0777/