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Time to see how serious UNC is about basketball. Go get Todd Golden

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No time for North Carolina basketball to be timid. Be bold and brave: Get rid of Hubert Davis and make Todd Golden an offer he can't refuse.

There’s only one way out of this thing, and in the shocker of all shockers, it involves throwing money at the problem. Not just $5 million in go-away money for North Carolina coach Hubert Davis , but huge, nasty cash to fix it once and for all. Because if you’re North Carolina and you’ve committed tens of millions of dollars to Bill Belichick and his plan to rescue your football program, what’s the price to resuscitate your suddenly stale yet still iconic basketball program?

Armour: One day in and March Madness already its usual marvelous self More: Where VCU's epic March Madness comeback vs. UNC ranks in history Let me give you a hint: a hundred million or more commitment. This is big business, people.

We’re talking about one of the three biggest college basketball brands struggling to not only reach the NCAA Tournament, but avoid disaster in the first round. The program of Michael Jordan and Dean Smith and Roy Williams and all of those All-Americans and national championship moments, just blew a 19-point lead to VCU in the NCAA Tournament. This isn’t about the loss of injured star freshman Caleb Wilson and how it affected the last two weeks of the season.

It’s about the totality of Davis’ tenure, and if North Carolina is ready for a Belichick-ian response . That can only mean one thing: Start printing cash for Florida coach Todd Golden. Chasing history: Inside Todd Golden's remarkable rise to top of college basketball Back for more: Will Wade and LSU again?

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