The 2021-22 season was a special one for the North Carolina Tar Heels’ basketball program. Despite falling short in the national championship game, the Tar Heels made a historic run to that title game in Hubert Davis‘ first year.
There are a lot of memories from that season, leading into their run to the Final Four and ending Coach K’s career with a win over Duke. However, earlier in the season, the team saw an important player depart.
Dawson Garcia committed to UNC as one of the best players in the transfer portal. He joined a transfer class that also included Brady Manek. Garcia was a starter for UNC before he suffered a concussion in early January. Then in the next few weeks, he left the program for the rest of the season. Garcia then transferred to his home state of Minnesota to be with family.
But now, we are hearing from Garcia on the decision to transfer and what UNC meant to him.
In an interview with The SchuZ Show, Garcia is asked about his time at UNC and he had nothing but positive things to say about the program. He talked briefly about his decision to transfer and what the program meant to him.
“The season started and everything really happened fast. Like you said, I had a lot of personal and family matters that were going at the time that affected me and my family,” Garcia said. “So I really don’t care to get into that stuff but yeah, North Carolina basketball was a great experience. I learned from a lot of greats, played with a lot of great teammates, and so I’m really thankful for that whole experience.”
That’s a respectful answer from Garcia on the subject. He very easily could have taken shots at people or gone a different direction with his answer. It really does suck that it didn’t work out for him in what was a special season.
Garcia is getting set to enter his senior season with Minnesota and will be a key player for the Gophers in the Big Ten.
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