YTB Fatt’s “Get Back” sums up the attitude of this year’s No. 9 UNC basketball team.
It is the team’s theme song for the season and serves as both inspiration and motivation for the Tar Heels: a reminder of what was and a promise of what could be.
“It really makes us angry; because all of us, last year, we didn’t like how it went, and I think this song really interpolates as a band what we feel and what we are trying to do,” said study center Armando Bacot. .
How did the team land on the song? Well, according to graduate forward Jae’Lyn Withers, he was queued up one day during a weight training session. The rest of the team listened and the words resonated. They all had something to prove: everyone had to return to where they once were.
For Bacot and senior guard RJ Davis, it’s about the national championship game they lost in 2022. For junior forward Harrison Ingram and graduate guard Cormac Ryan, it’s more about proving they can compete with the best players in the country after being transferred from underperformers. programs. But whatever the reason, they all want to come back.
Now, every time the Tar Heels have a tough win or a disappointing loss, they play the song as a reminder of their goals. This nourishes them and motivates them to keep pushing throughout the season.
But that’s not the only song they listen to. Music is an integral part of the team culture. It brings them together, gets them in the zone, and fosters a sense of team spirit and camaraderie that shines through on the field. And it all starts with the custom Carolina Blue Bumpboxx that Ingram convinced director of operations Eric Hoots to get at the start of the season.
Ingram said he wanted to bring gifts to the team – something that would energize everyone. So he opted for the Bumpboxx. Now, before every home game, the team brings the personalized boombox with them onto the field, usually on the shoulder of Zayden High or Duwe Farris. After a win, they blast it in the locker room, dancing and bouncing in celebration. They even travel with the speaker so they can listen to their music on the road.
Despite the love they all have for Bumpboxx, choosing which songs to play can be a difficult decision. Most of the time it comes down to vibrations, Withers said. They take into account, among other things, what they listened to the day before, the atmosphere in the room and their desire to dance.
