The last post on this page was me analyzing the NCAA brackets and trying to convince myself that Duke had a shot at a long tournament run. Not only did Duke underachieve YET AGAIN (did we really just recruit two more tall unathletic white guys who refuse to be post players and instead just shoot [...]
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Posted in Basketball on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NIT Level Intellect Applied to the NCAA Brackets
Posted in Basketball on March 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
After the horror of last year when all the number 1 seeds made it to the final four, I’m betting this year gets us back to the days of upsets and multi-numerical final fours. Basically what I’ve done is fill out two brackets. The first is with Michael Orr from The AD Hall. I filled [...]
College Hoops Observations: Duke and I Won!
Posted in Basketball on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I won the SP Sports ACC Tournament bracket challenge. Sure only four people participated, but frankly even if twenty people had been in it I still would’ve won. I only missed two games in the entire tournament; VT beat Miami and Georgia Tech upset Clemson. Maybe I should’ve seen the VT victory over Miami coming, [...]
College Hoops Observations: The Calm Before the Storm
Posted in Basketball on March 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m writing this before Duke plays BC tonight because if Duke loses I won’t write another one of these until just before the NCAA tournament. So here’s the random thoughts I’ve got going on:
Ty Lawson won ACC Player of the Year, which I actually agree with because he was the most indispensable player on the [...]
ACC Tournament Bracket Challenge
Posted in Basketball on March 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
First of all, there is no basketball God. Duke can’t keep up with unc to save their life and College of Charleston beat Davidson in the conference tournament semifinals only to lose to Chattanooga in the championship game. So CofC first ends Davidson’s 40 some odd game home winning streak to become the first SoCon [...]
Laettner Recreates “The Shot”
Posted in Basketball on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s see, I like vitamin water, I love Duke, and I like when commercials get a little ‘salty’. Thus, this is now officially my favorite commercial. The fact that Pitino calls Laettner an asshole is hilarious. So here’s the commercial and after that it’s the actual shot, which I could watch on an endless loop [...]
Bill Simmons Explains the Financial Woes of the NBA
Posted in Basketball on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I find the ways in which the poor economy is affecting sports to be incredibly interesting. NFL free agency started last night and it’s crazy that these guys are trying to get contracts for hundreds of millions of dollars while the rest of us simply settle for jobs that pay like 8 bucks an hour. [...]
College Hoops Observations: Henderson Flips Turtles but Inadvertently Sounds Duke’s Death Knell
Posted in Basketball on February 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Duke Thoughts
Gerald Henderson is a BEAST. The dunk he had where he goes up with two hands, then stretches out and dunks it with one hand was absolutely absurd. How did he do that? Scientists at NASA are working around the clock on that.
Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve written one of these because [...]
Who’s Your Daddy? Battier!
Posted in Basketball on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First the Duke Basketball Report had this article, then Michael Orr emailed it to me, then Deadspin had it not once, but twice on their site. It’s an article written by the guy who wrote Moneyball. The article centers on Duke legend Shane Battier and how his play on a team is critical but difficult [...]
College Hoops Observations: Duke Goes to #1 in OUR HOUSE!
Posted in Basketball on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Duke Thoughts
Duke destroyed Maryland 85-44.
I wasn’t totally impressed with the offensive sets, or lack thereof I should say, Duke ran for the first 10 minutes. It was like we turned off the offense and just decided to drive to the basket whether it was open or not. Outside of Henderson, unless we’ve spread the floor [...]
