college hoops

[tommy]

figured there should be a place to discuss it...

and i just wanted an opportunity to say that WAYNE ELLINGTON OWNS YOU.

[car3hur]

figured there should be a place to discuss it...

and i just wanted an opportunity to say that WAYNE ELLINGTON OWNS YOU.

Clemson can't do anything right... losers.

[nccanes]

Ok - I watched the last few minutes of the UNC/MD game. Those stupid girls that were CRYING after UNC lost should be kicked out of the student section. Seriously, that had me ROARING with laughter. It's a regular season game girls, not the f'ing Nat'l Championship.

At least the little kid that was crying at the Duke game (wasn't it on ESPN at Cameron?) was....a little kid! :lol: :lol:

[car3hur]

Ok - I watched the last few minutes of the UNC/MD game. Those stupid girls that were CRYING after UNC lost should be kicked out of the student section. Seriously, that had me ROARING with laughter. It's a regular season game girls, not the f'ing Nat'l Championship.

At least the little kid that was crying at the Duke game (wasn't it on ESPN at Cameron?) was....a little kid! :lol: :lol:

Totally agree! Bunch of us had just come from skating the public up at the RecZone, and saw the end of the game...and roared with cheers after the Terps won, and roared with you in laughter after seeing the crying girls!

What a great weekend it's turning out to be!!!

[Mona2006]

E those girls were crying because Carolina ..the fans and the team... always think they are going to win. And as much as I despise them, they always seem to pull a rabbit out of the hat at the end..except today!! :lol: I hate the Terps too but I have my priorities. :D

Great day in college b-ball for me... the Pack wins..and the Holes lose! :lol:

[Solracer]

Good win for State they needed that. Also nice to see my Favorite Team not fold down the stretch against Clemson (an not need some click help :laugh: to win) and pull away.

[Lady J]

E those girls were crying because Carolina ..the fans and the team... always think they are going to win. And as much as I despise them, they always seem to pull a rabbit out of the hat at the end..except today!! :lol: I hate the Terps too but I have my priorities. :D

Great day in college b-ball for me... the Pack wins..and the Holes lose! :lol:



Uh oh, now! Do I dare to put my Tarheel foot in the pool?! :D aheehee.

I'm excited about this season - State is competitive, UNC is strong, Duke is actually human, and Wake Forest is impressive. It's going to to be a great basketball season.

[Mona2006]

my Tarheel foot



I forgive you and love you anyway. :p :kiss: (but you are making it hard when you throw that "Shanny" factor in as well) :lol:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Ok - I watched the last few minutes of the UNC/MD game. Those stupid girls that were CRYING after UNC lost should be kicked out of the student section. Seriously, that had me ROARING with laughter. It's a regular season game girls, not the f'ing Nat'l Championship.


That's because they're the most coddled fans in all of sports. They have no idea what adversity is. And because they were probably smashed. :lol:

[nccanes]

:lol:

http://www.thewolfweb.com/photos/00491082.jpg

[Solracer]

If you go to the 850the buzz blog they have video up and right where that screen capture is you can hear someone yell "Go back to the Ghetto" nice... (I know there are crappy fans with any team)

[Lady J]

I forgive you and love you anyway. :p :kiss: (but you are making it hard when you throw that "Shanny" factor in as well) :lol:



I know. I'm so gross. :lol: Thanks for overlooking my disgusting habits.


But then again, we still embrace Chickie despite her Tucker love.

[tommy]

Just for kicks: courtesy of Ian Williams, 1990 DTH columnist. If you've read it before, it's just as lovely the second (or 502nd) time through.

Ian Williams' Insiders Guide to Hating Dook:

"I recall a strange and hazy time about four and a half years ago, fretting in the sweltering heat of 244 Hinton James Residence Hall, sitting stilted on my bed while the rest of the residents scurried outside.

My suitemate from Brevard was parading his Spittle Collection, a particularly nauseating amass of his oral waste that he kept in three 2-liter bottles over the door. My roommate spoke in a dialect from Edenton that barely passed for anything on our side of the language tree, and the only things I had to wear in the 105-degree weather were corduroy pants from my goofball private high school. Tripping over the bricks, showing up for classes in rooms miles away from where the classes were taught and getting lost by the water tower, I might as well have had a huge placard wrapped around my neck that said, "Oh so clueless," and a number to call in case anybody found me peeing in his yard.

But there was a time before this, an epoch so dark and dreary that when I think of it, I see visions of monks, tilted medieval heads and plague victims. I call it The Time When I Thought I Wanted to Go to Duke.

For some unexplainable reasons having to do with planet alignment or a chemical imbalance, I was pretty well set on going to that university in Durham. My high school in Virginia brainwashed us all into thinking that if we didn't end up going to either Duke, UVa. or one of the Ivys we would surely end up stocking Pampers at Wal-Mart or taking the toll on the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel. So off I scuttled to these schools, all bushy tailed and bated, hopin' to impress some institutes of higher learning. By the time I got to visiting Duke, however, the luster of college had begun to dull into a bleak haze.

My tour guide's name was Lorna -- no lie -- and she spoke in a loud, brash voice that seemed to shake the leaves from the cute little shrubberies.

"And on your left is Duke Chapel, the centerpiece of our Gothic campus. Our university is considered by many to be the most beautiful campus in America."

"Umm, excuse me," I said, "Where do all the kids live?"

"The kids," she said, in a voice of utter disdain reserved only for parents whose child had been very, very naughty. "The Duke student body mostly lives in the buildings you are looking at right here, with the beautiful Gothic architecture."

"Well how hard are the classes here? Would I be studying all the time?"

She fixed her cruel New Jersey gaze on my frightened 17-year-old soul. "Look, that's totally assuming you even get in here at all. I know tons of people that would have given their left arm to get in here. And not only that, but -- oh hi, Thad!" Some senior named Thad wearing Vuarnets and baggy khaki shorts ambled up with an evil Gleem smile.

"Leadin' the kids around, eh Lorna?" he said, and cackled like the frat Grinch.

"Yeah," she giggled, and the two whispered to each other while exchanging muffled laughs.

I was herded into the cafeteria and stuck in a line for pizza, while Lorna went off into the crowd with some of her friends. A scowling guy slapped a piece of rubber pepperoni pizza on my plate, and as I walked across the room to sit down, I tripped on one of those Beautiful Gothic little cherub things on the floor and sent my pizza flying 20 feet onto the sweater of a girl named Annabeth, a junior English major from Bridgeport, Conn.

"OH MY GOD!" she squealed, and every face in the entire joint looked right at me. Thad the Sunglasses man started to clap, and half of the cafeteria joined in at my humiliation.

Suddenly, I was back in third grade, and all the boys and girls were pointing and laughing at the picture I'd drawn of my family. Suddenly, I was sitting alone at the side of the blacktop while everyone else got picked for the dodgeball team. Suddenly, I was lying in the Iowa snow, getting my ribs kicked by five guys who thought I'd stolen their football. I had no escape.

And that's when I decided to go to Carolina. I had never seen the place, never heard of Chapel Hill, and I picked Hinton James because the brochure said it had a laundry room. After a while I grew used to the town; I didn't get lost behind the water tower, I learned what Gardner Hall was, and I began to enjoy the company of my suitemate, despite his spittle collection. I also developed a taste for basketball, and during the games I noticed that we had certain heated rivalries -- whenever we played one of these teams, I got tense and dug holes in the seat.

Now I realize that school spirit is a pretty goofy thing to some people, and we don't really have a reason to hate other institutions of higher learning, but I'll tell you something -- I hate Duke with an infernal passion undying. I hate every leaf of every tree of that sickening campus. I hate every fake cherub 1930s Gothic piece of crap that litters the buildings like hemorrhoidal testaments to their imagined superiority. When I see those Dookie boneheads shoe-polishing their faces navy blue on national television, squandering their parents' money with their fratty elitist bad sportsmanship antics and Saab stories, I want to puke all over Durham.

So this is my request, boys of basketball: Tonight, I not only want you to win, I want Krzyzewski calling home to his mother with tears in his eyes. I want Alaa Abdelnaby to throw up brick after brick. I want Rick Fox to take Christian Laettner to the hoop so many times that poor Christian will be dazed on the bench with an Etch-a-Sketch and a box of Crayola Crayons. I want Bobby Hurley to trip on his shoelaces and fly into a fat alumnus from Wilmington! Send Thad and Lorna home with their blue tails between their legs!

God bless them Tar Heel boys!"

Editor's note: Ian Williams, a 1990 UNC alumnus, was a columnist for The Daily Tar Heel in the spring 1990 semester. The DTH editorial page staff felt that its thematic content remains relevant as a wonderful reminder of why we hate Duke. The column ran Jan. 17, 1990 -- that night, the Tar Heels upset the Blue Devils by 19.

[Mona2006]

Glad the Pack sucked it up and won another on Saturday. Nice to see them keep it together in the closing seconds and not give it away. Hopefully they can finish the season strong.

Go Pack! :spin:

[Solracer]

Duke Beat Maryland!! :)

[puck_it]

*snicker* :lol: nice one

[Mona2006]

Pack has quite a task tonight.. the Devils in Cameron..:sick:

Go Pack...work some magic please!!

[Mona2006]

Well it was good....for awhile. :sick: Somebody should have broken Paulus' arm or legs. :evil:

[Solracer]

State had me worried in the first half they were getting the ball up court and down into the post with regularity, and their turnovers were not turning into points for Duke.

Duke came out with some high intensity in the second half much like against Maryland to win, and State did/could not match it.

[Mona2006]

State had me worried in the first half they were getting the ball up court and down into the post with regularity, and their turnovers were not turning into points for Duke.



Had you worried?? You should have been cheering them on. :p

[Mona2006]

Fantastic finish by the Pack yesterday against Wake. Awesome dunk by McCauley. :spin:

I found myself looking at the Wake bench and wondering where Skip was. :cry:

I was watching the slideshow on wraltv.com and noticed that all the coaches wore sneakers. Is that usual or was there some reason for it?

[VandyCane]

I was watching the slideshow on wraltv.com and noticed that all the coaches wore sneakers. Is that usual or was there some reason for it?

Both coaches during the Vandy-Auburn game had sneakers on also, so I think it must have been for a special reason.

[StormChaserBH]

Both coaches during the Vandy-Auburn game had sneakers on also, so I think it must have been for a special reason.

They're doing it to support "Coaches vs. Cancer":

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/95451.php

[Mona2006]

Thanks SCBH... great cause. :)

[Mona2006]

Well tonight I am cheering for the "lesser of two evils".. Let's Go Duke!

[Solracer]

Well tonight I am cheering for the "lesser of two evils".. Let's Go Duke!

Works for me!
However as Duke fan I would not be surprised if Duke loses this game tonight even if Lawson is out, should be a interesting game.

[dakuwan]

I'll be watching paint dry, more interesting. :lol:

[LostTexan]

Well tonight I am cheering for the "lesser of two evils".. Let's Go Duke!
I'm hoping for a power failure at the stadium causing a cancellation of the game.

[Mona2006]

I'm hoping for a power failure at the stadium causing a cancellation of the game.

and then they BOTH officially lose?? Works for me! :lol:

[cmw00]

This should be an interesting game! Dukes perimeter play vs. Carolinas superior size and talent down low. If Hansborough shows up to play and somebody else can get the ball to him I'm not sure Duke has an answer. Likewise I'm not sure if the heel's big guys can guard well outside.

[livinthedream]

Meh. I hope they both lose.

[Caniac]

Holes lose. Yay for the lesser of two evils.

[Jillsdad]

HOW BOUT THEM BLUE DEVILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure hope Roy is okay.....pretty scary when he almost fainted but I know he has been dealing with vertigo issues for years.


Tyler was great but a team will beat an individual most every time.

DEVILS in the driver's seat for the #1 seed in the East

[Mona2006]

Coach K and Paulus.. :sick: but still.. :nanner: :lol:

[Alicia]

:spin::nanner:

[car3hur]

HOW BOUT THEM BLUE DEVILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure hope Roy is okay.....pretty scary when he almost fainted but I know he has been dealing with vertigo issues for years.


Tyler was great but a team will beat an individual most every time.

DEVILS in the driver's seat for the #1 seed in the East

Until they get knocked off once AGAIN by the UCONN Huskies in Tournament play come March. Beat Carolina all you want...you Devils aint got NOTHIN on us. ;)

But going back to the game though, unbelievable 3-point shooting by the Dookies the entire game. Duke just looked like they wanted it more...better rebounding, better shooting %...way to take it to em.

ABC - ANYBODY.BUT.CAROLINA :D

[Mona2006]

Canes suck..my Pack sucks.. I think I will take up needlepoint instead of sports. :sick:

[LostTexan]

So UNC-ch trails clemson all game but came back to win it in double OT. Clemson just cant buy a win there.

[tommy]

0-for-everything.

(everything = 53, just to remind everyone.)

crowd was epic, as was the comeback. still sure would be nice to get lawson back soon, though.

[Caniac]

I think we need an LGC version of "Travellin' Tyler's Travellin' Travellin' Thread."

He does more walking in one game than those old ladies at the mall do in a month.

Not to mention he flops more than a decked flounder. Biggest guy on the court goes down when somebody farts within 5 feet of him.

Still, Paulus gets the ACC flopping distinction.

[puck_it]

paulus might kick yer balls

[Mona2006]

I agree about Handj*b... he goes down if the ballboys wipe the floor and the towel creates a wind. And he carries the ball all the time. I can't watch the Holes unless they are losing in the final seconds. Then I watch with glee while the players and fans cry. Ah the joy of it all. :lol:

Women as well. Last season when Ivory Latta was crying, I was LMAO. :lol:

[tommy]

it sure is funny when the heels' fans cry, isn't it? we make it look so terrible. if only we could have the decency that you traveling state fans had when you sat in stunned, motionless stupidity after we handed your team their collective asses at the dean dome last month. what was that halftime score again?

[Caniac]

it sure is funny when the heels' fans cry, isn't it? we make it look so terrible. if only we could have the decency that you traveling state fans had when you sat in stunned, motionless stupidity after we handed your team their collective asses at the dean dome last month. what was that halftime score again?


tommy, the rest of us were joking around and you just crossed the line. Don't single anyone here out like that again.

[Jillsdad]

I am sorry Tommy....I noticed they turned off the cameras before they could show any more scened of Hole fans crying after the beatdown last week at the hands of the Blue Devils. Maybe eventually Roy will win a championship with his own players instead of relying on Matt Doherty's recruits to win. And Quentin Thomas had played 3 games in a row....does that qualify him to have his jersey hung in the rafters?

[Mona2006]

Matt Doherty's recruits to win.

Matt Doherty..now that's a Carolina coach that I loved. :lol:

[tommy]

I am sorry Tommy....I noticed they turned off the cameras before they could show any more scened of Hole fans crying after the beatdown last week at the hands of the Blue Devils. Maybe eventually Roy will win a championship with his own players instead of relying on Matt Doherty's recruits to win. And Quentin Thomas had played 3 games in a row....does that qualify him to have his jersey hung in the rafters?



oh gawd, don't even get me started on quentin thomas. i'm sure he's a fantastic guy but he's way too into the j.j. hickson-esque, crazy turnover stuff. when we get lawson back though, we will be unstoppable. i think his absence is making everyone work harder.


and caniac, i apologize if that truly came across as offensive, but i'm just callin' it like it is. if state fans here can mock heels fans for crying, can't i point out a similar thing? again, not trying to be snarky, but that really was the best way i could describe several state fans i saw in the dean dome that day. my bad, didn't think anyone would really take offense. sorry to anyone who did.

[Caniac]

The point is you didn't say "state fans" you said YOU state fans and called them stupid, in response to someone here. And yes, that's out of line.

[puck_it]

when a team gets blown out of the water, who isnt going to be shocked. dont give that weak rhetoric. But crying (on natl TV) because your team is now 18-1 instead of 19-0 is friggen LAME. It's not even like it was the last game of the season.

apples and troutsicles tommy, they're that different.

[tommy]

wait. so because the team i support is better than the one you guys support, that means there are restrictions on the way myself and my team's fans can react that don't apply to you? pretty weak.

i wouldn't have kept this going but that's just so far beyond lame. i would hope people have thicker skin anyway. i think you know i wasn't directly insulting anyone on this messageboard. just because i used the word stupid instead of 'lame,' like puck_it, i'm getting called out, and that's pretty uncool.

[Caniac]

No tommy, you still don't get it. You referenced an actual individual ON THIS BOARD. You used the term YOU statefans in direct response to an individual here and called them stupid.

This ends now. If you can't see what you did wrong maybe you need a timeout yourself.