Congrats Blue Devils One Down, One to Go
Well what kind of fan would I be if I didn't at least mention that I was happy to see my favorite basketball team win. I mean if I don't blog about the college basketball season it will be all politics and random thoughts for the rest of the year and although that may be curiously entertaining, i'll feel that I have missed a window of opportunity. After all, my television stays either off or away from sports channels during the entirety of Baseball and Football season (snooze).
Of course, this also provides the chance to point out that the tar heels sucked in the tourney like they did during the year and send people to a great article mentioning this fact. Not to mention a great quote from Roy Williams stating that he can't survive another season like this. Could this mean that another bad season and Roy will leave. Duke and State (and Kansas?) fans could only hope.
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Back to Duke. In a sub-par ACC this year, Duke hasn't lost their competitive edge and to say that they were dominant would be an understatement. The only other team in the ACC worth mentioning that kept the same attitude was Maryland. The rest fought each other for mediocrity. As exciting as that is from the Duke fan side of me, that isn't much fun from the ACC fan side. I think that pretty much means that we should expect to get throttled in the NCAA tourney as a conference. Maybe I should stop getting off topic. Congrats to the Blue Devils, i'll say it because being in the triangle i'm one of the few that will. The Blue Devils aren't loved by most around here but the silent voices during basketball season (when people are usually going on and on) is pretty much the indication.
So what now, well if you've filled out your bracket already, you will see Duke (1 seed) in the south for the NCAA tourney. Looks fairly good for them if they play like they have been. A possible final four game against WVU and they might make it pretty far. I'm excited although I go into ACC mode now so i'll be going for all of the ACC teams. Good luck to them all and here's hoping that UNC doesn't get an NIT invite ;).
Of course, this also provides the chance to point out that the tar heels sucked in the tourney like they did during the year and send people to a great article mentioning this fact. Not to mention a great quote from Roy Williams stating that he can't survive another season like this. Could this mean that another bad season and Roy will leave. Duke and State (and Kansas?) fans could only hope.
In case you are reading this via facebook, check out
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/champweek2010/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4987891
Sometimes the links don't transfer.
Back to Duke. In a sub-par ACC this year, Duke hasn't lost their competitive edge and to say that they were dominant would be an understatement. The only other team in the ACC worth mentioning that kept the same attitude was Maryland. The rest fought each other for mediocrity. As exciting as that is from the Duke fan side of me, that isn't much fun from the ACC fan side. I think that pretty much means that we should expect to get throttled in the NCAA tourney as a conference. Maybe I should stop getting off topic. Congrats to the Blue Devils, i'll say it because being in the triangle i'm one of the few that will. The Blue Devils aren't loved by most around here but the silent voices during basketball season (when people are usually going on and on) is pretty much the indication.
So what now, well if you've filled out your bracket already, you will see Duke (1 seed) in the south for the NCAA tourney. Looks fairly good for them if they play like they have been. A possible final four game against WVU and they might make it pretty far. I'm excited although I go into ACC mode now so i'll be going for all of the ACC teams. Good luck to them all and here's hoping that UNC doesn't get an NIT invite ;).
posted by Brian Hetzell at 9:59 PM
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