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dis·in·gen·u·ous (dĭs’ĭn-jĕn‘yū-əs) adj. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: “an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who … exemplified … the most disagreeable traits of his time” (David Cannadine). Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naif. Mike Krzyzewski: “I never look at talking to the referee as “working the ref.” I think that’s one…
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I got an email last night from a reader that said exactly what I was thinking – the ACC Coach of the Year award was settled last night. No question. The three men in the running were Coach K, Roy Williams and Dave Leitao, all for slightly different reasons. Krzyzewski was considered because while his…
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Remember back in the fall when the N&O had one of their art guys (Gray Blackwell) do those Flash satires of Chuck Amato and John Bunting? They were great and I was wondering if they would ever do some for basketball. Well, the wait is over. Blackwell has now spoofed Mike Krzyzewski and it’s damn…
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It was a tough week for the ACC. Duke struggled against two weak teams, one a non-conference game, and the bubble teams all played like they didn’t want the hassle of booking travel to the NCAAs. Virginia actually deserves credit for stepping up onto the bubble early in the week with a huge win over…
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02/21/06 Virginia 72, Boston College 58 – Charlottesville, VA Maybe BC got a bit too lax after winning eight straight ACC games. They certainly didn’t play like they respected Virginia in this one and they paid the price. The Cavs led from the opening bucket and looked impressive all the way. This win produced a…
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It was bound to happen eventually. There is a lot of competition in the world of sports reporting. There are a lot of news sources and only so many stories. On top of that, you have the explosion of sports blogs in the past couple of years and it was inevitable that some chump with…
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Thanks to the guys at ACC BasketBlog for reminding me that I wanted to write about this. Motivated by J.J. Redick’s run at the ACC scoring record, Caulton Tudor of the Raleigh News & Observer wrote a piece this weekend on the greatest ACC backcourt and frontcourt players. To get right to the point, his…
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You’ve probably seen this by now, but I’ll risk an obvious post for this story. An autistic kid served as his high school basketball team’s manager for several years. It was a great job for him, as he loved basketball and loved being around it. In the last game of the season, the decided to…
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I’m sure you’ve all ready this by now, but bear with me. I hardly ever make it over to the World Wide Leader’s website anymore. When I do, it’s usually to read a Bill Simmons column and this one about his visit to the NBA All-Star game is a great one. In particular his stories…
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This J.J. Redick versus Adam Morrison race really has been remarkable. In my history of following college basketball, I can only recall one player from a major school leading the nation in scoring – Glenn Robinson of Purdue (to be fair, I didn’t even remember that he led the nation until this Featherston article). There…