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Will Bynum was one of my favorite ACC players the last couple of years. He’s just an offensive terror. He’s short, but strong, quick and tenacious. I honestly think that he was the hardest player in the league to keep from getting to the rim – including Chris Paul and Raymond Felton. (On top of…
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The ACC, led mainly by UNC and Duke had a heck of a month of basketball recruiting in May. I’ve already written a couple of pieces about their successes, but another school that did surprisingly well is Florida State. The Seminoles, coming off a dreadful season, outfought UNC for 2005 big man Uche Echefu and…
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I’ve been meaning to write a lacrosse article for weeks now. Ever since Sports Illustrated put lacrosse on their cover (albeit as the secondary story), I’ve wanted to capitalize on their momentum. Since then, other news outlets have been running “lacrosse is hot” pieces. The local News & Observer ran one, the Greensboro News &…
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The rivalry is back. And it might be better than ever. A little recent history for you. Not too long after Mike Krzyzewski had established Duke as a legitimate first-tier program in the late 80s and early 90s, Dean Smith retired (and to head off any hate mail, I’m not suggesting Dean retired because of…
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I ran across an article that someone had cut and pasted to a message board at thesabre.com and thought I needed to share it. It’s not clear where the article originated, so I’m just going to paste the whole thing in here. It’s signed by a Ryan Jordan, who may or may not be the…
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Stewardess: Would you like something to read? Woman: Do you have anything light? Stewardess: Umm, how about this leaflet: “Famous Jewish Sports Legends”? Well, it’s time to add another line to the leaflet! It might even be a pamphlet by now. Not only is Duke recruit Jon Scheyer Jewish, but so was the entire starting…
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Mike at Braves & Birds found a fantastic site the other day. It’s a website that collects and reports ratings of college football, basketball and baseball coaches. The ratings are done exclusively by current and former players of those coaches. Talk about your interesting inside info! The basketball ratings don’t seem to be very mature…
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Duke landed top prep shooting guard John Scheyer yesterday. Scheyer was named first-team all-state in Illinois this year after leading his team to the state title as a junior. The really interesting side to this story is that Scheyer was heavily recruited by in-state power Illinois. Scheyer’s high school coach? A certain Dave Weber, brother…
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When Julius Hodge graduated from NC State this past Saturday, he was just fulfilling a contractual obligation. Back before he began at State, his mother made him sign a document stating that he would graduate. And then she had the contract notarized. Now that’s a great woman. I wish more moms (and dads) of players…
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I’ve been a bit lax in my blog reading lately. My bad. I just now caught up with Chris Chase’s site and found two fantastic posts. The first is about our country’s near catastrophic loss of the great Tony Danza. The second one is a hilarious review of Shavlik Randolph’s curious decision. Chris is bringing…