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These are the sorts of things that make this whole Internet wortwhile. The Phog Blog has a video of Missouri coach .Quin Snyder singing “Eye Of The Tiger” to his players to fire them up before a game. Just classic. Frankly, I like the “Glenn!” version better.
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Let’s try a little something different today. I want to get some chatter. Topic of conversation – Who’s the best big man in the ACC this year? Is it Shelden Williams, Eric Williams or Sean May? Shelden had all the early season love, but May and Big E have turned it on of late. Both…
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Like many other people, I have made some cracks about Maryland’s claim to be a rival of Duke’s despite Duke fans saying they aren’t. Well, if the Terps keep beating the Blue Devils, a true rivalry will grow. Nothing gets under the skin of a good team more than beating them consistently. It’s funny how…
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Ken Pomeroy’s stat o’ the week this week is Defensive Assist Percentage. As it sounds, it’s a rating of how many assists a team allows its opponents. When I read his description, the first team I thought of was Duke. They play that aggressive passing-lane defense that tries to take teams out of their sets.…
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NC State traveled to Winston-Salem last night and got the same treatment that most teams get there these days. A loss. It was a weird loss; for not-completely-clear reasons, Julius Hodge was benched for the first quarter of the game, but then came out and had by far his best game of the year. Hodge…
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There have been a number of confusing accusations in recent days about Georgia Tech and their recruitment of Sebastian Telfair. According to a new book, Telfair was offered $250,000 by a booster to attend Tech. Even in the shady world of big-time college athletics, $250K is a huge amount of money for a recruit. Considering…
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I wish I’d seen this yesterday, but it’s too good to skip. Yes, the game is over, but this article isn’t about last night’s game. It’s about the history of basketball in the Triangle and in particular how it created the Duke-Carolina rivalry. This piece was written by veteran writer Al Featherston who was recently…
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It wasn’t the most elegant game of basketball you’ll ever see. Shots clanked, dribbles bounced awry and passes whistled into the crowd. It was not a clinic of perfect basketball, but it was still a great game. You had two teams loaded with talented players going hard at each other and trying everything they could…
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It seemed like today would never come, right? You’ve been waiting for this game for weeks, if not all year. It’s the big one. The big clash between ancient rivals that captivates the nation. That’s right, the Seminoles of Florida State travel to U-Hall tonight to take on Virginia in yet another titanic tilt between…
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Last night’s games, Georgia Tech at Clemson and Virginia Tech at Maryland were hardly sexy matchups. It’s almost as if the ACC scheduled some dogs this week to avoid deflecting any attention away from Duke-Carolina. While those two games lacked star power, they had oodles of importance. Tech and Maryland are the only two non-Big…