Stay at the Washington Duke. Only place worth staying at.
Some great food options in Durham, but I’m not up on them.
You should post over at Duke Basketball Report off topic…. Lot of people from the area, and a lot of foodies.
My jaw is on the floor. What on earth happened? Was it unrealistic expectations from the young players? Was it poor recruiting by the coach? Was it new guys being brought in which forced the current guys to leave? Does Duke not have the money other schools have for NIL? is there a bad culture...
****ing hell what is happening? Went from being the only program in the country without a transfer last year to having no program left this year.
I hated OAD… this transfer/NIL crap might end all personal connection to college basketball.
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Coaching is just like teaching, it’s working with people, but in something fun! And if you can earn a living doing it, and if you are smart and doing it, that’s awesome!
I like this hire for Kentucky. He’s a Kentucky guy through and through, and by all accounts, incredibly smart and personable and crazy hard-working. And if it doesn’t work out, he serves as a buffer of sorts between Calipari and whoever’s next.
Ehhhh… but since 1985 (so removing the era of four teams to the title, only conference tourney winners go to the tourney, which hurts UNC especially hard given their conference, etc…)
Tournament Appearances:
UNC- 35
UCLA- 28
Sweet 16s:
UNC- 25
UCLA- 17
Final 4s:
UNC- 12
UCLA- 5
Title Games...
Would it be crazy to divide the Blue Bloods into like three brackets?
UK and UNC bracket 1 - the big two
Kansas and Duke bracket 2 - the next two
UCLA and UConn bracket 3 - two more with slight caveats
Intellectually I know. For sure. But if you look at the other stats, and the other schools, the last 40 years, it’s just not the same. They are a little bit more of an outlier, when it comes to discussion beyond title wins, you know?
Btw, man, UCLA… Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, Duke… all pretty easy to discuss. But that damn UCLA run of success being SO long ago, and in such a different environment… makes it so hard to include them in these discussions.
Uh, two thoughts.
One, I do enjoy discussing college basketball, and nonsense like “all time rankings”.
Second, I don’t have to cope with UConn winning. I don’t really care about UConn beating Purdue. I mean, good job winning! Wish we had (although we definitely weren’t good enough this...
So here’s the deal.
First off, holy hell, what a few years for UConn. The morning after winning a title is the best feeling on earth, and it never goes away. Enjoy, you bastards, and the new season is underway!:)
That said.
I believe that it isn’t ONLY about titles. It just isn’t, and...
Nah, I don't hate you. I just want a PG who hasn’t taken a two year break from actually making shots.
(And to save you the bother, I know, you need a big who hasn’t taken a five year vacation from actually scoring in the paint. It’s funny because it’s true. And I’ll see...