reclegend22 wrote:
I don't need to answer a thread that was clearly created out of hate.
I hate a lot of things, too, including, most of all, North Carolina. But when they win the national title, I don't start threads about how it's tainted. No one cares, because they are champions.
If I WERE to answer the question, though, I'd say this trio of Singler, Scheyer and Smith, and the rest of the supporting cast, could play with anyone. They might not win 'em all, or even a majority, but they would win some and give anyone anything they could ask for. This is a stout TEAM and coached by Michael Krzyzewski. And they are a national champion. Enough said.
And for the record, they absolutely slaughtered a WVU team that handed it to Kentucky -- and had already done so when Butler went down. Anyone who brings Butler's injury into the mix is vastly reaching. The game was, as Billy Packer might say, ova.
Duke was very very dominant in the tournament. Anyone who says it was tainted is simply retarded.
georgemc80 wrote:
This team plays with Maryland and the first Florida team and could beat both. On a good day, they beat Michigan St.
There I answered the question with just as much speculation as anyone else.
In a one game type of scenario I think any national champ could beat another. Overall though, I don't think they would fare well most of the time vs the 01 Duke team, either UNC team, 04 UCONN, either Florida team, or Kansas in 08. I think they could hang with Michigan State, Maryland, and Syracuse.
This Duke team had terrific guard play - which is something almost every NC team has had. They were very improved inside this year, but I think where they fall short of other champs is that Lance Thomas/Zoubek/the Plumlees are not Darnell Jackson/Darrell Arthur/Cole Aldrich or Tyler Hansbrough/Deon Thompson/Ed Davis or Joakim Noah/Al Horford or Sean May/Jawad Williams/Marvin Williams.
