bucks36
Posts: 182
Mar 13, 2011 2:32pm
Every time a defender touches you, you get to go to the FT line and you are allowed to get away with assault on defense. Then in the rare case when an official makes a mistake and makes a call against Duke, your coach has your back and will bitch and whine for the next 3 trips up and down the court so you will again get every call your way for the next 10 minutes. That would be awesome.
Gotdamn I fuckin' hate Duke.
/rant.
Gotdamn I fuckin' hate Duke.
/rant.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Mar 13, 2011 2:47pm
I agree.....but not sure this thread is necessary. I think teams like Duke and UNC both get more than their share of calls.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Mar 13, 2011 3:07pm
If it weren't for the refs, Duke would never win anything.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 13, 2011 3:56pm
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 13, 2011 4:00pm
Coach K said it best after a tournament game a few years ago, when a reporter asked him whether or not he thought officials favor Duke.
Replied Krzyzewski, "I sure hope they do."
2011. ACC. Champion.
Replied Krzyzewski, "I sure hope they do."
2011. ACC. Champion.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Mar 13, 2011 4:31pm
Any generalizations?
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dokken
Posts: 230
Mar 13, 2011 5:41pm
Duke Vitale was screaming after the game, "Put Duke on the top line baby!"
Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Mar 13, 2011 5:52pm
reclegend22;710036 wrote:
2011. ACC. Tournament. Champion.
Fixed.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 13, 2011 5:58pm
Not fixed. The ACC Tournament Champion is THE ACC Champion.
Per Wikipedia and the Atlantic Coast Conference By-Laws:
"The ACC Men's Basketball Tournament (popularly known as the ACC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1954, one year after the conference's creation. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament."
Learn your basketball history. You just got "pwned" and I hate that term.
Per Wikipedia and the Atlantic Coast Conference By-Laws:
"The ACC Men's Basketball Tournament (popularly known as the ACC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1954, one year after the conference's creation. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament."
Learn your basketball history. You just got "pwned" and I hate that term.
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ironman02
Posts: 4,989
Mar 13, 2011 6:00pm
LOL. Did you have that ready in anticipation that someone would say it?
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georgemc80
Posts: 983
Mar 13, 2011 7:33pm
Boo Hoo
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Mar 13, 2011 9:16pm
Then why do they and every other major conference refer to someone as the "Regular Season Champ"?
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 13, 2011 9:20pm
bigkahuna;710987 wrote:Then why do they and every other major conference refer to someone as the "Regular Season Champ"?
The ACC does not award a trophy to the regular season champion. It only recognizes it on a banner(hence the "cloth champion"). Is it a great accomplishment? Absolutely.
However, the ACC is different from all of the other conferences in that it recognizes its tournament champ as THE ACC CHAMPION.
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Mar 13, 2011 9:54pm
I think most of the other conferences do the same thing. You hear people use Conference Champion and Tournament Champion interchangeably. However, the regular season champ is always referred to as just that.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 13, 2011 10:02pm
bigkahuna;711068 wrote:I think most of the other conferences do the same thing. You hear people use Conference Champion and Tournament Champion interchangeably. However, the regular season champ is always referred to as just that.
The ACC recognizes the tournament champ as The ACC Champion. NOT the ACC Tournament Champion. There is no ACC Regular Season Champ.
The phrases are not interchangeable in the ACC.
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Mar 13, 2011 10:04pm
If you play for Duke, you also always get the first couple rounds of the tournament in North Carolina every year. This year is no exception, despite being in the "West" bracket.
swamisez
Posts: 1,990
Mar 13, 2011 10:43pm
I actually have a picture of a trophy in the Duke trophy case that says ACC regular season champion. It was from the 1990's. I dont know if the ACC gave it out, or if Duke produced it? I have seen that trophy.
I will try to find the pic of it. It was just a simple bowl shaped trophy.
I will try to find the pic of it. It was just a simple bowl shaped trophy.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 13, 2011 11:57pm
LOL. No, I did not. BUt I've used that same passage from Wikipedia so many times that I should just create a Word document for it (much like Ahdonis does for Duke poster's past quotes here).ironman02 wrote:LOL. Did you have that ready in anticipation that someone would say it?
swamisez
Posts: 1,990
Mar 14, 2011 12:14am
Another reason to want to play for Duke, a top notch medical staff at your beckon call
swamisez
Posts: 1,990
Mar 14, 2011 12:16am
[video]http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/blogpost/9258828/[/video]
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Prescott
Posts: 2,569
Mar 14, 2011 12:29am
It's been that way forever. Get used to it.Every time a defender touches you, you get to go to the FT line and you are allowed to get away with assault on defense. Then in the rare case when an official makes a mistake and makes a call against Duke, your coach has your back and will bitch and whine for the next 3 trips up and down the court so you will again get every call your way for the next 10 minutes. That would be awesome.
Andre Sweet - Former Duke player - transferred to Seton Hall. Said this about Coach K and the refs:
'So, is it true? Does Duke really get all the calls?' " Sweet mimics. "I'm like, 'Of course, it's true. It's Duke.' It's Mike Krzyzewski. The refs were afraid of him. He could get you calls that no one else could get. That's part of playing for Duke.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Mar 14, 2011 5:55pm
[video=youtube;mL1y8HoVtY0][/video]
Look at the defensive versatility of Singler.
Look at the defensive versatility of Singler.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 14, 2011 6:00pm
Yes, do. Kyle Singler drew a charge on that play. Excellent positioning. And even if it wasn't, them's the breaks. Cope with it.karen lotz wrote:Look at the defensive versatility of Singler.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 14, 2011 6:04pm
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE being hated.
We Are Duke.
We Are Duke.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 14, 2011 6:07pm
And LOL at Dexter Strickland thinking he could use Singler as an elevator.