LOL @ DUKE.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by BWillie007

Why does everybody hate Duke? I've never understood it. They are a benchmark for any collegiate basketball program. They have great loyal fans. They graduate their players. They have some of the classiest people in basketball. So you are telling me you hate Grant Hill and Shane Battier? Yeah, what a bunch of intelligent assholes.. come on. I'm a KU fan, and by no means a Duke fan..but the reason for all of the Duke hate is simply jealousy and maybe a touch of hearing so much about them. But they deserve most of the cred they get

I don't mind a lot of their players, especially from 5+ years ago (although Wojo and Chrissy Collins can eat my ass). There are 2 things that people hate about Duke: 1) the national media's obsession with all things Duke. Last year the team underachieved and yet the media was lauding what a great coaching job K did with what little talent he had. The media didn't mention that most of the team were McD's All Americans coming out of high school. And 2) Coach K is a whiny little bitch. He pisses and moans about every single call made against his team and tends to pout and sulk when his team is not playing well.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by Swanman

I don't mind a lot of their players, especially from 5+ years ago (although Wojo and Chrissy Collins can eat my ass). There are 2 things that people hate about Duke: 1) the national media's obsession with all things Duke. Last year the team underachieved and yet the media was lauding what a great coaching job K did with what little talent he had. The media didn't mention that most of the team were McD's All Americans coming out of high school. And 2) Coach K is a whiny little bitch. He pisses and moans about every single call made against his team and tends to pout and sulk when his team is not playing well.

I have a conspiracy theory on this (why coach K seems to get favorable calls from the refs)....

Since Coach K is part of the same rat family that Mike Shanahan belongs too....they must have some sort of mind-control abilities that influence weak-minded officials and easily impressionable members of the media.

Never understimate the power of the rat!

We should look into this deeper and find other members of the rat family to see how deep this conspiracy goes....

[Kclee]

Duke lost their first two games in the '99-'00 season and yet were still in the top 25? Strange. I wonder how many teams have done that.

[bobbything]

I don't care for Duke because of Jason Williams a number of years ago. And JJ Redick. Maybe it's not them as much as the way Duke played basketball. I can't stand watching teams with the "we're going to shoot 35 three pointers per game; if we make 20, we're going to beat you" style of play. That's why I never cared for Tejas either.

I think part of it has to do with the 3 point line. I think it's done wonders for college basketball. But, in the same vein, I think it's dumbed down coaching.

Krezewsky doesn't look like much of a coach without JJ Redick, or a bunch of Hamburger AA's. Same with Rick Barnes.

But, I guess the same could be said for just about any coach.