What a great game last night right? The excuses are coming in fast and heavy since last nights loss to the Duke Blue Devils. I’ll recap some players, some plays, and throw in some of my own barbs because frankly I’m sick of listening to the crybabies over in UNC.
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5- The Matchup That Never Was - Every blog, newspaper article, that I’ve read in the past few days regarding Hansbrough and Henderson, you would have thought they were bringing their gloves to the basketball court. The Tarheel fan base tried to desperately make a mountain out of a mole hill and failed miserably. Why? Because they are scared to face the truth. What is the truth? Henderson called Hansbrough and apologized for the foul. Hansbrough accepted that apology. Then they proceeded to play pickup games against each other and together! UNC tried to make it appear like World War III, when in fact, it wasn’t even close to it.
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4- Lawson - What a joke. UNC fans are coming out of the woodwork making up excuses about Lawson not playing. What that really tells me is that your team sucks just because one player is out. If Duke loses Nelson, Scheyer, Henderson..whoever, we would still win. Duke can talk crap about not having a big man to match up against Hansbrough but we don’t. We didn’t recruit one and it appears we don’t need one. Everyone is bitching about Lawson’s ankle. What happens when you shut down Lawson when he plays? Maryland is what happens. Clemson is what happens. Georgia Tech is what happens. They didn’t lose them all but when you’re team is so heavily dependent upon one guard, its time for your team to re-evaluate your offensive strategy. Enough excuses already. I’m sick of your crying.
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3- Flopper of the Game Award - As stated in my previous post, how does a a 6′9″ 250 pound Center managed to draw 3 offensive fouls (almost 4) in the first half from gaurds that are half his size? For all the bullshit Paulus puts up with about flopping, I have news for you. Hansbrough really took the cake the first half with his fake flops. What a joke you UNC fans are.
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2- On to Duke - Why They Won - Duke won because they executed their game plan from start to finish the entire night. Drive and dish, drive and dish. Three, Three, and Three again. When you have a balanced team that can drain three pointers from everywhere its no surprise this game plan worked out just like it has all season. Whats so great about the drive and kick out is that Henderson or Nelson might just throw down when they drive. Any team has no choice but to collapse and stop the ball only to be beaten by a kick out and three pointer from down town.
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1- The number one reason we won last night - We’re Just Better Than You - period!
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Flopper? Please give me a break. Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t, but please…http://youtube.com/watch?v=fqPBJ_6y_5A
Boone, thats why its so hillarious. Everyone already knows and dishes it out to Paulus about his “flopping”, but when Hansbrough goes down 4 times vs. Duke noone says a word…except me, and whoever else was “Googling” he’s flops.
Good point about Hansbro flopping.
The “concussion” that he suffered earlier in the season was partly due to his flailing (close to a flop).
Duke played the game of the year I think. Everyone came into this season thinking that UNC was going to run the show and take care of things, when in fact they havent done nothing but fall apart when they needed to step up and win late. Hansborough’s flops was hilarious. We did what UNC has been trying to do since they lost against Maryland and thats win the ones that count the most. We went into UNC with one thing on our minds and that was winning, and we did what we had to do. Everyone contributed to the win, and Paulus and Scheyer played great, but I think Lance Thomas was the X-Factor. He was inside of every big play in the second half. All in all, chalk one down for the Blue Devils!! Lets take it back to Durham and do what we do so well!! GO DUKE!!!!!
Our issue (carolina fans) is, for the most part, with your coach, not with Henderson. I was fine with him after the appology and have actually respected Henderson since he was in high school. Our issue is with the pathetic excuses that Coach K. put out about how “Henderson was the victim”. He broke the guy’s nose. How could he be the victim? That was the most tasteless comment from a tastless coach that I have ever heard.
Good job on the win, although I am not sure who, exactly, was saying that it was a forgone conclusion Carolina would win. Enjoy the win.
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