By Mark Buckets
Chalk another Maui Invitational Title up for the Duke Blue Devils. As most of you already know, this was the fourth title for Duke in the 25 year history of this prestigious event. Kyle Singler - who was lauded for his tenacious offensive rebounding by yours truly - was named the tournament MVP.
The the title game was, frankly, a bore. Both teams combined for 43 personal fouls - of which 27 were assessed to the Golden Eagles. The vultures are circling around Ed Hightower after this one - and, after watching this one, rightly so. I'll be the first to say - and I mean the first - that the anti-Duke sentiment is undeserved. How can you bash a program that hasn't even entered the NCAA infractions committee's area code under a coach that has done it "the right way"? Sure, much of the vile is self-inflicted - perpetual ACC pusher Dick Vitale doesn't assist in improving Duke's public image - but is also unnecessary.
There I go again, going off on a tangent.
Back to the game, Mark.
Some brief observations (hello SI's Stuart Mandel) from tonight's game:
-As I've stated in previous posts, Sean McDonough needs to pipe down when it comes to analysis. But we needn't go down that path now.
-Tom Crean has put on some serious poundage. You know a coach is in denial when he reaches for a diet pepsi during a stoppage in play - as Crean did tonight - conveniently placed on the scorers table.
-On the subject of Mr.Crean, how many basketball coaches do you know use a laminated play-chart? Remember, these kids aren't football players. Remembering to tuck in jerseys is considered a mental chore.
-Yet another Tom Crean observation that ties into the weight loss issue. Do you really need to wear a windbreaker in a gym where temperatures routinely hover around 90 degrees. Besides, losing water weight won't help him shed that belly fat.
-DeMarcus Nelson is an absolute bull. Despite all of his shooting and ball-handling issues, he continues to gather garbage points through sheer athleticism. Hence, Coach K will utilize him more around the basket than ever before. That's saying something, considering his penchant for rebounding throughout his career.
-You have to be impressed with the babysitting job that Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas do with Sean Mickee. When given the chance to speak - and break the game down - they are second to none. Too bad that CBS has them on separate broadcast teams during the NCAA Tournament (Bilas is paired with Dick Enberg and Raftrey with Verne Lundquist.)
-And finally, if I'm a Marquette fan - which I am not - I wouldn't be too concerned with tonight's result. Sure, it would have been an NCAA tournament-booster - when it comes to seeding, of course - but it is not a death knell. In significant foul trouble most of the game, the Eagles keep Duke within striking distance. Not a bad result considering the situation.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
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Calling the fashion police!!! The windbreaker was an unforgivable fashion faux pas. Arrest that man right now!!!!
He was probably trying to hide the weight gain with that atrocious windbreaking monstrosity. But his crime against fashion has been documented. And we haven't even touched on the subject of the man's hair ..... I mean, does that man really still part his hair down the middle? HELLO Tom Crean, The 80's are calling ..... they want their hair back!!!!
Tom Crean does have one thing going for him though ....... with his fashion sense he definitely has a future in TV ...... on EXTREME MAKEOVER!!!
Grrrr.
Phillip,
Your comment was really catty. But if that's how you roll, then whatever. I guess it is kind of cool that one of Hollywood/Manhattan's premier fashionistas is coming on here and posting comments on this blog.
So, as with all our commenters (including the ones who rip us), you're welcome back any time.
But I've got to admit that I'm a little surprised you didn't comment on Tom Crean's popping of his collar (albeit, windbreaker collar).
And I would have expected some commentary on the laminated clipboard as well. Is that a misstep too, or the clipboard a clever new way to accessorize?
I asked you a question in the comments section of another post because somebody told me that you're predictions are always "spot on." I'm still waiting for an answer, by the way.
But now I see that you're branching out into fashion commentary too.
So now I've got a fashion question for you too.
Anyway, what do you think of my pants? Do they make me look fat? Do I really have too much abdominal fat protruding below my belt? I've been told that I have "front butt," but I don't know exactly what that means. Do you think that I have "front butt?" And if so, what can I do to hide it?
My wife has told me to try wearing pinstripes. I'm a Yankees fan, so I'm not totally averse to pinstripes. But I don't know if I can pull off wearing pinstripes on the sidelines. I've started wearing hoodies (they do such a great job of concealing the gut) this year, so I can't see how I could possibly incorporate pinstriped pants into an ensemble with the hoodie. I mean, pinstripes under a hoodie just doesn't sound too good.
I've also been advised that vertical stripes have a slimming effect as well. So I've even looked into getting some striped warm up pants - like the candy striped ones that the IU Hoosier basketball team wears - in blue and gold. But I would probably just look like a freaking clown - albeit a grumpy clown - if I were to wear the blue and gold striped warmups with my XXXXXXXXXXL hoodie.
So now that you're a fashion critic - not just a basketball pundit and fortune teller - and you're trying to move in on Mr. Blackwell's turf (I guess gaining Eileen Hughes' turf wasn't enough for you), I'd appreciate it if you'd tell me what I should do.
Pinstripes?
Vertical striped warmups?
What about a kilt (after all, kilts have that flap in the front that's supposed to shield your nuts when you're in battle - that nut shield flap could really hide some fat rolls!). And the kilt could fit right in with the whole "Fighting Irish" thing.
Or maybe I should just wear an ankle length fur coat - you know, the kind that Shaquille O'Neal and pimps wear. The fur coat would cover all of my "problem areas," and since fur puffs out so much, nobody would be able to tell if I were to gain more weight.
Let me know what you think. And I'm still waiting for you to tell me what bowl game we'll be playing in on New Year's Day.
Of course you'll be the first to say that anti - Puke sentiment is undeserved. You're a Puke apologist. Your whole site is a shrine to Puke. The "Scheyerface" comparison to "Bat Boy" that y'all put at the bottom of the page (to make it look like y'all are fair and balanced and are willing to bash the Dookies too) doesn't fool me at all. Y'all are nothing but Dook lovers. Look no further than the color scheme that y'all's site is formatted in.
So it's hardly a surprise that you protest so vehemently against the officials' obvious favoritism of your favorite team. If you really can't see that your Pukies get all the whistles, then you need to start looking for a seeing eye dog and and a braile keyboard ASAP.
And y'all Puke lovin' yankee flatlanders should know better than to even try that "Rat Face does everything the 'Right Way' horseshit with a guy like me - a guy who actually knows his way around Durham and Chapel Hill (especially Franklin St.).
Ask Chris Duhon's momma if Rat Face really does things the "right way" (although she'll probably say yes- because all that booster $ found its "way" "right" into her purse).
Or you could ask J.J. Red dick(ulously gay) if Coach "Relationships" does things the "right way." But I guess this is a family forum, so we don't have to get into the "gay" material right now (but, believe me, there's lots of it).
And J.J. Red dick(ulously gay) isn't exactly the best guy to ask about going the "right way." Hasn't he been caught driving the wrong way before? I mean, J.J.'s usually so drunk that he doesn't know what way he's going.
But if you still think that Dook does things the "right way," then stop by http://www.truthaboutduke.com .
One more thing, the "Tard Heels Fan" at the bottom of the page just isn't classy. And that's kinda disappointing, because with the exception of the Puke worship and the Post about Roy's recruiting "violation," this site is usually very classy. But that picture is really insulting and just isn't classy.
UNC: NCAA Men's Basketball Champions 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005.
Go Heels!!!
And if y'all read everything I had to say, but are still choking down Rat Face's Polish sausage, then y'all need to check out http://www.truthaboutduke.com/antidook1.php
UNC: NCAA Men's Basketball Champions 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005.
Go Heels!
Roy < tissue box, I've gotta say that I am impressed with the amount of anti-Duke -or puke, as classy Tar Heel fans such as yourself say - propaganda that has infiltrated your fragile brain. Could you not have thought of a better conspiracy theory than that of our site's PAGE COLOR? Puh-leese.
In regards to your ridiculous Duhon accusations - accusations being the operative word here - consider the source of these "findings." The New Orleans Times-Picayune is as reputable as the New York Times (with many more clerical errors).
It really is a shame that fans such as yourself give Carolina fans a bad name. Using derogatory names to describe people who have made mistakes - and who hasn't made a mistake in their life? - is as juvenile as a Roy Williams-early-NCAA-tournament-exit press conference.
I like hoops.
for a good time visit: www.meritscrew.com
or visit: www.ratemypoo.com
I said that your opinion on fairness of the officiating in the Puke/Marquette game is questionable becaure you're Puke fans/apologists, I stated that you're blind if you can't see that your favorite team gets all the calls and I stated that you all are flatland yankees who aren't in or around Durham as much as I am.
Then I took issue with your claim that Rat Face and the Dookies do things "the right way." And I referred to the financial windfall that rib king's momma came into, after her baby signed with Puke (and she moved to Durham). The only cheap shot I took was at the "closeness" of J.J. and the Rat's "relationship" - and after all, Rat Face claims that he doesn't coach for money, but rather, for the satisfaction that he gets from "relationships" with his players.
Note that nowhere in my comments did I take a cheap shot at y'all.
But you sure took a shot (or, at least, attempted to take a shot) at me and my "fragile brain."
So I ask you: which one of us isn't being classy?
Once again, it's the "smart kids" from New Jersey's southernmost University who resort to personal attacks and nonsensical arguments. How classy.
For the record, I can't speak to the reputation or accuracy of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. I'm a Charlotte Observer guy, so I don't read that paper (but that's beside the point). Regardless, your citation of the source's (Times-Picayune's) supposed failings does nothing to refute the alleged shadiness involved in Puke's recruitment of Chris Duhon.
You didn't "debunk" the charges of corruption at all: the only thing you did is take a shot at the paper that reported them.
And your attempt to insult me - on the basis that I possess a "fragile brain" - gets a gold star for effort. But effort doesn't equal accomplishment. And since ALL brains are fragile (and thus, everyone who has a brain has a fragile brain) you didn't really accomplish what you attempted to do: to insult my intelligence.
I've got to give you some credit though: you do have a good sense of humor (and you know how to utilize irony to get laughs). You had me in stitches at the end of your retort, because it's just too funny that a Dook fan would slam Roy Williams (who's probably wearing his 2005 championship ring right now) by citing Roy's "early-NCAA tournament exit press conferene(s)."
I'm watching a DVR of Puke's 2007 1st round NCAA tournament loss to Virginia Commonwealth as I type this.
Holy crap, I just looked at the websites that people said to visit "for a good time."
Y'all are some sickos.
I'd delete those comments if I were y'all. Those sites are not classy.
UNC: NCAA Men's Basketball Champions: 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005.
Go Heels!
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