The Charlotte Observer's Ken Tysiac asserts that North Carolina's poor showing in this year's Final Four is just another piece of evidence which supports the thesis that Atlantic Coast Conference basketball is in a "historic downturn."
Tysiac alleges that although the ACC had the highest RPI of any conference during the 2008 regular season, the relative poor showing by ACC teams in this year's NCAA Tournament is part of a larger trend:
"• The ACC's 19 NCAA tournament wins from 2006 through '08 are its lowest for a three-year period since 1979-81, which was before the tournament expanded to 64 teams.
• At least two ACC teams reached the NCAA's Sweet 16 in each year from 1980 to 2006. In '07 and '08, North Carolina was the only team representing the ACC in the Sweet 16."
And although Tysiac expects North Carolina and Duke to be strong again next year, he doesn't seem to think that they'll be serious Final Four contenders:
"Unless Tyler Hansbrough returns at North Carolina, it's difficult to imagine the ACC having a serious Final Four contender next season."
North Carolina and Duke will be fine next year. And Drive and Dish expects Tyler Hansbrough to return to Chapel Hill, NC, for his senior season.
So the Drive and Dish editorial board finds the Charlotte Observer writer's prediction of a bleak future for the ACC to be overly pessimistic.
But that's O.K.-- it's not first time that a Charlotte Observer sports writer has been a tad dramatic this week. Maybe being a drama queen is a prerequsite for attaining employment in the Observer's sports department.
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Hansbitch will definitely be back in Chapel Hill. He knows there's no freakin way in hell that his little punk ass can make it in the NBA. And besides, the Chapel Hill and the Carolina fans are supportive of Hanscunt's sexual orientation.
But just ask John Amechi, there's no place for flaming homos in the NBA.
Devil Boy, here's a suggestion: go fcuk yourself.
Devil Boy & Big Chief Flying Squirrel,
I'll leave your comments up for now (in the interest of free speech and because Devil Boy's rant is so stupid that it has comedic value).
But please tone down the vitriol.
Jumpshot (Trashtalk Superstar):
I'll "tone down the vitriol" when you tone down the Tar Hole cheerleading and UNC apologism that permeates your writing.
But until you get your head out of Roy Boy's and Hansbitch's asses, I'll keep speaking my (brilliant) mind. And why not: After all, my (brilliant) mind was ultimately responsible for my gaining acceptance to Duke University.
Checkmate, bitch.
Them wacky tobaccy programs be teachin allyall about them sinnin ways. Them wacky tobaccy programs be goin down in flames. Uh huh. Uh huh. Them devil be thinkin they be overcomin them jesus and them lord but they no been havin success. Them ACC programs be thinkin them sinnin waxys be workin but they been losin. Them real programs like them Butler be doin it right, playin them defense and be findin them good kids be wantin to be playin them ball.
Mr. Devil Boy: You be praisin them evil spearits. You be needin to find them priest as soon as possible. them evil spearits be sendin you to them places of fire and dark. Uh huh. Uh huh. I be a messenger helpin you to see them light. Be happy. Be with Jesus. Go to the local info desk and ask where you be findin them steep el. Just try it. You be needin to see how them go.
Mr. Squirrel:
We been meetin at them cracker barrel. How you been doin? That pea soup. Mmmmm Mmmmmmmm Mmmmmm. Me and Steemer be playin Jacks out front. Bertha Jenny be beein around. She been hidin them shelley smith tapes. Can you be flirtin with her and then me and steemer be lookin for them tapes. She aint been on them ESPN. I think she been on them fishin trip with Dennis Green.
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