Good news for Dook fans

[UCan3]

He didn't go after the ACC. He was talking about the B12 not getting respect. The hype was the SEC and the BIG.

I guess so but how is was the BIG 12 disrespected by a #1 Seed?

You could make the argument the Big East with our #8 seed was disrespected far worse than Houston IMO.

We should have beat the team they are facing tomorrow!

 

[UCan3]

And talking up your brethren in the Big 12? Give me a break, you just got there a couple of years ago when the presidents held their noses and invited you b/c the conference was dying.

Yeah his attempt at creating drama ”Oh poor us with our #1 Seed” no on respects us…

Boo Hoo…

Learn to win with some class….;

 

[temery]

I’m sure the sportswriters will still vote you #1 in the final poll, so you have that going for you

Lolololol

This tournament completely sucked and now it just became EPIC

Thank you Jon Sheyer and Coach K and all the Dookies that made this happen for us. I’m pretty sure you will hold the record for biggest blown lead late in a Final Four game for quite some time. (A record which you previously held in 2004 but you managed to top tonight!!!!)

Awesome thread for those able to block out all memory of having already lost in the 2nd round.

I'm thrilled Duke lost. But I would have been even happier if UConn had made the Final Four, even if it would have meant losing ugly in the semis.

 

[ctchamps]

Awesome thread for those able to block out all memory of having already lost in the 2nd round.

I'm thrilled Duke lost. But I would have been even happier if UConn had made the Final Four, even if it would have meant losing ugly in the semis.

Shhh

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Awesome thread for those able to block out all memory of having already lost in the 2nd round.

I'm thrilled Duke lost. But I would have been even happier if UConn had made the Final Four, even if it would have meant losing ugly in the semis.

With all due respect I could not care less. An all-time Duke collapse is hilarious whether we win the title (04) or lose early.

 

[ctchamps]

I guess so but how is was the BIG 12 disrespected by a #1 Seed?

You could make the argument the Big East with our #8 seed was disrespected far worse than Houston IMO.

We should have beat the team they are facing tomorrow!

I'm talking about the media and the BIG, SEC hype. Since when do they make the seeding?

Samson was probably as shocked with the Duke choke as anyone. Not sure he fully processed it before the interview. The players surrounding him and all the noise in the stadium didn't help. It's not like the academies where people have prepared speeches when they win. Still can't see how his statements bother you so much that you need to script write what he needed to say.

 

[ctchamps]

Awesome thread for those able to block out all memory of having already lost in the 2nd round.

I'm thrilled Duke lost. But I would have been even happier if UConn had made the Final Four, even if it would have meant losing ugly in the semis.

To be fair I thought most of the people handled that loss really well. I was surprised.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Duke was a very good team this year, I will not take anything away from them. The thing is, outside of Duke, the ACC was a steaming pile of garbage this season yet nobody in the press says a word about it. If the current Big East had a somewhat similar season, the press would be falling over each other calling it a low major with one quality team. Hell, if the prior Big East (the one that put eleven schools in the dance two years before it was dismantled) had a season like that the press wouldn't stop talking about it, claiming it was a conference with a lot of overrated programs.

They weren't a very good team. They were a very talented team. They feasted on an historically bad ACC. Before the tourney they played maybe 6 good teams and lost to 3 or 4 of them.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

It would be sad if the majority of us were rooting for Flagg, because UConn vs Dook is more than a rivalry. You put that uniform on after trolling us and you choke that means I rejoice. Never will root for Fl

The majority of us weren’t rooting for Duke but we were rooting for Flagg.

I’ll root for Cooper in the NBA. Not while he’s at duke

 

[TheHorde]

With all due respect I could not care less. An all-time Duke collapse is hilarious whether we win the title (04) or lose early.

It keeps our title advantage on them alive. And I don’t see next year’s Duke version being better than this year’s. When the dust settles after the portal activity, I think UConn’s team will be better. This takes the sting out of it a bit.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

They weren't a very good team. They were a very talented team. They feasted on an historically bad ACC. Before the tourney they played maybe 6 good teams and lost to 3 or 4 of them.

They didn't go undefeated in the ACC so at least one of their losses was to a bad team.

 

[ivrytontusker]

It definitely mattered that K was not on the floor to get Duke calls late in this game. Duke still had a FT advantage, of course, but it wasn't like normal in the NCAAT.

 

[Phorcys]

I was never rooting for Flagg, the day he didn’t choose UCONN he was dead to me. I have a daughter who currently plays field hockey for Duke and I still could never root for them.

Hopefully, you are able to at least root for Duke’s women’s field-hockey team?

My daughter is in a graduate program at the university, and, just for her sake, I root for their psychology department.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

They didn't go undefeated in the ACC so at least one of their losses was to a bad team.

They lost to Clemson, who I counted in the "good team" group.

 

[gtcam]

For the record, I had Houston losing to us in the championship game.

For full transparency, I didn't have Auburn getting to the sweet sixteen of Duke getting to the elite eight, but still, I was correct on Houston.

I had Houston vs Texas tech in final with Houston winning

 

[gtcam]

I’ll root for Cooper in the NBA. Not while he’s at duke

Only if he wears Celtic green

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Only if he wears Celtic green

He will ... eventually.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Come on man. Flagg is 1A.

Flagg is an elite defender, high IQ, has great passing skills, and all the intangibles.

But his offensive skill leaves a lot to be desired. Hes good off a catch and shoot and can use his size and athleticism to get to the rim, but he doesn’t have great scoring creativity.

His best fit imo would be a team where his responsibility isn’t to be the best scorer so he can do everything else great. He showed all year at Duke he’s not that guy in the clutch that can get his own bucket.

 

[UCan3]

I'm talking about the media and the BIG, SEC hype. Since when do they make the seeding?

Samson was probably as shocked with the Duke choke as anyone. Not sure he fully processed it before the interview. The players surrounding him and all the noise in the stadium didn't help. It's not like the academies where people have prepared speeches when they win. Still can't see how his statements bother you so much that you need to script write what he needed to say.

I gotcha.

Should be a good game tomorrow night either way!

 

[uconngb]

Duke scored 1 field goal on 10 minutes and media is going to blame 1 call? Typical.

Exactly

 

[I Bleed Blue]

He will ... eventually

Only if he wears Celtic green

It is foretold the white mamba will return reincarnated. The prophecy!

 

[BGesus4]

Now we just need the Boozers twins to flip their commitments to Lucas and Miami

 

[SubbaBub]

Sorry but puuulllleeeessssseeeeeee…….

Dude you were a #1 Seed!

Yeah, people were really “sleeping” on Houston!

Such an underdog! A #1 seed taking down another #1 Seed?


Yeah, Kevin no one saw this coming....

1. We know all about the media dogging #1 seeds that play Duke in the FF.

2. Cooper Flagg is no Christian Laettner.

3. 6>5

4. Hahahahaha

5. Houston is now the play. Samson isn't going to stick around long and a non-SEC champ is better for the game long term.

 

[SubbaBub]

Compared to every other program except Indiana, it's absurd. 6 Titles in 7 Final Fours is a statistical anomaly.

Indiana and UCLA the only other programs with 4+ Final Fours with an above 50% ratio. Indiana was 5/6 after 1987, and are now 5/8; UCLA was 10/12 after 1975, and now are 11/19.

Florida have a 3/6 ratio after tomorrow night. It's hard to capitalize, and we've done so at an insane level.

Most Final Fours:

1. UNC: 21, 6
2. UCLA: 19, 11
3. Duke: 18, 5
4. Kentucky: 17, 8
5. Kansas: 16, 4
6. Ohio State: 11, 1
7. Louisville: 10, 3
7. Michigan State: 10, 2
9. Michigan: 8, 1
10. UConn: 7, 6
10. Villanova: 7, 3
10. Houston: 7, 0

Now do the last 50 years. No need to count the dead ball peach basket era or Helms Trophies.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

The majority of us weren’t rooting for Duke but we were rooting for Flagg.

Where would you get a crazy idea like that? 1-800-kck-meth

Our energies are misdirected hating Duke.

My hate is great and justified. Laettner, Cherokee Parks, Wojo, the lesser Hurley, and all the others deserve every bit of venom I use on that school. I won't even get into all the times they cheated and the NCAA didn't want to punish the golden boys and K. Don't worry about my misdirection, I've got plenty of venom for others like BCU, Syracuse, UNCheat, Louisville, and surely a few more if I put some thought into it.