Thoughts after crushing North Carolina and a look ahead to the ACC Tournament

Posted On: March 9, 2010 By: Cliff Comments: (more)

What’s going on Duke fans? Sorry for not having a blog article up after the Duke crushing of North Carolina on Saturday night. No matter what I would have said, it probably wouldn’t have made any since as I had a few too many adult beverages during the game. (I blame @TheVermonster for that!). Anyways, what a butt kicking it was on Senior night for the Blue Devils. John Scheyer and company finally got their first win over the Tar Heels at Cameron and they set themselves up for a nice run in the upcoming ACC Tournament.

The Duke/Carolina battle didn’t live up to past games as Carolina was beaten like a little kid after they got caught drawing on the home walls. Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith knocked down early three’s as Duke jumped out to a huge lead and never looked back. At one point we were all tweeting on twitter like Duke was going to win by 50+ points. They didn’t win by that many but the 82-50 victory was good enough and on Senior night you couldn’t ask for much more.

Duke is set to face the winner of the Boston College vs Virginia game in their first game of the 2010 ACC Tournament. The game will be played at noon eastern on Friday. I don’t think Duke will have a problem with the game on Friday but will run into battles on Saturday and Sunday. I hope to catch some of the games but I will be out of town for pretty much the entire tournament as I watch some state basketball here in Nebraska. Yeah I know, what am I thinking lol.

Expect to see Scheyer, Smith and Singler to continue knocking down shots while Zoubek and company grab the boards. I like Duke’s chances of the ACC Tournament Champs and also being a number one seed in the big tournament that will kick off next Thursday. What’s everyone’s thoughts on March Madness?

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2 Responses to “Thoughts after crushing North Carolina and a look ahead to the ACC Tournament”

Jason Says:
March 10th, 2010 at 2:37 am
First off, let me say that I am glad I stumbled on this site. I love it! I have been a huge fan since 94-95 season, have 3 Duke tattoos, and living room is full of memorabilia, yet I never went there and I live in Illinois. I have been gong to games since 2005, when I was able to get a hook up of some tix from an alum. If you are on other sites you may see me as “obssesseddukefan”.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I agree that we should not have an issue in our game on Friday. Sat and Sun however will be a dandy. We could very well have Duke vs. Maryland III on our hands and I for one would love a rubber match. I expect the Law Firm of Singler, Scheyer and Smith to be on top of thier game and Zoubek is coming into his own at the perfect time. I think if we make the final in the conference tourny, we are a lock for the #1 seed.

As far a the Madness, the projections have us with a possible matchup with Louisville, and honestly that scares me to death. In a perfect world we would wait for a Big East team until Elite 8, and I definetely do not want to play a team that has knocked off Syracuse twice.

I look forward to reading the rest your site, and look forward to reading in the future….great site and keep up the good work.
Rich Says:
March 12th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Avid Duke fan and happy they beat Virginia yesterday, but a little disappointed in the way they start their games and always give us a scare of late.. What’s going on with these thorougbreds they seem a little unnerved for a Duke team….