UNC and Duke Basketball, 2015-16

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RDU VOL#14 said:
Amile is really a great stat filler guy. He's the guy every team needs. He'll get you 8,7 &3 every night, and breakout for an 18 point game when you're down and win a ballgame. Grayson Allen has a great opportunity to be a star guy as well. He's athletic and can shoot.
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I really like Allen's mentality. He goes straight to the rim with no fear. A couple tourney games is a small sample size, but by all accounts he played the same way in practice all last season.
 
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So can we talk about Giles and Tatum? Or do I need to create a 16-17 thread for that?
 
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I would hold off on booking those NCAA tourney tickets if I were a UNC fan. The COI is meeting the first week of December. The delay tactic didn't work, it just pissed off the NCAA even more.

Have a Merry Christmas.
 
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bigdaddy said:
Is the UNC investigation over yet? If so did anything come of it? Haven't really followed so forgive me if its been beaten like a dead horse
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Yes. The NCAA gave UNC Greensboro the death penalty. Gotta teach them a lesson.
 
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volfanbill said:
Don't know why, but talking about a 14 year old makes me feel like a creeper.
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We can talk about Grayson Allen instead. He's averaging 27 points over the first 2 games. I realize the competition, but still a great start.
 
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So apparently not only is Mary Willingham a fraud and attention-hound, who violated established research praxis in her quest to take down UNC Athletics, but has also been in an affair with partner in crime, Jay Smith, this entire time. The university just released Jay Smith's emails upon public request.

You talk about two morons. What in the hell did they ever think would happen with this? What a joke these two are.

Anyhow, looks like it's time for the NCAA to finally put this one to bed and allow UNC basketball to move on from its de facto two-year-long recruiting sanctions.

And the loss at Northern Iowa is no big deal; I thought we stood a good chance to lose that one before Paige went down. Early season game on the road at a school with a knack for beating big-time programs in big games and without your best player, and that was a loss waiting to happen. Nothing to see there.
 
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Good to see Meeks gets his hair cut at the UNC Helen Keller school of Cosmetology.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Good to see Meeks gets his hair cut at the UNC Helen Keller school of Cosmetology.
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Speaking of things it was nice to see, it was nice to see Suliamon not flopping around like a fish and not kicking his legs out in front of him so he can knock out the old lady on the front row while drawing a foul anymore. Looks like he's actually playing basketball like a basketball player again now. Good to see.
 
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Given my connection with UNC's football team, I'm willing to temporarily soften my stance on Roy Williams following last night's game.

Maryland hoops fans are absolute garbage, and I absolutely loved Paige's post-game interview. What a well spoken, heady kid...and he can straight up ball. He sounded like a tenured coach handling a press conference.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Given my connection with UNC's football team, I'm willing to temporarily soften my stance on Roy Williams following last night's game.

Maryland hoops fans are absolute garbage, and I absolutely loved Paige's post-game interview. What a well spoken, heady kid...and he can straight up ball. He sounded like a tenured coach handling a press conference.
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I didn't get to see it, but it doesn't surprise me about Paige. I've tabbed him for a future coaching position nearly from day one.

And I've heard that several times about Maryland fans, including from a Georgetown bud of mine.
 
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volprof said:
Speaking of things it was nice to see, it was nice to see Suliamon not flopping around like a fish and not kicking his legs out in front of him so he can knock out the old lady on the front row while drawing a foul anymore. Looks like he's actually playing basketball like a basketball player again now. Good to see.
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Well plenty of young recruits like the way Duke plays basketball these days. So there's that. You guys keep doing it the "Carolina Way" and see if it gets you anything more than a coke and a smile and sanctions.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Well plenty of young recruits like the way Duke plays basketball these days. So there's that. You guys keep doing it the "Carolina Way" and see if it gets you anything more than a coke and a smile and sanctions.
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Good for them. They can practice their fish skills and their kicking little old ladies in the front row skills over the next year before heading to the NBA.

Even you have to admit that Suliamon actually looked like a good basketball player last night, now that he was actually allowed to play basketball instead of having to pretend to be Don Knotts in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."
 
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volprof said:
Good for them. They can practice their fish skills and their kicking little old ladies in the front row skills over the next year before heading to the NBA.

Even you have to admit that Suliamon actually looked like a good basketball player last night, now that he was actually allowed to play basketball instead of having to pretend to be Don Knotts in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."
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Sulaimon also looked good as a freshman starter on an Elite Eight team. It's not like Duke was holding him back.
 
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volprof said:
Good for them. They can practice their fish skills and their kicking little old ladies in the front row skills over the next year before heading to the NBA.

Even you have to admit that Suliamon actually looked like a good basketball player last night, now that he was actually allowed to play basketball instead of having to pretend to be Don Knotts in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."
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You make it sound like Suliamon was not good player. He was/is. His problem was that he had a ****ty attitude once his role changed when Jabari Parker came in. I sat next to his Aunt a couple years ago and she was already talking NBA aspirations. When that didn't happen his attitude took a nose dive. Being the only player ever kicked off of a Coach K coached team is not exactly the best thing to have on the resume.
 
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volprof said:
So apparently not only is Mary Willingham a fraud and attention-hound, who violated established research praxis in her quest to take down UNC Athletics, but has also been in an affair with partner in crime, Jay Smith, this entire time. The university just released Jay Smith's emails upon public request.

You talk about two morons. What in the hell did they ever think would happen with this? What a joke these two are.
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The joke is on South Hall. Is the University of North Carolina really that craven and devoid of integrity that they would continue their smear campaign in the face of overwhelming evidence of malfeasance on the part of the UNC administration? Virtually everything this woman has said has been proven to be factual in basis. Focusing your smear/intimidation efforts on MW and Jay Smith is a waste of time and resources anyway. There are much bigger guns pointed at the Old Well right now.

I don't think you understand - UNC isn't protected anymore. No friends in Indy, no friends in DC, the only two places that matter. UNC's massive academic fraud scheme has actually put the NCAA at risk of being disbanded by Congress. So they're going to offer your beloved athletic department as a sacrificial lamb in a court of law. Not out of any sense of justice, but out of self preservation. They literally had to be sued into doing the right thing, but they are going to do it. UNC won't sniff the post season for a long, long time.

The meltdown on IC when the sanctions drop will be epic. I'll be around to post the obligatory Stone Cold pounding beers gif.
 
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spankadelphia said:
The joke is on South Hall. Is the University of North Carolina really that craven and devoid of integrity that they would continue their smear campaign in the face of overwhelming evidence of malfeasance on the part of the UNC administration? Virtually everything this woman has said has been proven to be factual in basis. Focusing your smear/intimidation efforts on MW and Jay Smith is a waste of time and resources anyway. There are much bigger guns pointed at the Old Well right now.

I don't think you understand - UNC isn't protected anymore. No friends in Indy, no friends in DC, the only two places that matter. UNC's massive academic fraud scheme has actually put the NCAA at risk of being disbanded by Congress. So they're going to offer your beloved athletic department as a sacrificial lamb in a court of law. Not out of any sense of justice, but out of self preservation. They literally had to be sued into doing the right thing, but they are going to do it. UNC won't sniff the post season for a long, long time.

The meltdown on IC when the sanctions drop will be epic. I'll be around to post the obligatory Stone Cold pounding beers gif.
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UNC fans are going to focus on winning. It's time to put this to bed and to get over a woman who cheated on her thesis, cheated on this research, and who apparently has been cheating on her spouse with the other cheat in question.
 
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I think the refs got the call right that Felix did get the shot off. Tough loss either way. I actually think I hate Shaka Smart more than I do UNC, so I was lost as to how I wanted this one to go down.
 
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volfanbill said:
I think the refs got the call right that Felix did get the shot off. Tough loss either way. I actually think I hate Shaka Smart more than I do UNC, so I was lost as to how I wanted this one to go down.
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Shot was good, but it was nice of the ref to swallow his whistle when Paige got thrown to the floor boxing out on the last possession.
 
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volfanbill said:
I think the refs got the call right that Felix did get the shot off. Tough loss either way. I actually think I hate Shaka Smart more than I do UNC, so I was lost as to how I wanted this one to go down.
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Why do you hate Smart?
 
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