btw–just by co-incidence Phil Wheddon is down here in Pinehurst this week conducting a keeper camp. Phil was the trainer for Tim Howard, who had an outstanding match yesterday. I thought the US defense was the best I’ve seen out of them. Bradley was Johnny-on-the-spot several times last night.

tell em what they win Don: most likely Brazil

With the exception of baseball, it seems like UNC and Duke tend to be good in a lot of the same sports, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, etc.

You are right about Duke’s campus being somewhat faux. I remember being told that the Duke family tried to “buy” Princeton but were rebuffed. I don’t suppose it is any different from Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt or Stanford though. None of these schools is very old. I would guess that Vanderbilt and Stanford are older than Duke though, which I believe dates from the 20′s, unless you count Trinity College.

As for Duke’s defense, Bob Staak at Wake called it “f’ing great defense. Five guys fouling all the time and never getting called for it.”

And I do think it is ethically wrong to teach kids to fake falling down to draw a charge. It is the same as taking a dive in soccer to get a penalty kick.

Finally, judging by today’s soccer result, beating Spain in Olympic basketball doesn’t seem nearly as spectacular as taking down the number one soccer team in the world when it has a chance to set an international win record.

every fanbase has those blowhards in it. you kinda have to ignore those people on both sides.
here are my top reasons for hating Dook.
*98% of Dook “fans” root only for men’s basketball.
–i’m an alumnus of UNC, and i attended hoops of both sexes, soccer of both sexes, volleyball, baseball, field hockey, track and field, football, the occasional swim meet. since leaving school, i’ve attended football, basketball(both), soccer, volleyball. Dook fans cherrypick their teams.

*98% of Dook “fans” have zero connection to the university.

*Dook radio. Is there a more blatantly biased radio crew? at least Woody and Eric ATTEMPT some objectivity. and speaking of zero connection, Matthew Lawrence, of Dook radio. D-list “actor” who latched on to K at golf events.

*Duke’s fake old campus. way to copy Oxford and the like. try a school thats ACTUALLY over 200 years old, UNC.

*Duke’s copied Chapel. with its Duke family sarcophogi in the entrance. with lids in the likenesses of the occupants. like yourself much?

*K. foulmouthed during game, all warm and fuzzy, “great kids” in press conferences.

*Dook basketball style. grabbing, clutching, drawing charges directly under the basket. faking you got hit in the head when you got hit in the chest, if you even GOT hit. falling like a sniper victim when no one hits you on a 3 attempt. play with some honor, how bout? when you can’t play legitimate D, push the letter of the rules, i guess. as Pitino and now LAETTNER are on record saying, refs won’t be able to call everything.
there ya go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVJyf0ft3I

virtually being the key word…

doesn’t the music add just the right touch lol?