Tell me something I don’t know.
Athlon Sports via WRAL Sports Fan:
“A lot of their players walk the line between a good, tough player and like a little shady, dirty…I have a strong dislike for most of the players who play at Duke.” Ginyard does have some praise for a few guy in Durham, but it doesn’t seem to be many. “There are a few players who play at Duke who I respect as straight-up, tough, talented basketball players.”
The irony here? This is the sort of thing I expected Danny Green to say. And Ginyard is right Duke is shady. For example here is photo of Greg Paulus clearly trying to get a low blow in on Danny Green. Disgusting.
Didn’t see that one coming did you?
Anyway, this sort of thing is straight out of the Danny Green Playbook For Media Statements. I was a little surprised to hear it from Ginyard. For the record, they asked Jon Scheyer about it and he has no idea what Ginyard is talking about. Sure you don’t Scheyer. It’s not like you are out there shooting three pointers while falling down to draw the foul or anything.[/sarcasm]
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Rumor has it that Carolina lost in their scrimmage with Vandy yesterday; does anyone have the inside scoop?
No inside scoop, but I heard the same thing and people are posting about it on the IC boards. If so, I wouldn’t take too much from it, after all it was just a scrimmage.
Agree, you get more from playing real NCAAT type competition versus playing DII teams. Plus, Vandy will be a quality team this year with one of the better big men in the country. It’s not like they were scrimmaging Richmond. Plus playing in a gym with the benches on the baselines has to cost you at least 5 points.
Your right, I think its that kid AJ Oglesby who’s back from an unhealthy sophmore season, so Vandy is supposed to be decent. As long as noone gets hurt. Don’t you have to be a relevant program to even be considered shady?
No inside scoop but I hear we lost by 13. *hyperventilates* But it’s ok. It’s early, the freshmen need some experience and it’s better that Roy gets the kinks ironed out before regular season starts. Now excuse me while I go pick up some chocolate ice cream. I eat away my stress.
I think we should create a Christian Laettner Award, for the dirtiest Dook player who looks like/occasionally pretends to be a choir boy.
Right now, Kyle Singler is the runaway pre-season favorite.
rathskellar68
You mean punching a player (Tyler Hansbrough) while you are lying on top of him on the floor (thinking that the cameras won’t see it) is not OK?
Well it was just a muscle spasm.
Oh wait: the referees did see that.
The loss to Vandy is not a good sign.
First off, it’s still football season. Second and third, it was just a rumor and just a scrimmage. Lastly, I don’t know about y’all but for me, Carolina being reigning national champs will go a long way this season. Kind of like 2006, when not much was expected, but much produced. This season, they’re playing with house money, imo.
Koach K eats puppies, teases homeless people, and plays mean tricks on the mentally disabled.
AZACCFan –
If I recall correctly, Singler didn’t punch TH; he elbowed him right in the face. And yes, it was nice that, for once, the refs caught him at it.
Losing a scrimmage to Vandy might not be a bad thing; it sure beats losing to an EA Sports team by 50 points……
If it’s true, I wouldn’t be too worried about it. It’s a scrimmage, for crying out loud. Now if UNC were to lay eggs against Belmont Abbey and FIU, then I would be worried.
“It’s a scrimmage, for crying out loud.”
Amen. A lot of times, scores aren’t even kept in scrimmages, and for the most part, coaches use them mostly to experiment with rotations. Given how many more new parts that UNC has than Vandy, this is not surprising.
Complete non-issue.
rathskellar68:
It was hard for me to watch, but everyone who played against Hansbrough elbowed him in the face.
Wednesday February 11, 2009, UNC beats Duke 101-87 in Durham. Singler was on the floor with Hansbrough, and Singler was given a technical foul in the second half as Duke saw the game slipping away. That is the essence of dirty play. It was intentional regardless of the body part used.
This year there are a few more big players on the UNC team. I doubt these games will be any fun for Singler. Home or away. I hope he pays. A lot.
Here is the video of the Singler mishap: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/duke/video/4522652/
I love the fact that Marcus is speaking up. Usually Carolina players toe the party line and say stuff to the effect “The rivalry is between the fans, we get along ok with them, they’re a great team, blahblahblah”. I’m glad he’s calling them out for what they are. Love our players running smack on “The Kings of Flop”.