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List Of UNC Players to The Pros -Quinton Coples to the Jets -Zach Brown to the Titans _Tydreke...

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List Of UNC Players to The Pros -Quinton Coples to the Jets -Zach Brown to the Titans _Tydreke Powell to the Vikings -Charles Brown to the Ravens -Matt Merletti to the Colts -Dwight Jones to the Texans -Cam Holland to the Chiefs

I think a lot of times some of those guys get drafted off of a tournament and some of the scouts...

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I think a lot of times some of those guys get drafted off of a tournament and some of the scouts don't take in your body of work. And then some of those guys don't stay in school long enough to really learn the fundamentals to stick around on an NBA team. Because it's totally different. It's not like you're choosing to go to that team. That team drafts you and expects you to perform every night. And I think what happens with a lot of guys, they don't learn, because they were superstars for one or two years when they came. They didn't have to come off the bench, be a role player, take less of a role, and they don't know how to handle it. There are only 60 possessions in an NBA game, and if you're playing with Allen Iverson, he's taking anywhere from 20 to 30 shots a game. So there are other parts of the game that you have to contribute to stick around. Them guys being young, they don't understand that part of the game.

George Lynch discusses his career and the plantar fasciitis that ended it with Deadspin.

"They can't win without Kendall Marshall."

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"They can't win without Kendall Marshall."

An unnamed Ohio assistant, as heard by Reggie Bullock with twelve minutes remaining in last night's game. Bullock would score 12 of his 17 points after that comment.

North Carolina, man, their fans were great today. I want to thank them and Lehigh fans.

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North Carolina, man, their fans were great today. I want to thank them and Lehigh fans.

John Adams, Lehigh reserve, discussing the Greensboro crowd after his team upset Duke 75-70.

"I can't tell you exactly (what) it is, but even when he was struggling, I kept putting [McAdoo] in...

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"I can't tell you exactly (what) it is, but even when he was struggling, I kept putting [McAdoo] in the game. So one day I finally told him, I said, "Hey - I must think you're pretty good, because you're not playing very well and I keep putting you in. So why don't you go ahead and play well?"

Roy Williams, using unusual motivation on James Michael McAdoo.

At Duke it’s kind of like "we really dislike you." Here [at NC State] it’s like "we hate you and...

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At Duke it’s kind of like "we really dislike you." Here [at NC State] it’s like "we hate you and anything that befalls you we applaud."

Harrison Barnes

"The thing about Duke was, every time they sent me a letter, they wouldn’t spell my name right....

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"The thing about Duke was, every time they sent me a letter, they wouldn’t spell my name right. They would have ‘T.J. Harrison’ or something like that. And I’m like, ‘OK. How can I go here? You can’t even spell my name right.’ It’s only two letters and HAIR and STON. I’m trying to figure out how that’s so hard."

P.J. Hairston, now happily on a team with an attention to detail.

Worst xmas eva cant wait till.this horrible bowl in this horrible city wit sum of da mos horrible...

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Worst xmas eva cant wait till.this horrible bowl in this horrible city wit sum of da mos horrible coaches r ova Sum.of.yall mofos jus haten cuz yall.gotta pay.fo.skool unc. Fans r.the.worse.we.win its all.good. Have a bad game we suck thats.a.reason #imout #nosupport

Donte Paige-Moss

"He's petty, dishonest, vindictive, caustic, and calculating, and it's all made him the winningest...

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"He's petty, dishonest, vindictive, caustic, and calculating, and it's all made him the winningest coach in college basketball history."

Andrew Sharp gives us a summary of Mike Krzyzewski's career you haven't been reading in the hagiographies this week.

All these Plumlee years have led Duke fans to expect certain things. First, they play terrible...

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All these Plumlee years have led Duke fans to expect certain things. First, they play terrible help-side defense, arriving just in time to foul a guy as he's dunking. Second, they commit stupid fouls (these come in two varieties: the unnecessary arm slap inside, and the clumsy-aggressive hedge on the perimeter). Third, they lack any post move outside of what John Wooden calls "the dunk shot." Fourth, they get so excited when they manage to dunk that an overenthusiastic foul on the ensuing defensive possession is a guarantee. Fifth, they put themselves in poor rebounding position. Sixth, they lack the inside-to-outside passing ability that sets up Duke's shooters and was such a crucial part of Brian Zoubek's game in the 2010 title run. You're always more likely to see an ungainly hook shot or a fadeaway brick than a crisp dish to a shooter in the corner.

Shane Ryan, Duke fan, making the worst case ever for Duke to win the national championship at Grantland.