Quote :

"How is it a flop when dude's knee went semi-Willis McGahee"

OH MY GOD COME ON. IT WAS NO WHERE NEAR THAT AND YOU KNOW IT. JUST STOP.

1/20/2011 11:25:22 AM

Quote :

"OMG GUYZ! DUKE FLOPZ AND MAKES US LOSE. CAN U BELIEVE IT? If you believe that: a. any potential flop changed the outcome of that game, b. there was any more potential flopping in that game than any other college basketball game, you need to watch more basketball. There was nothing that stood out in the entire game that would make folks "hate Duke" or feel like they were "cheated." We hung in there for a good while, made a few runs, but couldn't hit enough shots and get enough stops to win. Flopping or anything resembling a flop had no impact on the game... AT ALL."

1/20/2011 11:27:58 AM

I never said we lost because of the flop. What that quote said, for those who can read was:

Quote :

"Why, when Duke has so much talent, do they have to resort to soccer diving? It's a joke and the refs cater to it. Regardless, Duke was the better team last night. They outshot us and got the rebounds when it counted. I think that's what makes me so mad. The fact that Duke is such a good team but that they resort to a style of play that can only be described as "f*cking pathetic." Duke fans should be ashamed of this, not proud of it. It's an insult to the game.""

1/20/2011 11:36:53 AM

Quote :

"Regardless, Duke was the better team last night. They outshot us and got the rebounds when it counted."

^^Come on guys. Read what he wrote. He didn't say it was the difference in the game. He said its annoying to see that kind of play from a team that is too good to have to resort to it. So pissy in this thread today.

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 11:40 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2011 11:39:41 AM

I'm glad someone can read. Duke fans don't like it when you attack what THEY KNOW EXISTS BUT REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE.


Faking anything in sports should be heavily penalized. If soccer players get carded now because diving became such a problem, flopping in basketball should be no different. You give Duke 1 technical foul for that bullshit and I guarantee their approach to defense changes drastically. They will give up a shitload more points than they are used to. I'm not saying that they will lose every game but it will definitely change their style of play.


[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 11:46 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2011 11:43:21 AM

jesus, just stop feeding the troll. the dude's pulled this angry-duke hater shit forever and he knew damn well what he was doing bringing it into the duke fan thread.

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 11:47 AM. Reason : asdf]

1/20/2011 11:46:22 AM

I'm not trolling anything? How am I trolling?

Flopping is a legitimate problem and it should not be tolerated. Duke just does it more than most teams.

1/20/2011 11:47:18 AM

Quote :

"Duke just does it more than most teams."

Data?

Analyze every game in college basketball and then get back to me. Not just some YouTube clips of Duke haters... but analyze other games. You'll find that there isn't a big difference.

1/20/2011 11:51:50 AM

So every basketball team in the country flops and Duke is no different. This is your argument. Right?

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 11:53 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2011 11:52:21 AM

lol are you going on some sort of anti-flopping crusade or just spewing your mindless duke hate even further? If a Miami player flops on Saturday, are you going to berate their board?

dude, no one else is even talking about this. I could see your point if a foul was called but it had very little effect on the game.

1/20/2011 11:57:38 AM

1) this isn't a Duke board
2) Duke tends to flop more than any team that I've watched. They do it so much that several announcers and columnists have literally coined it the "Duke Flop." I usually only watch the ACC games but I don't ever see shit like what Duke does. I will keep my eye tho out since this apparently is common ground in basketball according to you guys.

3) No one is talking about this because, in this thread, Duke fans are in extraordinary denial


I'll leave you with this though since you think I'm the only one who is irritated by this bullshit.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/18/decade-flops/index.html

Look who #1 is....

Quote :

"1 The Dukies Duke basketball hasn't been a flop in the record books -- the Blue Devils won the NCAA tournament in 2001 and made the Final Four in 2004. But the Blue Devils have been a flop on the court in the most literal sense possible. This is the decade in which the word "flop" became synonymous with Duke hoopsters' overzealous attempts to draw offensive fouls. The technique drew national ire first with Shane Battier in the early part of the decade, then J.J. Redick came along with his "offensive flop," in which he kicks his legs out on a jump shot. But even Redick had to make way for the master, Greg Paulus (pictured). Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/18/decade-flops/index.html#ixzz1Bb3a7PvP"

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM. Reason : just google Duke flop for crying out loud]

1/20/2011 12:16:27 PM

Why can't we all agree that Duke flops but that Nolan Smith legitimately got hurt on that play?

1/20/2011 12:24:03 PM

Duke flops more than most teams.

1/20/2011 12:27:18 PM

He may have tweaked something but he went down like he was sniped by someone in the upperdeck.

1/20/2011 12:27:26 PM

lol

1/20/2011 12:46:03 PM

Quote :

"J.J. Redick came along with his "offensive flop," in which he kicks his legs out on a jump shot."

I'd say he borrowed that from Reggie Miller. Reggie was incredibly gifted at getting that call... as is Paul Pierce.

1/20/2011 1:06:39 PM

i rememeber like 2 or 3 years ago when the game was settled, and javi just fell down in front of paulus

i went LMAO

1/20/2011 1:46:08 PM

Syd led the way..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02maPqS810g

1/21/2011 11:52:27 AM

HIS NAME IS SPELLED WITH AN "I" !!!

1/21/2011 12:06:40 PM

18-1, 5-1 ACC

Outlasted wake, another win

The Wins list

Coach K - 886 wins

#900 - 14 wins away, 15 to pass

Bobby Knight - 16 wins away, 17 to pass

1/22/2011 6:05:20 PM

19-1, 6-1 ACC

Good 2nd half to shut down BC

The Wins list

Coach K - 887 wins

#900 - 13 wins away, 14 to pass

Bobby Knight - 15 wins away, 16 to pass

1/27/2011 9:55:42 PM

im like WTF so far, my team is getting beat in every aspect of the game

....

I feel like I did this yesterday

1/30/2011 1:49:24 PM

@ Duke fans

Steve Lavin has been surprisingly good at St. John's.

1/30/2011 1:52:39 PM

if only Fowler had landed him

1/30/2011 1:53:53 PM

LOL just turned it on

had to go buy a new xbox earlier

1/30/2011 1:56:07 PM

Yeah remember I said Duke would get their usual patented WTF loss, well this be it

1/30/2011 2:44:39 PM

Duke simply can't play with very athletic teams. First FSU and now St. John's have proven that.

Matchups are going to critical for them in the tournament. If they run up against a Kansas or Texas or some other team that fits that mold, look out.

1/30/2011 3:07:51 PM

haven't looked at St. Johns' schedule, but i imagine playing against Big East competition this year is pretty good practice

1/30/2011 3:16:41 PM

19-2

1/30/2011 4:06:01 PM

i wonder if the maryland fans are gonna rush the court tonight

2/2/2011 7:46:48 AM

20-2, 7-1

with a fire under their ass, Duke beats up a helpless turtle

The Wins list

Coach K - 888 wins

#900 - 12 wins away, 13 to pass

Bobby Knight - 14 wins away, 15 to pass

2/2/2011 11:06:54 PM

glad this game was decided late in the 2nd half. (terps had hope) fuck em

2/3/2011 5:01:42 PM

Quote :

"Well, that’s more like it. Whatever ailed Duke in a dispiriting loss to St. John’s Sunday, seems to have been fixed. Duke hit its 3s, handled the ball with aplomb (eight turnovers) and received contributions from a variety of sources. Most importantly, Duke demonstrated a renewed commitment to defense, the foundation of Mike Krzyzewski’s program."

yeah some guy on another board posted this shit

it should read:

Quote :

"Well, that’s more like it. Whatever ailed Duke in a dispiriting loss to St. John’s Sunday, seems to have been fixed. Duke hit its 3s, handled the ball with aplomb (eight turnovers),were back playing in the shitty ACC and not the big east, and received contributions from a variety of sources. Most importantly, Duke demonstrated a renewed commitment to defense, the foundation of Mike Krzyzewski’s program"

2/3/2011 5:20:27 PM

Irving not coming back this year

2/4/2011 2:16:45 PM

where did you see that?

2/4/2011 2:30:02 PM

its all over the duke board that i am on

and its the usually credible poeple saying it

2/4/2011 3:28:04 PM

wait, they are already starting to backtrack

2/4/2011 3:46:37 PM

21-2, 8-1 ACC

ok

The Wins list

Coach K - 889 wins

#900 - 11 wins away, 12 to pass

Bobby Knight - 13 wins away, 14 to pass

2/5/2011 7:37:07 PM

WHO: Harrison Barnes
WHAT: His baptism
WHEN: Tonight at 9pm
WHERE: Cameron indoor stadium
WHY: He chose Carolina

2/9/2011 11:12:51 AM

if only Irving hadn't gotten hurt so early in the season, i'd love to see how better he would have been by now, even though he was ridiculous right from the start

2/9/2011 11:22:10 AM

^^ It must be such an awesome experience to know that just by your mere presence thousands of nerds are up in arms over a sport that they probably would get beat by a bunch of 12 year old girls at if they ever tried to play.

2/9/2011 12:21:14 PM

i worry about tonight's game

I hope Duke gets it done

2/9/2011 1:49:39 PM

Nothing like watching Bobby Knight on SportsCenter showing how well Duke executes ball screens, and 90% of the example plays are against State.

2/9/2011 1:52:40 PM

Quote :

"Holden Thorp poured a little gasoline on the rivalry this morning. The North Carolina chancellor took to Twitter and dropped this bit of smack talk: "Our students are talking about the future and asking smart questions instead of wasting time sitting in a tent." The ball is in your court, Duke president Richard Brodhead."

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/blogpost/9082921/

2/9/2011 3:00:31 PM

I think Duke is a lot better

but I'm still a little worried. don't feel like hearing smack talk from faggot UNC fans (redundant I know)

2/9/2011 3:03:05 PM

Well Thorpe's tweets today has set who i am cheering for today....

i hope coach k keeps his foot on UNC's throat til the clock reads 00:00

2/9/2011 3:09:41 PM

Does anyone know who Holden Thorp is?

[Edited on February 9, 2011 at 3:11 PM. Reason : oh, lol.. he's Chancellor -- he thought he was one of their stupid walkons. wow.]

2/9/2011 3:11:06 PM

Quote :

"“Sorry about the tent/Kville tweet. Both U’s have great students. I shouldn’t have gotten carried away by our rivalry in basketball,” Thorp tweeted. Soon after this blog pointed out Thorp’s tweet, Brodhead jumped in with a classy response. “Hey Holden, someone hacked your Twitter account to talk trash. May the best team win. From the land of TRUE Blue, Dick,” he wrote in an e-mail to the News & Observer. On Twitter, the reactions to Thorp’s diss were more vitriolic. “@chanthorp You’ve got to be kidding. Hard to believe you’re the Chancellor of a major university. Way to get down in the mud,” wrote devildad12. And from KvilleTent2:”@chanthorp that is one of the most ignorant things we have ever heard. Shame on you for saying this, especially given your position,”"

http://sports.chronicleblogs.com/2011/02/09/unc-chancellor-apologizes-for-duke-diss/

Most of you know why I pull for Duke (the whole saved my life and were awesome about it thing) and State, but this is another reason.

[Edited on February 9, 2011 at 3:16 PM. Reason : /]

2/9/2011 3:15:43 PM

I dunno, I actually thought it was pretty funny... as was the Duke President's response.

Any fans getting up in arms over this need to lighten up. It's no different than the mayor smack talk before any Championship Series.

2/9/2011 3:23:34 PM

NyM ... how you not know who Holden Thorpe is man

2/9/2011 3:35:00 PM