Duke Basketball and Coach K Are at Another Pivotal Recruiting Moment
College Basketball, Recruiting October 2nd. 2009, 3:00pm
Duke basketball has not been able to lure elite recruits for the last six years. We checked the Rivals database, and the Blue Devils have only nabbed two Top 10 recruits between 2004-2009 (Josh McRoberts in 2005 and Kyle Singler in 2007). In contrast, UNC has landed five in that same time period. According to Gary Parrish at CBS Sports, Duke’s recruiting during its Final Four drought (last appearance: 2004) is even more bleak when you look at Scout’s rankings: “the program’s past five recruiting classes … have been nothing short of terrible.” Which is why the coming weeks are so crucial for Duke basketball.
The Blue Devils supposedly have the inside track on two top-tier recruits in the class of 2010: point guard Kyrie Irving and SG/SF Harrison Barnes. (Nice read on Barnes here; he’s already being pegged as the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA draft.) Duke will struggle this year because it doesn’t have any backcourt depth. Irving and Barnes almost certainly would start in 2010, with Barnes probably moving to SF and transfer Seth Curry starting at SG in place of Scheyer, who graduates.
Irving is also considering Kentucky - where he’ll be for midnight madness - Georgia Tech, and Seton Hall (he’s a Jersey kid); Barnes has one-and-done written all over him and is also thinking about Kansas, UNC, and the school closest to him, Iowa State. Just how pivotal is it for Duke to land these guys?
Duke’s past five recruiting classes have produced more transfers than NBA players, more busts than All-Americans. It’s a stunning statistic — particularly when you consider that North Carolina’s past five recruiting classes have produced at least eight NBA-level players (Tyler Hansbrough, Danny Green, Brandon Wright, Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson, Tyler Zeller, Ed Davis, John Henson). Meantime, Kansas’ past five classes have produced at least seven NBA-level players (Brandon Rush, Julian Wright, Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur, Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry), and that’s why UNC and KU have consistently remained in contention for national titles.
If Irving and Barnes pass on Duke … ah, let’s not go there. [CBS Sports]
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October 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Hey, college football, suck one.
- TBL
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
really? college basketball already?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
how many D-I QBs did UNC or Kansas recruit?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
TBL is one of the biggest college basketball fans I know. I’m not being sarcastic or shitting on this post.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Who cares? Duke is second-tier compared to UNC and until Roy gets fired (not going to happen), leaves (see getting fired) or retires it will stay that way. Roy may have his issues, but that dude can recruit with the best of them and Coach K can’t at the moment.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Sadly Coach K is more invested in USA basketball than Duke. He’s just enjoying being able to finally coach Kobe and LeBron.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
rumors around these parts is Barnes top two is Iowa State and Kansas. Of course this was like 3 months ago when I read that so it could have changed 10 times by nowl
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I don’t think UNC got an official visit from Barnes, so I think they may be out of that race, Kansas Duke battle there.
Kentucky is becoming a player for Irivng because his Dad has taken over that recruitment and Rod Strickland an assistant is his God father. Have a feeling duke is going to miss on both of them.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Let’s. Maybe then, the propping up of K and Duke will stop. Talk about surviving on reputation alone.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
dukes had a top 10 nationally ranked class 5 of the last 6 years
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Three games tomorrow featuring Oklahoma, Miami, UGA, LSU, CAL and USC. All ranked.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Irving’s a PG? He’s going to Tech, mystery solved.
/point guard U
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
+1
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Also, Duke’s last class wasn’t that bad Plumlee and Kelly will be solid if not great players, it is just their backcourt is really thin.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Since Marbury?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
TBL is one of the biggest college basketball fans I know. I’m not being sarcastic or shitting on this post.
That’s a bannin’.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Vitale has the 2010 Duke class already rated #1. Doesn’t matter if they recruit one player. Still the best in the country.
Duke is going to struggle this year with a depleted backcourt. Landing one of these two would help for 2010.
Hope both these kids head to Kansas and Kentucky.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Jarrett Jack, Will Bynum, Crittendon (should have stayed another year). Doesn’t sound like much, but it’s roughly the same amount as before Marbury.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
know youre joking but osu’s got that locked up
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
If USC loses tomorrow (which I doubt will happen, but it could…) they will be out of the NC race and most likely done for the Pac 10 race. The Trojans have won that league 7 years in a row. If OU loses they are done for the NC. If Miami wins they are right back in the top 10. LSU could prove people wrong, or UGA could jump back into the top 10 (maybe…more like 12th most likely). What about ND-Washington? A loss for ND means Chunky Charlie’s ass will be on fire. Can Sparty take down Mich? So many storylines this week.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:21 pm
i still cannot comprehend why people would willingly watch college basketball when the NBA is eleventy trillion times better in every single facet imagineable.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
really?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Duke = the Florida State of college basketball?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
FTFM’d
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Go watch a game at Philips arena, then go watch a game at Alexander Memorial. Then you’ll get it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I watch college basketball over NBA the same reason I watch college football over NFL.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
the nba playoffs are better than the ncaa regular season but the nba regular season is a fucking joke. and march madness pwns anything the nba can come up with unless the losers of the finals punishment is death
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I know Duder. Unless Tobias Harris heads to Syracuse and then there is a question of who is #1 and #2. However, I definitely want OSU to be #1, Harris to Syracuse would kill me.
And I was joking. Obviously right now to any sane impartial b-ball observer OSU has the best class. I still think Vitale may have Dook at the top even if they recruited no top players.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Say you’re a Seattle hoops player, playing at Brandon Roys high school, pegged to be a top five recruit nationally for 2010, your dad went to UW, and they play the perfect type of hoops for your style, and you’re basically a mortal lock to go there, WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DECIDE TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND RISK TEARING YOUR GODDAMN ACL?!?!?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
no thanks.
see, i can’t make this connection. football is the greatest sport ever invented. this is inarguable. i’d watch peewee football over pretty much anything other than golf, but hoops?
why would you settle for a MUCH inferior product? it’s not like college football where guys will be around for a few years, you get one shot with these guys and it’s gone. not to mention, the close 3-point line is the biggest joke in all of sports. it’s killing the game.
and is there ONE personality who covers college basketball that doesn’t make you want to kill people? vitale, packer (gone, but still…), gus johnson (annoying), motherfucking digger phelps…dear lord.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 pm
sears, uconn or gtown fan?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
march madness is overrated.
yea…said it. the fedex cup this year was more exciting.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
good thing you have a great gravatar
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Is Singler NBA material? I watched Gunnin’ for the No. 1 Spot. It kinda sucks if every one of those guys makes it to the league except him.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
gawd you’re retarded.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
NCAA basketball reg season is a complete waste of my time. I’ll watch from feb. thru March Madness, thank you very much. As for the NBA, I’ll click on the Christmas games, then ignore it until the all-start break unless nothing else is on.
NBA > NCAA slightly..
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
you wouldn’t have known…you didn’t watch a lick of it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm
At least they are not ex-Cowboy players
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
why does it go back to like 1/2 an hour earlier when i refresh
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Now, now. Don’t let Tar Heel hatred blind your vision. Yeah, watching them roll was expected and bland, but nothing — NOTHING — beats the excitement of March Madness’ first weekend.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
For the life of me I’ll never understand how people can be college football fans but not NFL fans, or vice versa. The college and NBA segregation I get because of the one and done’s, the NBA’s one on one isolation, the lack or regular season meaning, etc., etc., but I don’t get the college football > NFL or NFL > college football arguments. I prefer the NFL, but that’s just because I’m more invested in the pro team that I follow than the shitty Big 10 school I went to or the I-AA school I went to.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Maryland. UCONN is out of the race for Harris. His family does not need the cash payments they offer. And G’town is the second most despicable program in college basketball.
Harris is said to be leaning Cuse, MD, and Kentucky. His older brother graduated from MD so that is a factor. I would like MD to lock up Harris or CJ Leslie but Leslie is said to be leaning UNC.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
NFL divisional playoff round is better, IMO.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
i know because golf is boring. i watch more exciting things like football,mma,basketball, baseball, rugby, paint drying, table tennis, coma patients just in case they come out of it, grass growing, test patterns on tv and the back of my eyelids.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I like college more cuz it comes on the days I’m off work. If I was off on Sundays, it’s not a contest. I’m a MUCH bigger (black)Saints fan than an LSU one, even tho LSU has the championships.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Go watch a game at Philips arena, then go watch a game at Alexander Memorial. Then you’ll get it.
younglefty - you must be only watching the visitors at Alexander b/c GT has played like crap for 3+ years.
BTW - I like Hewitt, but they’ve been awful.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
don’t confuse excitement due to everyone living a gambling pseudo-dream with actual, real life, live sports excitement…the kind found in credible sports.
and despite being “exciting,” it’s still just a collection of 6′5″ PF’s and 4-guard teams jacking 3’s behind a line that’s about 2 feet too close until they get wiped out by one of the three teams with legitimate NBA talent.
actually WATCH an NBA game and it’s shocking how much better the quality of play is.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I already have my tickets to the UT - UNC game. The one nice thing about college basketball is that you get to watch your team play against a marquee opponent they very well could lose to.
Hook ‘em
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Spence -
The NBA is the biggest mockery of the game, they don’t enforce the rules, Lebron’s Crab walk is a travel, guys going into the lane early on free throws and for 60 games a year it is a crapshoot if the team will show up. Plus it is fixed
College fans stand the whole time and make the noise, not crappy music being pumped in, the players hustle the whole time and every game matters.
I agree the one and done rule is terrible for the game but unfortunately that is out of their control.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
this is true but i still like college hoops
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
mrejr…you say golf is boring, but you list MMA 2nd? the fuck is wrong with you? MMA is boring as fuck and, might i add, pretty fucking gay.
do you diddle your own ass? do you? you do, don’t you?
/just wanted to use the word “diddle”
//but seriously MMA sucks…boxing is way better
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Except that there are as many DAYS of games in the Tourney as there are ENTIRE GAMES of football.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
If by struggle you mean be a top 10 team all year, win 30+ games, win the ACC, and sweet 16-elite 8 with an outside shot at the final four…then yes, they’ll struggle.
Irving is going to Duke, I’ll wager anything on it. Barnes…should be close, but I expect he’ll be at Duke as well.
K’s changed his strategy after getting burned by Patterson and Monroe (if we’d had either of those, this post wouldn’t exist). K’s tight with Lebron, that’s helping alot…plus next year Duke’s going to be fucking nasty. Everyone but Scheyer and Singler back, Curry’s eligible, and Trving and possibly Barnes. Yeah, watch out for next year.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:43 pm
The NBA is the biggest mockery of the game
too funny
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:43 pm
well when(certain) players are allowed to routinely take about 7 steps i guess the play is better. and im not gonna mention how nba players play defense like they are matadors.(oops) yeah and it is amazing to watch guys who are 6′8′ with 40 inch verts dunk on a 10 foot hoop. yawn
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I grew up during the Cremins heyday, when it really earned the nickname Thriller Dome. They should be good this year though.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
And I won’t try to argue it. I go to the game on saturday. Watch the DVR’d version on Monday. And download an HD version so I can watch the games again in class.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Quality over quantity’s what I always say.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I think they both suck.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
wake me up when boxings supposed pound for pound king isnt ducking someone who would give him a run for his money. hell wake me up when a heavyweight championship boxer(american) doesnt look like he just stepped away from a buffet.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
neither golf or mma are sports so this is a fair argument
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
your face does! right spence? this guys face does?
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Bowl week > March Madness
NFL playoffs > all
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
WWE today > MMA
yeah, I said it
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
you’re were right until you said mma. and i think you’re just saying shit to get a rise out of me and spence. nice try.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I don’t buy the quality of play, it is one on one isolation. The changed the rules to further help offense in the league.
The quality of defense, teamwork is far lower and those are part of the game.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
But didn’t the guy who beat Kimbo Slice ask for a double cheeseburger 20 seconds following that fight? I’m not going to take shots at MMA because I find it entertaining, but I think boxing’s the better sport.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
tampa you’re way wrong. you’re tampabo right?
/racist’d
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I tried to get into MMA but I didn’t have enough t shirts with skulls on the front.
No Fear!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:50 pm
son of a…
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:50 pm
roy nelson isnt a elite heavyweight. im talking about championship caliber fighters.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
the only thing good about it is that they supposedly get paid more if they win
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
great…i love typing two good comments and them just not shwoing up.
the site’s not crashing, so it’s not billy wagner, should we call the current TBL technical difficulties eric gagne?
and mrejr…you’re an idiot. 7 steps? no defense? laziness? nobody in the NBA takes 7 steps. defense in the NBA is FAR MORE advanced than in college and college players are JUST AS LAZY.
these are all retarded generalities.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Duke is going to be in trouble without Henderson. Not saying they are going to fall on hard times and miss the tournament but Henderson carried them offensively at times last year. What do they have this year three guards? Lack of depth will hurt them.
Which player on the team are you? Scheyer? Singler? He is pretty tall.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Even if all 4 NFL games are good, there are still going to be more good college basketball games, so yes, quality over quantity. Just depends on how you look at it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Oh, okay. Well there are no American championship-caliber heavyweights, but heavyweight boxing is pretty terrible and has been for some time, the middle and lower classes are much better in terms of skill/entertainment value, much like MMA.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
TallGuy - if you think you are winning the ACC this year good luck.
Also, you very well could get Irving, but you better start paying attention to Drederick (sic?) Irving. The fact that he didn’t commit and is going to Inbred Madness at UK is not a good sign.
Also K’s tight with Lebron?? Well Lebron might be kicking it in Rupp with your boy Irving in a couple weeks.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
good point except that football is a better spectator sport than basketball on any level.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I agree, it’s all a matter of preference. The quality of play in today’s college basketball realm is pretty poor, IMO. Bad fundamentals, bad shooting, bad passing, bad team defense, bad big men play, etc. But again, that’s my opinion, and I’m not hoops expert.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
spencer have you watched the nba other than lebron?yeah most of the nba is lazy and they dont play defense. like i said you are retarded
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
One of MMA’s top heavyweights couldn’t handle the WWE schedule.
WWE >> MMA
/I don’t watch WWE anymore
//I still expect better action in MMA fights
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
i’ll admit that 50% of the NBA i watch is cavs related…but ive had league pass for the past two years and watch at least one game per night during the regular season. ive been a HUGE NBA fan from before lebron was in the league, so don’t try and label me as some frontrunner.
/still have my ricky davis autographed ticket stubs
//and a dujuan wagner jersey…somewhere
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
dude you’re a browns and indians fan, trust me when i say i know you’re not a frontrunner. that would have to take your teams to be in front
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Didn’t Pitino hire Lebron’s boy as an assitant?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
You think UNC is? Yeah, Drew Two isn’t taking them to the promised land, I can assure you. 3 guards isn’t ideal, but fuck, no one can match our frontcourt depth, and Singler’s probably going to slide up to the 2 occasionally.
I’m paying attention, just like I paid attention to Kyrie’s words saying that he’s pretty much going to Duke. He won’t go to UK if either Knight or Selby goes.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
sorry mak i usually just skip right over your comments…could someone i pay attention to give me a rundown on what he said?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Basketball constant play. That’s one level. We’re also talking about the NCAA tournament, where if you go in person you can watch multiple games in the same building on the same day.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Think that was Calipari.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
no Pitino hired Teague’s assistant hs coach, who was kicked off his team for drugs and theft.
Calipari hired lebron’s friend for some bs position forget if it was director of something made up or a grad assistant.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
*has constant play
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Knight maybe, Selby won’t effect him and Selby isn’t deciding to Spring. Irving and Selby could and would play together.
Remember when Iriving said IU was his leader, guess why we got axed because of Pop’s. Sure he might have committed to Duke by now but there is a reason it hasn’t happened and that reason is pushing UK right now.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:05 pm
ahem…
Calipari post.
/spoiled brat
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Also, if you think you are going to win the ACC and be top ten with 3 guards, none of them anything special good luck. Also, I would take UNC’s front court any day over Dukes.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Not taking sides here but there are plenty of teams and individuals that play hard every night (Kobe, LeBron, D-Wade, CP3, D-Howard, the Celtics, Utah) but when are just extremely good and in some cases great it just looks really easy.
I enjoy college basketball as well the enviroment is fantastic and when you get amatch-up of two good teams the quality of play is damn good as well.
Sorry for the double post I always screw up the buttons
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Maybe Irving ends up at Duke. I am sure that you know his recruitment a lot better than I do. But don’t tell me you are taking at face value what a b-ball recruit says. Come on. Even though you get in a blind rage when someone is critical about Duke basketball I can tell you are smart kid.
Can’t believe I have been posting this much. I have to get back to work so I can get out of here at a decent hour. Enjoy football this weekend everyone.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Almost a hundred posts and nobody mentions that they got backcourt help with Andre Dawkins (one of the top recruits for next year) starting college a year early?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Oh and don’t look at Dawkins’ Scout profile, they changed him from a five star to one star when they reset his class status since he graduated early, Rivals still has him as a five star. Kid is sick.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
November: college hoops and college fball, NBA, NFL. What beats that?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Espn has him graded a 95 http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=54791&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d54791
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
involving NHL
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
The MLB postseason bleeds into November this year as well.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Syracuse is going to be studly next season. If they get Harris they should be preseason top 5. That team will have Wes Johnson, Rick Jackson and a sophmore Brandon Triche with all those incoming freshman.
Fab Melo
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pm
And I assume someone already pointed out they already have two very good recruits on verbals for next year right, regardless of everyone else?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
moleman, true about Dawkins but he is young and acts young and is more of the score first point guard. Has a good deep shot that will keep teams from packing it inside on him. But teams will play him close with a hand in his face and force him to go by him.
He is the classic case of kid that never took the time to shoot inside the three point line. He will be good but I think teams will be able to get in his head and wear him down and with no depth he may hit some rough patches.
Also, please never reference ESPN ratings again, they are the worst out there.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
of course i did, why
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Yeah but he’s a consensus five star, don’t know what the fuck is wrong with Scout’s database that they can’t handle a guy coming out early.
He’ll provide depth this year, that’s all that matters.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Just making sure, because it emphasizes the point that they already have three new players coming in next year, before this season has even started, and losing out on one of these two guys isn’t going to be a death knell for the recruiting class.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
commenters who get wound up the most, anger seething in their responses:
1. Mags
2. Moleman
3. spencer
Who rounds out the top 5?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Hey I didn’t get wound up on this one (and sorry for being tardy, got a late start on the gym!). I actually agree that they’re at a pivotal moment, but I think it’s a pivot that could put them on top.
I’m just passionate, like all us Greeks.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
You mean in the Big East, right?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Also, Paolo has gotta be above me in that list. No shame in being third though!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Best thing about this list: no way to defend yourself if you don’t agree with it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
1. Maggs
2. Moleman
3. Spencer
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
i can think of a couple but value my life too much
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I’d say rs27 is on there, and I love his posts (and find his Rangers fandom adorable). I like that Spence and I are two of the bigger potheads round these here parts and still get furious (unless I’m thinking of someone else).
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
i’ve been to the first rounds of the NCAA tournament in person twice; i think i saw one or 2 competitive games out of 16.
watching NCAA at home >>>>> watching NCAA in person
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I disagree on rs.
I’d mention someone, but I don’t want to be called racist.
/high-five
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
idk man, he has straight up lost his shit on hockey stuff.
speaking of which ….. really? no hockey season thread anywhere?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Conference tourneys in person >>>> NCAA tourney in person
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Paolo’s posts read like they came from a retarded John Galt. However, his rants are highly entertaining.
Tallguy gets riled about Duke but I would not put him in the top 5.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Id agree with that based solely on the time I remember him going off on cursed, defending syracuse, even though cursed is a syracuse alum.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Watching a squirrel climb a tree >>>>>>> watching college basketball in a football stadium with no atmosphere.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
hell Id put me over rs. I’m super laid back in real life so this is where I come to release my rage.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
went to a couple 2nd round games like 10 years ago when msu won it all. kentucky fans are fucking crazy
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Fuck you!
/shoots to #13 most angry
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Scout sucks with updating players and technically only there top 25 in a class are five stars so since he isn’t on one of those lists he is a 1 star.
I just don’t think you can get through the tourney with three guards especially when the main one is unproven and is jumping a year because that was the only option.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I’m not even close…moleman usually gets much angrier than me about the Duke posts normally, but he’s spent most of his current anger on ND and hockey posts. I’ve got a lot of anger storied away due to Delhomme still having a starting position in the NFL.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Being a skins fan I know what you mean. Snyder is running the team into the ground. With no immediate hope in sight.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Yeah, Spence and Mole are probably the two angriest, although Spence’s anger is contained, Mole’s runs the gamit from soccer to the Simpsons to Scheyer and beyond.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I like how Clowns gone for a eek or so and people forget how angry he is.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I’m pretty goddamn abrasive in person too, there are a few on here who can attest to that. Especially when I’ve got a lot of booze in me.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
I will say that Duke talk doesn’t make me nearly as angry as when I was forced to explain to TBL that incompetent assbombers aren’t cause belli for nuking the entire Middle East.
color me surprised
/not at all
//good call on the Dogfishhead Pumpkin Ale
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
It’s good to have some cantankerous folk on here, we need a little bit of everything to keep things interesting.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Except on the things that matter. I’ve been repeatedly told in court that making jokes is inappropriate, and I my main goal in class is to get laughs. That’s how I keep my head with the important shit, I let all my frustration out on the periphery and don’t have any rage left for the rest.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Put it this way: there’s never going to be a neighbor talking about me to the news saying “he seemed so nice and quiet, I never would have seen him snapping like this.”
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Who?
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
“he was always drunk, loud, and obnoxious, so no him taking a sledgehammer to his girlfriends car was not a surprise”
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
FUCK ALL OF YOU FOR NOT MENTIONING ME!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Waaaay off. I don’t have a girlfriend.