Maryland Or Duke? Pick Your Poison, Gents
We all hate Duke, right?
It seems for every Christian Laettner that departs we get a JJ Reddick. And for every JJ Reddick we get a Greg Paulus.
And I won’t even bore you with the featureless scarecrows known as Josh McRoberts and Kyle Singletary. They’ve got nothing on those lacrosse dudes.
No, let us instead turn our attention to a new enemy. An enemy who, while almost single-handedly slaying the great white Hydra known as Duke University, has managed to emerge as the greater evil.
Meet Greivis Vasquez
You remember Tyler Hansborough throwing up awkward, twisting hooks that somehow found their privileged way to the hoop, right? Hell, remember that one 6′6 combo forward from Maryland named Nik Caner-Medley? Once in a while Nik’s teams would win — in the regular season. He would give us amazing highlight reels of running bank shots complete with the Karl Malone Knee-Out-Crotch-Level finale.
Vasquez pulled all these punches and more en route to a 79-72 Terps win over the Blue Devils on Wednesday night.
We should feel happy. We should feel the usual warm glow we get whenever Duke crumbles once again. And yet, maybe it’s the staggering, flat-footed shots by Vasquez that seemed to go in over and over again, maybe it’s the fact that the only team that seems more unathletic than Duke was actually Maryland; or maybe it’s the fact that Maryland RUSHED THE FLOOR after beating a rival that they typically beat 5 out of 10 times.
Apparently, Rick Reilly was right (for once).
Either way, we can all look forward to the tournament when Maryland loses to West Virginia (or Siena, who knows?) in the 1st round and Duke gets steamrolled by a pick em’ team who has an athletic point guard and a remotely mobile center.
The ACC is your sisters old doll collection, folks.
I would rather watch Duke women’s basketball than one more second of that douchebag
Why does everyone always hate on Duke??? Because we are always good, or because your team sucks!!?? FINAL FOUR BABY!!
We hate them because they are consistentlu over-rated, like this year. If they make the Final Four I’ll eat my shorts.
What’s with all the white hate? Greivis Vasquez is going to be a star in the pros baby!
Says the douchebag tar heel fan…anyone who isn’t a NC homer want to chime in?? I didn’t think so, b/c no one has a good reason to hate on us. We have the best coach in the nation, we turn down more McDonalds All-american players than most colleges can even sniff at, so the only conclusion is jealousy.
But i guess if i was a tar heel fan i would be jealous too. the only final four you will see will be in the NIT..that is, if they are even invited.
“NC homer”…..haha.
When was the last time Duke did anything noteworthy??
ok, reasons Duke has no chance of making it to the final four … where to begin? We are talking about this year so don’t bring past years bullshit into this. Look at their performance on the road this year:
4 point loss to Wisconsin (mediocre Big Ten team)
4 point loss to Georgia Tech (struggling ACC team)
14 point loss to NC State!(bad)
12 point loss to Georgetown(in the dumps Big East team)
7 point loss to Maryland(Greivis is a d-bag)
anyways they have no solid road wins, and unless the entire tourney is played in the state of north carolina they stand no chance to make the final four, they have no post game and are just not athletic enough to keep up with a Syracuse, Villanova, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio State, West Virginia.
That game was ridiculous. Does anyone really think either team is getting past the second round? Duke is an ancient relic. Calipari’s method of recruiting may be evil but it’s the future of the sport.
I cant wait until The Bucks open the can on DUke Blue Balls bitches. triple double for Evan that night suckas!!!1
I like Maryland because although Duke may be more talented top to bottom, the Terps always play Duke tough because they have heart. True, Maryland will probably lose in the 2nd round and Duke might as well, but like it or not, they are the class of the ACC this year. Welcome to the watered down NCAA this season fellas. While the NCAA field will be weaker overall, it should make for one of the most fun to watch Tourney in a while since anyone can beat anyone…….in any given night. Great site.
Maryland does play duke tough, like that 20 point loss earlier this season. And if anyone noticed, Duke beat UNC by 30 tonight. Even though they are having a bad year, Carolina has the bench filled with 6′10 McDonalds all-Americans who can run and jump out of the gym. Keep hating because they play for the name on the front of the jersey rather than on the back. Along with hustle and discipline, that is what makes Duke players great. So keep being jealous while this white boy drains one in your eye.
I’m wondering if you live out of the state of maryland if you even know who the terripins are? DUKE is consistantly good not like carolina who fall off the map evry 3 years or so (did yall win the last NIT tourney you were in) i didnt care enough to watch. people hate on duke because we dont just accept anyone who can dribble and dunk on our coach K keeps class on his teams. by the way whoever said Vasquez was gonna be a star in the NBA WTF are you talkimg about he might, might be drafted but a star come on dude please while im on it when was the last time maryland did anything noteworthy – besides beating DUKE thats all your schools basketball program is known for. yall’s whole season is based on playing DUKE we get the best out of every team and still win and useually when we loose its because our players are just having a bad night shit lebron and kobe have bad nights. And your coach looks just like that stupid ass turtle you call a mascot.
Krisco you talk about that 7 point loss last week what about the 20 point blow out humiliating beat down yall took last month? just wondering if you can answere that or if your just running your mouth since your half way decent team got a win they didnt deserve-but hey everyone gets lucky once in a while right? hell even though you have to share an acc regular season title who would have thought yall could get lucky? well dont worry you will back around 5th or lower next year where you belong.
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Im curious to see marylands– i dont care enough to look it up myself but im willing to bet its nowhere close
VERNON I HOPE YOU READ THIS BECAUSE CALIPARI IS EXACTLY WHATS WRONG WITH NCAA BASKETBALL THIS ISNT THE NBA THERE ARE RULES IN THIS LEAGUE AND I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING HOW HE IS THE FUTURE WHEN HE’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SUSPENDED OR BANNED FOR VIOLATING THESE RULES I HATE THE NBA BUT LOVE COLLEGE HOOPS BECAUSE COLLEGE PLAYERS STILL LOVE THE GAME ITS NOT ABOUT THE$ LIKE CALIPARI IS TEACHING HIS PLAYERS IF HE IS THE FUTURE AND IM WRONG THAT SUCK BECAUSE I WILL NEVER WATCH COLLEGE BALL AGAIN BUT THANK GOD FOR REAL PROGRAM AND COACHES WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT COLLEGE B-BALL IS ALL ABOUT (COACH K&DUKE UNIVERSITY) WHO WILL NOT LET IT GET TO THAT POINT WELL THE NCAA BOARD WOULD PROBABLY FIRE CALIPARI TODAY IF THEY KNEW EVERYTHING THER IS TO KNOW ABOUT HIM– AGAIN HE SUCKS AS A COACH, A PERSON, AND IS DEFINITLY NOT THE FUTURE OF THIS LEAGUE OR ANY OTHER
VASQUEZ SUCKS AS A PLAYER(PROBABLY BALLS TOO)
DOES NOBODY READ THIS PAGE?OR ARE SCARED TO ARGUE WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN SHUT YOU DOWN?I THOUGHT THIS WAS A TRASH TALKING PAGE. BUT I’M THE ONLY ONE WITH ENOUGH BALLS TO STAND BEHIND MY TEAM. I THOUGHT DUKE OVERRATED THATS WHAT EVERYONE WAS SAYING EARLIER. WELL VASQUEZ SUCKS, IF YOU CAN PROVE ME WRONG PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WRIGHT ME BACK — I UNDERSTAND YOUR SCARED TO GET INTO THE CONVERSATION, BUT IF YOU HAVE A SET OF BALLS BETWEEN YOUR LEGS TRY TO STATE NYOUR CASE—IF THEIR IS ONE — BECAUSE MARYLAND SUCKS BIG FLOPPY DONKEY DICK–I UNDERSTAND YOU DONT HAVE NUCH OF AN ARGUMENT—DUKE IS GOING TO WIN THE ACC CHANPIONSHIP THIS YEAR
are yall scared to write comments because even though your MARYland fans you know im right? is that why really? because thats exactly what it seems like.
ALSO IS THAT A JOKE ON YALLS CAMPUS THAT GARY WILLIAMS LOOKS JUST LIKE YOUR MASCOT? BECAUSE THEY ARE TWINS IN SOME SORT OF INTERSPECIES LOVE TRIANGLE SOMEONE IN HIS FAMILY GOT INVOLVED IN? I DONT KNOW WHO BUT SOMEONE IN HIS FAMILY BANGED A TERRIPIN AND OUT CAME GARY WILLIAMS–WHICH I GUESS YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH THAT BACK THEN.
SOMEONE IF YOU GOT A SET POST SOMETHING