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(as if there's not already enough people doing this)Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Caution: Falling records
Duke had little trouble last night with a Wake Forest team that has completely gone south this year, winning 93-70 at Cameron. I'm still not sure what has happened to them. Granted, they lost Chris Paul, but with returning seniors Justin Gray, Eric Williams and Trent Strickland, a lot was still expected of them, and I'm more than a little surprised that they're last in the ACC right now with only 1 win. There have been those who suggest that Skip Prosser may be interested in the Cincinnati job, and I have to wonder if he's not completely committed to this team. If so, I feel bad for the seniors, because they should be having a better year than this.
One note for the conspiracy theorists: Duke had 18 fouls, Wake 17, at Cameron. Wake also shot 2 more free throws. Granted, a small difference, but with all of the talk the last 2 weeks, you'd have expected Duke - playing at home - to have only 2 or 3 fouls, and Wake to have 37. So much for that...
During the game, J.J. Redick passed Curtis Staples (Virginia) for the record of career 3-
pointers made in the NCAA. Redick now has 416 made, passing Staples' previous record of 413 made. He scored 33 on the night, and he's now scored 30 or more points in 12 games this season, and this is the 4th in a row (a school record). He will pass Johnny Dawkins to take over first place on the Duke career scoring list either this weekend or next week, and will soon become the all-time scoring leader in the ACC as well (also, likely next week). And, as his college career approaches it's end, he is still the NCAA career free throw percentage leader as well.
Duke also moved to 12-0 in the ACC, with 4 games remaining, and Redick scored 30 or more for the 4th straight game, and 12 times this season. Duke plays Miami at home this weekend, before going on the road to Georgia Tech and Florida State, then finishing at home against North Carolina, all of which will be difficult games to win. Also, they play at Temple in the middle of those four games. A win against Miami this weekend would likely move them back to #1 in the polls, with Connecticut losing this week to Villanova.
Redick continues to amaze me. Equally amazing are the people who continue to claim he's not that good. Surely, no matter how much one hates Duke basketball, they will at some point return to reality and admit he is a great college basketball player having an unbelievable year. But then again, some people are just stupid.
Tony Kornheiser is pro-J.J. Here's a good article from a yesterday.
One note for the conspiracy theorists: Duke had 18 fouls, Wake 17, at Cameron. Wake also shot 2 more free throws. Granted, a small difference, but with all of the talk the last 2 weeks, you'd have expected Duke - playing at home - to have only 2 or 3 fouls, and Wake to have 37. So much for that...
During the game, J.J. Redick passed Curtis Staples (Virginia) for the record of career 3-
pointers made in the NCAA. Redick now has 416 made, passing Staples' previous record of 413 made. He scored 33 on the night, and he's now scored 30 or more points in 12 games this season, and this is the 4th in a row (a school record). He will pass Johnny Dawkins to take over first place on the Duke career scoring list either this weekend or next week, and will soon become the all-time scoring leader in the ACC as well (also, likely next week). And, as his college career approaches it's end, he is still the NCAA career free throw percentage leader as well.Duke also moved to 12-0 in the ACC, with 4 games remaining, and Redick scored 30 or more for the 4th straight game, and 12 times this season. Duke plays Miami at home this weekend, before going on the road to Georgia Tech and Florida State, then finishing at home against North Carolina, all of which will be difficult games to win. Also, they play at Temple in the middle of those four games. A win against Miami this weekend would likely move them back to #1 in the polls, with Connecticut losing this week to Villanova.
Redick continues to amaze me. Equally amazing are the people who continue to claim he's not that good. Surely, no matter how much one hates Duke basketball, they will at some point return to reality and admit he is a great college basketball player having an unbelievable year. But then again, some people are just stupid.
Tony Kornheiser is pro-J.J. Here's a good article from a yesterday.
Olympic Update
I have successfully avoided watching any of the Winter Olympics thus far. I did watch about 5 or 10 minutes of the opening ceremonies, during the time when the teams from each country were walking in. However, when the Uzbekistan team came out with The Trammps "Disco Inferno" playing in the background, I was forced to turn it off.
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