<-----will be at the game

1/17/2006 3:43:58 AM

STATE BY EIGHT

1/17/2006 4:20:40 AM

WRONG.

1/17/2006 4:35:26 AM

This is a game that we absolutely SHOULD have a chance to win.

If Herb can't keep us close in this one then I will lose the 3% remaining hope I have in this guy as a head coach.

We should be able to neutralize Shelden Williams who is Dukes best player.

We have plenty of athleticism at the guard positions to keep JJ from killing us by getting to the FT line 10 times...

Then all we have to do is defend the three and take advantage of our strengths on offense.


I have a bad feeling about some of the calls that will go against us though... refs in cameron can be brutal

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 4:37 AM. Reason : a]

1/17/2006 4:37:29 AM

...and if we win we can look forward to another coach K "relapse"... or does that not take effect until they lose 2 games?

1/17/2006 7:12:05 AM

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 8:31 AM. Reason : af]

1/17/2006 8:31:02 AM

^^^ all the athleticism in the world won't keep JJ off the free throw line. he is the master of creating fouls, whether it's by flopping or whatever. he always gets half of his points against us on the line

1/17/2006 8:49:50 AM

Yea I honestly would say our chances of keeping JJ off the line are slim to none. Not that our defense won't play well against him but lets face it... JJ will get to the line in Cameron, contact or no contact..

1/17/2006 8:52:27 AM

let him get to the free throw line...with a BROKEN KNEE. Send me in for 1 play and see what happens...

1/17/2006 9:02:16 AM

a boy named Kim

breaking knees

1/17/2006 9:04:48 AM

BRAXTON

GET IN THERE AND TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM AND FOLD JJ'S KNEES BACKWARD

1/17/2006 9:59:09 AM

someone hook me up with some seats so I have good justification for not going to class

1/17/2006 10:21:06 AM

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"Yea I honestly would say our chances of keeping JJ off the line are slim to none."

I didn't know he was a cokehead too

1/17/2006 10:27:26 AM

NCSU - 86
DUKE - 84

1/17/2006 10:38:07 AM

Quote :

"someone hook me up with some seats so I have good justification for not going to class"

i'm just not going to class...

1/17/2006 10:41:40 AM

***I need 2 tix to this game***

someone help me out!!

1/17/2006 10:44:02 AM

I woke up all happy that today was wednesday and we would play duke tonight.




But it's only tuesday

1/17/2006 10:44:53 AM

i think out of everyone here, you have the best hook up on tix duchess

1/17/2006 10:45:23 AM

andrew only gets two tix to away games. his parents are in town.

I need two tix.

1/17/2006 10:48:10 AM

Well I think it's time for an ultimatum. His parents or you. Make a choice. It's only fair...

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 10:53 AM. Reason : p.s. - I want 2 tix too.. yea right.]

1/17/2006 10:53:08 AM

^hahaha. if you get two you're taking me.. and v/v

1/17/2006 10:55:12 AM

uh oh don't tell andrew

1/17/2006 10:55:54 AM

I had my mouse clicker over the 'Buy Now' for $350 for 2 tix on EBay a few weeks ago... but I thought better of it at the time. Seeing the prices go higher and higher now I regret that.. I could've made some bank. Oh well..

1/17/2006 10:56:49 AM

We're going to lose by 15+.

To expect otherwise is foolish.

1/17/2006 11:01:12 AM

just like in 2002 when we lost to the top ranked blue devils...


oh wait.

1/17/2006 11:03:03 AM

^^ sand in the crotch, not getting attention cause it's january?

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 11:03 AM. Reason : ]

1/17/2006 11:03:05 AM

Games there suck.

BTW - Duchess should be able to get in by going to campout the night before and offering some dork a free feel if he can get her a valid Duke Card.

There has to be a girl at Duke with blonde hair and large eyes.


[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 11:09 AM. Reason : [user]

1/17/2006 11:07:54 AM

Quote :

"How is not leading the ACC in free throw attempts a reason to fire a coach?"

Haha don't worry it was just another dumb quote from socrates .

1/17/2006 11:13:02 AM

I don't have bank to drop on tickets
or a rack to try and sway some dork
so if a fan knows of anyone willing to help someone out please PM me

1/17/2006 11:16:08 AM

Quote :

"I don't have bank to drop on tickets or a rack to try and sway some dork so if a fan knows of anyone willing to help someone out please PM me"

Best chance is to wear Blue and stand outside of Cameron.

You expect someone to just give you tickets?

1/17/2006 11:20:16 AM

^Wear red underneath that shit and rip it off once in your seat.

1/17/2006 11:21:39 AM

I want to see Cameron live before I move back North.

I've been to RBC, Reynolds, Dean Dome, Cole Fieldhouse, Comcast Center, Gampel, HCC, MSG, Carrier Dome, DuPont Pavillion, and Prov. CC for college games..

I'd rank them in this order

1a) Reynolds
1b) MSG -> nothing beats St. Johns/UConn when they are both good at the Garden
2) Carrier Dome -> sheer # of people is awesome to see for a bball game
3) RBC Center
4) Gampel Pavillion
5) DuPont -> loudest BY FAR but only seats like 4,500
6) Cole/Comcast -> tie b/c scUM sucks balls.
7) HCC -> dead pro arena
8) PCC

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 11:23 AM. Reason : oh and I'd throw Greensboro Coliseum for teh ACC tourney there with MSG]

1/17/2006 11:22:39 AM

Cameron sucks

its cramped and hot

1/17/2006 11:23:52 AM

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"DuPont Pavillion"

Who plays there?

1/17/2006 11:26:30 AM

I dont think Cameron is anything special, really. It is about 120 degrees in that little ass gym.

1/17/2006 11:28:42 AM

Villanova. It's really one hell of an arena for college bball but it never gets the pub.. Oh, the Palestra is bad ass too for sheer history.

V they play SOME games at the Wachovia Center (Flyers/Sixers home)...

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 11:33 AM. Reason : f]

1/17/2006 11:29:09 AM

Wow I learned something new. Nova is a top 10 team and their arena only holds 4,500? Surely they are planning to build a new one. They have a pretty good following and Jay Wright seems to have something going there in Philly.

1/17/2006 11:32:19 AM

Quote :

"You expect someone to just give you tickets?"

No, I am looking for a fair price. I have had two sets of tickets given to me for games in Cameron before. One game was for the state game a few years back.

1/17/2006 11:32:26 AM

I was in the undergrad student section in Cameron for the '03 game.
We won the game at home that year so I was stunned to be able to walk up to Cameron 10 minutes before the game and still get a seat in the student section (I decided not to sit in the grad student section).

I was not impressed with the atmosphere (keep in mind I have seen several games in Reynolds) and really felt like the Duke students were cordial to someone wearing red in their student section.
One guy even asked if I grew up in Raleigh and that's why I was a State fan? I can't imagine anyone at Reynolds being polite to me if I was wearing blue to a Duke game.

Overall Cameron is not deserving of all the hype and attention. The best "cheer" they have is the "bounce, bounce, bounce ahhhhhh, pass, ahhhh, BRICK" cheer while the opposing team is on offense - that one has to be tough for the players. Otherwise it's not intimidating but annoying.

1/17/2006 11:38:09 AM

wow... being polite to people supporting other teams. what a bunch of fags.

1/17/2006 12:32:31 PM

I've been to 3 games in Cameron, I have to say the atmosphere is awesome. I wish we had that like we did when we played in Reynolds.

1/17/2006 12:38:48 PM

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"just like in 2002 when we lost to the top ranked blue devils... oh wait. "

Yea we went to Cam and laid the law didn't we.

Oh wait.

1/17/2006 12:39:01 PM

http://html.wral.com/sh/blogger/wralglenn.html

GOOD READ

1/17/2006 2:09:20 PM

how you can use a game from 4 years ago for reasoning of this game is beyond me.

i really dont like the small old arenas. i understand that the atmosphere is so much better but with pro arenas like msg i dont understand the hype. i know it has history but when it comes to watching a game who cares. i go there expecting some really nice but old place and damn i was disapointed. msg is a piece of shit with bad viewpoints all over. the concourse has the feel of a subway station and theres not 1 thing nice about the place at all.

of the ones ive been to mci and rbc are the nicest while reynolds and cameron had the best atmosphere. how does being polite to other fans hurt the atmosphere? it doesnt help the other team in any way. being rude to other fans is just classless and i hope we dont do that anymore if it was bad in reynolds.

1/17/2006 2:26:13 PM

If it was bad in Reynolds? BAD IN REYNOLDS? You have no fucking idea. I got scared when I went as a kid, and it wasn't even close to how bad it was in the '70s.

The MCI Center is a shithole of epic proportion. Terrible sightlines, terrible press box, terrible teams.

Being rude to opposing fans might not seem like it does anything to the other team, but it does make a difference if you make the people earn the right to cheer in an opposing barn. If they still cheer, great for them, but there are lots of folks who'll shut up if you ride them hard for cheering...and every person who doesn't cheer is less support for the away team.

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:38 PM. Reason : d]

1/17/2006 2:34:03 PM

Quote :

"how does being polite to other fans hurt the atmosphere?"

I was cheering my butt off for state - why not if someone made me feel like it was ok. That never would have happened at Reynolds.

1/17/2006 2:35:28 PM

Wow, the whining has already begun. Beautiful.

Duke - 81
UNC State - 68

1/17/2006 5:39:47 PM

NC State - 81
Duke - 73

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

1/17/2006 8:56:28 PM

State - 76
Duke - 71

1/17/2006 9:04:11 PM

that WRAL guy's list was pathetic. how does this Duke team not have experience? Dockery, Redick, Williams, Melchionni have all experienced many games as big or competitive as this one should be. if someone actually has good, legit reasons why they think State is in any way better than Duke, i'd like to see them

Duke - 87
State -78

1/17/2006 9:51:00 PM