Recent content by NMYMND

Minus the excitement for baseball, that's where I am . A loss would sting - again - but back-to-back finals is still nothing to discount. Thought in 2016, as the tourney unfolded, I was never nervous about Providence, Indiana, ND or Syracuse. Then when we got the final, I thought it was a 50-50...

So If Maye was considered a joke, why dismiss the possibility that one of the two incoming 3 star big men might become serviceable in a few years. Not saying it will happen, but ... There was a running line among UNC fans for the past several weeks on comparing Maye's stats to Giles, Bolden...

Yea, Roy did OK, but just imagine what Izzo could have done with this team the last two years. ( :sarcasm: . Just a little joke among some friends about years of stories on how Izzo was so great and Roy just won on talent.)

I know it's not apples-to-apples, but this Duke team really reminded of of 1994 UNC - returning core, highly regarded freshmen, high expectations, but never quite clicked. Pulled off an ACC tourney title and then had a disappointing 2nd round loss. On the other side, what is the general feeling...

I will be completely not-committal and say that any of the four left can win it, and it depends on the match-up in the finals. Duke over FSU FSU over UNC UNC over ND ND over Duke

I think Bilas pointed out the potential for about midway through the 1st half. Said the game was at UNC's pace and that could hurt Duke in the end. Think they were just clearly tired based on the missed FTs.  Does Duke even really push for the tourney title? 4 games in 4 days with a potential...

Agree. What Bonzie Colson accomplished this year with that Notre Dame roster was more worthy of PoY than either Jackson or Kennard, but the person(s) that left Jackson off the first team should really have to explain their thought process. The first team seemed pretty cut-and-dried this year.

Yes, it's finally here. I can't believe the ACC made me wait this long for the next chapter in the Duke-Syracuse rivalry. It's really filling the void that has existed in my life since the end of Duke-Maryland. But sarcasm directed at ESPN aside, I do give them a little bit of credit for...

Yea, Nichols slipped my mind this morning, even though they mentioned him a few times during the broadcast. And losing the game they way they did on the night they retired Brogdon's number certainly highlighted what they are missing. I was at the UNC-Virginia game in Chapel Hill in 2015. It was...

Many, many college basketball analysts/commentators praised Virginia for stepping out of conference to play Villanova in January. For Virginia, it meant playing a high-profile game instead of taking a one-week break in the middle of conference play. Since then, Virginia has played 7 ACC games in...

Same. I came out of UNC-Pitt thinking, we didn't play great, but Pitt should have more wins than they do. I would like to think UNC's up-and-down over the last 10 or so is as simple as - if Pinson is healthy, everything works better, but I'm not sure. Right now just rationaliizing that it's...

So was the margin of victory enough? Or, what can we take from recent results: Duke 84, ND 74; Duke 72, Pitt 64 UNC 80, Pitt 78; UNC 83, ND 76 Transitive property says Duke +9 Thursday, but I've also been told to "throw out the record books" when two rivals meet. 

Big ACC game coming - tonight - Louisville at Virginia. Both 7-3. Louisville could be playing the best of any ACC team at the moment, but they also tend to not score when they play Virginia.

This seems a little harsh on NC State, but I don't live it every day.

I flipped away to check other games after State had pushed the lead to double digits in the second half. Turned back in time to see Cuse hit 3-pointers on four consecutive possessions to cut the lead from 13 to1. That's some UNC-level 3-point defense there.