Duke / UNC game thread

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, Pakmeng said:

I feel bad for the coach and team but the scumbag fan base deserves to cry.

There's a couple who are gonna have some time away to marinate on some pretty awful takes on kids playing for a scholarship for their entertainment.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, chbright said:

Yeah, for us VT fans, the acc title was impossible 2-3 months ago. Hell for us that was as big as a final four. And yeah that went red hot for a month to make it in and got a bad matchup I'm Texas but hell, getting in was house money anyways looking back in January/Feb.

Yep. Y'all had to win that tourney to get in and balled the fug out. Be proud.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Hmmm oh well then. 

It's funny I still wear a ton of unc clothes  and people assume I'm a hard core fan and I just wear them bc I went to school there and like the colors . 

Also somewhat bizzarly I became a truck driver several years after graduation (long story) but that always throws people for a loop and they're like why tf are you driving trucks lol

To be clear, giving up the big lead WAS. a choke job but taking that punch and fighting back and making it nip and tuck the rest of the game despite being pretty much ice damn cold and completely gassed? Man, that was fuging heart.

[Mother Grabber]

if bacot scores instead of retwisting his ankle, they win it. they had a two for one, and passed up a layup in the final seconds

[Dilla]

 

When Bacot planted his foot, you can see the floorboard flex.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Dilla

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Dilla said:

 

When Bacot twisted his ankle, you can see the floorboard flex.

I'm just seeing a reflection off of shiny hardwood.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

if bacot scores instead of retwisting his ankle, they win it. they had a two for one, and passed up a layup in the final seconds

Hate it for the guy. He literally went until the wheels fell off. Helluva gutsy game from him.

 

 

[Hoenheim]

20 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Other than checking a box for an HR department I can't honestly say I've ever truly used my degree. Just being honest. Our higher education approach could use a significant retooling.

 

 

Tbh I did go to grad school after but I ended up not enjoying it and also wasn't too enthused about the job prospects. I'm probably making at least double what I'd be making in the field my degree was in. And I would've needed a masters at minimum to be a professional  in that field ...

I would've been better off going to com college and probably would've been a trucker or diesel mechanic or something else several years prior. But then again I was terrible at managing money that young so I don't know how that really would have gone. 

 

I didn't pay a single cent for my college so that was the silver lining. I had some pissed off relatives when I dropped out of Grad school/ couldn't find a job that wasn't low level retail or food service (I was convinced from age 10 to 19 or so I'd become some genius  scientist lol ). But it's in the past now I'm in a much better place on my own on the road that I probably would've been slaving away in a office for relative peanuts 

Edited April 5, 2022 by Hoenheim

[Mother Grabber]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Hate it for the guy. He literally went until the wheels fell off. Helluva gutsy game from him.

 

 

he still put up 15 and 15. he’s a damn machine.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

he still put up 15 and 15. he’s a damn machine.

Not exaggerating when I say that I think he's the best college rebounder I've ever seen.

To do what he did this season as literally our only true post player in the rotation? Damn.

[MillionDollarCam]

I’ll say this… with the way this one ended… I wouldn’t be totally shocked to see everyone come back except for Manek (obviously), Walton (I think he transfers), Garcia (I think he transfers again), and McKoy (I think he transfers again).

I also wouldn’t be surprised to see them enter the portal again to try and grab a stretch four, maybe someone like K.J. Williams from Murray State.

Just hypothetical… but…

G - Davis, Trimble (Freshman)

G - Love, Harris, Dunn

F - Black, Johnson, Styles, Nickel (Freshmen)

F - Williams (Transfer), Washington (Freshmen)

C - Bacot, Shaver (Freshmen)

Then of course you gave the biscuit boys… Landry, Lebo, Watkins, and Farris.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I’ll say this… with the way this one ended… I wouldn’t be totally shocked to see everyone come back except for Manek (obviously), Walton (I think he transfers), Garcia (I think he transfers again), and McKoy (I think he transfers again).

I also wouldn’t be surprised to see them enter the portal again to try and grab a stretch four, maybe someone like K.J. Williams from Murray State.

Just hypothetical… but…

G - Davis, Trimble (Freshman)

G - Love, Harris, Dunn

F - Black, Johnson, Styles, Nickel (Freshmen)

F - Williams (Transfer), Washington (Freshmen)

C - Bacot, Shaver (Freshmen)

Then of course you gave the biscuit boys… Landry, Lebo, Watkins, and Farris.

 

Trimble looks unreal. Really shocked he's not considered a top 10 recruit. CRAZY bounce. That dude's gonna have some highlights.

Walton needs to either transfer or commit himself to playing D. He fell out of the rotation due to defensive liability. We had plenty of other shooters.

Yeah, I don't know what happened with Garcia. I thought it was legit family illness stuff until a reporter asked the guys after one of the tourney wins (I think Baylor) if any of them had heard from Garcia and everyone just kinda looked around at each other and Bacot just laughed. Something happened there, but I don't know what. After seeing that exchange I'd be surprised to see him back.

[TheMostInterestingMan]

13 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I’ll say this… with the way this one ended… I wouldn’t be totally shocked to see everyone come back except for Manek (obviously), Walton (I think he transfers), Garcia (I think he transfers again), and McKoy (I think he transfers again).

I also wouldn’t be surprised to see them enter the portal again to try and grab a stretch four, maybe someone like K.J. Williams from Murray State.

Just hypothetical… but…

G - Davis, Trimble (Freshman)

G - Love, Harris, Dunn

F - Black, Johnson, Styles, Nickel (Freshmen)

F - Williams (Transfer), Washington (Freshmen)

C - Bacot, Shaver (Freshmen)

Then of course you gave the biscuit boys… Landry, Lebo, Watkins, and Farris.

 

Well currently we look like the favorites to land the #1 recruit in the country. GG Jackson is a 6’9 PF and the #1 ranked recruit and currently the rumor is that he’s leaning towards us. So if the core returns then we look damn good next year 

[MillionDollarCam]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Trimble looks unreal. Really shocked he's not considered a top 10 recruit. CRAZY bounce. That dude's gonna have some highlights.

Walton needs to either transfer or commit himself to playing D. He fell out of the rotation due to defensive liability. We had plenty of other shooters.

Yeah, I don't know what happened with Garcia. I thought it was legit family illness stuff until a reporter asked the guys after one of the tourney wins (I think Baylor) if any of them had heard from Garcia and everyone just kinda looked around at each other and Bacot just laughed. Something happened there, but I don't know what. After seeing that exchange I'd be surprised to see him back.

Very excited for Trimble and Washington (assuming the ACL’s hold up). Jury’s out on Nickel, he looks really good but he also played in one of the worst HS basketball leagues I’ve ever seen.

I think Garcia will transfer to some school around where he lives, he just never seemed to gel with the guys.

Walton I like, but I don’t think he can truly play defense the way Hubert wants, he looks like he’s moving in slow motion out there. It sucks because I like the kid.

McKoy I think might transfer to a lower level school where he can ball out. Somewhere local in NC or VA.

If you asked me today I would have told you Bacot, Love, and Leaky were gone…. with the way it ended for Bacot just basically hobbling across the floor, Love having one of his worst games all season, and Leaky missing nearly half the game due to foul trouble… I think all three come back for some revenge.