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      DVD Review: North Carolina beat Duke

      February 4, 2009 /

      North Carolina and Duke are located just eight miles apart, making their rivalry the most spirited in all of college basketball. This three-disc DVD set contains three of the Tar Heels’ most memorable wins over their hated archrival.

      From the back cover…

      March 3, 1984
      Chapel Hill, NC
      North Carolina 96 Duke 83 (2 OT)
      The final home game for North Carolina’s Matt Doherty, Michael Jordan, and Sam Perkins, was a memorable one. #1 North Carolina looked to be finished down two with just second to go in regulation when Matt Doherty took the inbounds pass the length of the court and hit a 15-footer to force overtime. Michael Jordan opened the second overtime with an alley-oop dunk and Duke’s Johnny Dawkins came back to cut the North Carolina lead to 82-81 with a short jumper but Duke would get only one more basket as Jordan and Perkins carried the Tar Heels to the victory.

      February 5, 1992
      Chapel Hill, NC
      North Carolina 75 Duke 73
      A rough one between #1 Duke and #9 North Carolina that featured blood and broken bones. The teams would exchange the lead 10 times before a Thomas Hill baseline jumper gave the Blue Devils a 39-38 halftime lead. The second half was just as tight seeing the Tar Heels take a 75-73 lead on a pair of Derrick Phelps free throws with 44.5 seconds remaining. Christian Laettner had two shots to tie the game in the final 24 seconds, but missed both. The lasting image from this game had to be North Carolina’s Eric Montross, who took a couple of elbows to the face – looking more like a boxer than a center, as he sank two late free throws with blood streaming down his face.

      February 2, 1995
      Durham, NC
      North Carolina 102 Duke 100 (2OT)
      Duke seemed out-manned on their home court from the opening tip, falling behind 26-9 in the first half, highlighted by an alley-oop dunk from Carolina’s Rasheed Wallace and a reverse jam by Jerry Stackhouse over two Blue Devils. However, Duke rallied in the second half and led by as much as 12, before North Carolina staged a rally of its own. The two squads exchanged leads four times at the end of regulation before heading into overtime. With three seconds left in the first overtime Duke’s Jeff Capel hit a running, 37-foot heave that tied the game at the buzzer. With the game still tied late in the second overtime, Jeff McInnis stole the inbounds pass for an easy layup, putting North Carolina up 102-98. Duke answered with a basket of their own and had a chance to force a third overtime or win the game but fell short on Steve Wojciechowski’s missed jumper.

      College Basketball, Reviews, Television

      DVD Review: Duke beat North Carolina

      February 4, 2009 /

      The Duke Blue Devils #1 goal every season is to beat North Carolina. The two schools are just eight miles apart and the players and fans hate each other (literally). This three-disc DVD set includes three of the biggest Duke wins in this storied rivalry from the full-length, commercial-free television broadcasts.

      From the back cover…

      February 3, 2000
      Chapel Hill, NC
      Duke 90 ∙ North Carolina 86 (OT)
      The Tar Heels, unranked coming into the game for the first time since 1990, struggled in the first half. Shane Battier scored 14 first-half points for #3 Duke who jumped out to a 17-point halftime lead. Duke pushed the lead to 19 early in the second half before North Carolina turned the game around scoring on 19 of its final 22 possessions, including a Joseph Forte three-pointer with 5.2 seconds left to send the game to overtime. The Blue Devils scored on their first six possessions in overtime and got seven points from Carlos Boozer in the extra frame to hold on for the victory.

      February 5, 2004
      Chapel Hill, NC
      Duke 83 ∙ North Carolina 81 (OT)
      The first game in the rivalry pitting Mike Krzyzewski against new UNC head coach Roy Williams didn’t disappoint. #1 Duke turned up the defense late in regulation with a 10-0 run, taking a 72-69 lead on two free throws by Luol Deng. #17 North Carolina fought back hitting a game-tying three-pointer and sending the game to overtime. Duke’s Shelden Williams’ two blocks and aggressive defense forced North Carolina into a late turnover. Duke’s J.J. Redick made two free throws to take the lead before North Carolina’s Rashad McCants drilled a game-tying three. That set the stage for Chris Duhon’s reverse layup with 6.5 seconds left in overtime to give Duke the win.

      February 9, 2005
      Durham, NC
      Duke 71 ∙ North Carolina 70
      In arguably the most anticipated game in the rivalry since 1998, #2 ranked UNC came up Highway 15-501 to visit the #8 ranked Blue Devils for a heavily hyped, prime time broadcast. By keeping the game almost entirely in the halfcourt, the Blue Devils and their vaunted defense simply were too much for North Carolina. J.J. Redick scored 18 points and freshman DeMarcus Nelson added 16 for Duke who forced UNC into 23 turnovers to seal the victory.

      College Basketball, Reviews, Television

      Chris Bosh shoots down Stephen A. Smith’s story

      February 3, 2009 /

      Yesterday, we passed along Stephen A. Smith’s comments about Chris Bosh. He said that the talented power forward had already told the Raptors that he did not want to re-sign with the team once his contract expired in 2010.

      Bosh didn’t waste any time responding to the story.

      “No. No. No, I haven’t told him that,” Bosh said today after practice.

      And just to add another layer of denial, he was asked whether his agent could have made the statement.

      “No,” he said.

      “It was a surprise to me and I can’t be responsible for what other people say so …,” said Bosh, his voice trailing off in disgust. “I understand people are entitled to an opinion but making stuff up? We can’t do that.

      “It doesn’t make me angry, it’s like, ‘come on, man,'” said Bosh. “I think it’s unfair just to be able to say something and we have to be politically correct. It’s tough, it’s not the first time it’s happened and it won’t be the lat and I’m not the first person this has happened to. That’s the business that we’re in.”

      Notice that Bosh denied that he told the Raptors that he wanted out, but didn’t say anything about wanting to re-sign with Toronto once his contract was up. To be fair, he probably wasn’t asked about that and wouldn’t have commented if he had been.

      This is shot at Smith’s reputation as a journalist. I don’t think too many people take him seriously, as evidenced by the “ESPN entertainer” bit in the article. Still, he seems to have exceptional access to the players and I wonder if there will be any blowback from this.

      Stephen A. Smith, your credibility is on the line. Let’s hear what you have to say.

      Fantasy Football, NBA, Rumors & Gossip, Television

      Bill Simmons’ retroactively blogs the last 18 minutes of Super Bowl XLIII

      February 2, 2009 /

      The Sports Guy elected to go to a party instead of doing one of his running diaries of the Super Bowl. So since the game ended in spectacular fashion, he watched the last 18:32 again and gives us his patented blow-by-blow. Here’s an excerpt.

      9:37 — Another holding penalty for Mike Gandy, his third. Win or lose, he has as good of a chance of being Arizona’s left tackle next year as Michael Vick does of winning his Atlanta job back. That’s followed by an incompletion to Boldin, our 20th “Wait, is that Kurt Warner’s wife? She looks great!” shot of the evening, then another incompletion. Third and 20 from Pitt’s 33. Big play.

      (Note: I didn’t realize the significance when watching the game live — I was too busy arguing with Ace over the age of the youngest person in America named “Dick.” I said that there’s no way anyone under 35 is named “Dick.” Ace said that there might be some preppy kid out there who’s called “Dick” as a family name. Sadly, there’s no way to settle this.)

      The piece is long, but not horribly so. As always, it has that classic Sports Guy humor.

      NFL, Super Bowl, Television

      Couch Potato Alert: 2/2

      February 2, 2009 /

      Think it’s a coincidence that the second Lakers/Celtics showdown is the week after the Super Bowl? Now that the NFL season is finally over, it’s up to basketball to step into the spotlight. David Stern is no dummy.

      NBA
      Mon, 7 PM: Mavs @ Magic
      Mon, 8 PM: Blazers @ Hornets (NBA TV)
      Tues, 9 PM: Spurs @ Nuggets
      Wed, 7:30 PM: Heat @ Pistons
      Wed, 8:30 PM: Blazers @ Mavs (NBA TV)
      Thurs, 8 PM: Lakers @ Celtics (TNT)
      Thurs, 10:30 PM: Mavs @ Jazz (TNT)

      College Hoops
      Mon, 7 PM: #1 UConn @ #7 Louisville (ESPN)
      Tues, 7 PM: #13 Purdue @ Ohio St. (ESPN)
      Wed, 8:30 PM: #19 Minnesota @ #14 Michigan St.
      Wed, 9 PM: #3 Duke @ #10 Clemson (ESPN)

      NHL
      Mon, 7 PM: Blues @ Red Wings (Versus)
      Tues, 7 PM: Capitals @ Devils (Versus)
      Tues, 7 PM: Blues @ Blue Jackets (Versus)
      Wed, 7:30 PM: Maple Leafs @ Sabres (TSN)
      Thurs, 7 PM: Bruins @ Senators (TSN)
      Thurs, 9:30 PM: Blackhawks @ Flames (TSN)

      Couch Potato Alert, NBA, NHL, Television

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