Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Interesting numbers.
https://www.wralsportsfan.com/6-7-8-...ings/17552952/Triangle schools are ranked 6-7-8 in this week's Baseball America Top 25.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rank...seball-top-25/Week in a sentence: The Blue Devils played themselves right back into the hosting race with a huge series win over rival North Carolina; Duke still trails in the Coastal Division but looks like a strong candidate to host a regional come June.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Ouch!
https://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc-ca...duke/17553116/North Carolina junior catcher Cody Roberts had surgery Sunday after taking a foul ball to the groin in the series finale versus Duke.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I just told you: The 1962-63 season. Duke's losses in football were to USC on the Coast and to Georgia Tech (then an SEC member) in Atlanta. Our losses in hoops were against Davidson at Charlotte (Lefty's first signature win), Miami in Miami three days later, and Chicago Loyola at the Final Four.
I had a great spectator season -- saw all the home football games plus a thrilling win in Chapel Hill and all the home basketball games.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
We won the rematch the following year at Duke, 72-65, when Davidson was ranked #4 vs. our #5. IIRC (and there is always a first time), Lefty had a screaming fit after the game about the officials and the ACC.
Nevertheless, Davidson had come from being a glorified HS team to a top-ranked college team in three years.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Today's game at Liberty has been cancelled due to inclement weather:
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200
Bob Green
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
By pretty good, I meant capable of perhaps upsetting Duke. They are 4-8 against big time opposition this year, they beat WF, and were a run away from winning a few more of those. They did get swept by the Heels, and 2 of 3 were routs.
FYI I would call CC VERY good, not pretty good. I"m very familiar with the Chanticleers...I have pretty deep roots in SC, and was aware not only of the CWS won by the Gamecocks, but also when Coastal did. In fact, I've thought that the Duke story this year was somewhat like their 'out of nowhere' story when they won the CWS, including a sweep of the Tigers at LSU in the super regional - a rare occurrence.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."