K gets the wins record!

[Lord Ash]

OMG!



























Okay, I fell for it. Again. Stupid April 1. Stupid The DBR.



Stupid me.

[camion]

Well yes.



But how do they feel about it on IC?

[roywhite]

Had me going.

[dukeblue1206]

Well Played....Forgot it was the 1st of April

[jimrowe0]

Well Played....Forgot it was the 1st of April

Glad someone pointed that out. I was definitely scratching my head...

[aro24]

Well played sirs!
Had me 100%. I was somewhat angry, but also thought, hey cool...that means the Michigan game I was at in Charlotte was 904.

I totally forgot what today's date was.

Once again. Well played !

ARo24

[OZ]

D#@%!

I was dreading going to work and having to listen to all the pale shades of blue chirp as to how the NCAA gave K the record.

[4decadedukie]

Very nice job, DBR . . . .

I, too, bit the hook . . . and like a hungry shark. Fortunately, after vehemently discussing the "unfortunate timing of the NCAA's decision" with Bev, I had a cup of coffee, read this thread, felt stupid, and did not post my diatribe.
:o

[DU82]

Well, according to TarHeel fans, Coach K should have 4 more wins on his tab (and 15 losses), which means they think he already has the record.

[HK Dukie]

As I have the luxury of being many time zones ahead and figuring out it's April Fools by early AM EST, I was considering earlier today putting up a post...

"Austin Rivers declares for the NBA Draft"

Then I decided, that was too cruel, even for April Fools. I'm glad DBR has continued it's fine tradition in a more harmless and well thought out way.

[Reilly]

I didn't fall for it (this time). Think I've been gotten before, however. Can somebody list the past April Fools DBR stories?

[CharlestonDevil]

DBR, Duke basketball is a serious matter. If you want something to laugh about take a left out of campus and drive down 15-501 about 8 miles.

Sheesh. I was about to be in a REALLY bad mood all day.

[devildeac]

Didn't fool me a bit. I've been around here too long to fall for that. But, nonetheless, a tip of the cap to (I am assuming) Julio for a very clever/well-played prank.

[hudlow]

Caught me.

nice.


GO DUKE!!!

hud

[toughbuff1]

Wow, I totally fell for that one! You guys got me :D

[Faison1]

Unbelievable!!!

That's 3 years in a row now.

I can't remember them all, but one of them was announcing that K was going to enter Dancing with the Stars.

I fell for that too.....I tend to assume people are telling me the truth.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Not even for a second. Of course, I had looked at today's "Jumble" in the newspaper before looking at the DBR. I new it was coming. :cool:

And on that note, Happy 97th birthday to my dad! And that's no joke! He was born April 1, 1914.

[sagegrouse]

I didn't fall for it (this time). Think I've been gotten before, however. Can somebody list the past April Fools DBR stories?

You mean, "Billy Packer Presents," Sunday night ACC basketball games, beginning at 10PM ET and hosted by our favorite color commentator?

sagegrouse
'Yep. I fell for it this year too.'

[DukeFanSince1990]

Not even for a second. Of course, I had looked at today's "Jumble" in the newspaper before looking at the DBR. I new it was coming. :cool:

And on that note, Happy 97th birthday to my dad! And that's no joke! He was born April 1, 1914.

97........wow!

[BluDevilGal]

I was in the middle of posting a rant about it on facebook when I realized what day it was. So close to making a fool of myself!

Well played.

[JasonEvans]

It is worth recalling the greatest sports April Fool's joke (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/2000/07/24/finch_flash/) ever!

Re-read it, if you have not read it in a while, as it is a wonderfully written piece.

I plan to show that article to my son's this afternoon. I vaguely recall telling them about it in the past, so they may not fall for it.

-Jason "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hoaxipedia/sidd_finch.jpg" Evans

[OldPhiKap]

hook, line, sinker.

Well done.


(And the Plimpton article referenced by Jason is a classic!).

[ClosetHurleyFan]

I didn't fall for it (this time). Think I've been gotten before, however. Can somebody list the past April Fools DBR stories?


But Julio's greatest one (in the mind of this Carolina fan) was the year Doherty had been fired and they posted an article indicating that Carolina had hired Michael Jordan to be the new coach. Funny thing, the whole DBR site was Carolina blue and when you clicked on the link to the news story, the whole screen receded to a little text blurb in middle of screen that said "April Fools".

It was awesome.

[NSDukeFan]

Didn't fool me a bit. I've been around here too long to fall for that. But, nonetheless, a tip of the cap to (I am assuming) Julio for a very clever/well-played prank.

I guess I haven't been here long enough (2 or 3 previous April 1s?) and I don't tend to often think about April Fool's day. Makes me a good candidate to be fooled and I was. Nicely done.

One of my favorites ever was our first sports network here in Canada several years ago ran a piece about this great shortstop that was turning heads for the Blue Jays, showing some of his great stats, five tool player, I was all ready to pick Loof Lirpa in my baseball pool that year.

[Bostondevil]

It is worth recalling the greatest sports April Fool's joke (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/2000/07/24/finch_flash/) ever!

Re-read it, if you have not read it in a while, as it is a wonderfully written piece.

I plan to show that article to my son's this afternoon. I vaguely recall telling them about it in the past, so they may not fall for it.

-Jason "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hoaxipedia/sidd_finch.jpg" Evans

That's my favorite of all time, not because it got me, but because it didn't get me. I was at Duke and a whole benchload of guys were going crazy about the story on Main West. One of them showed me the article. I read a couple of paragraphs and said, "Hey, what's the date on this issue?" I got an incredible amount of cred for being the 'girl' who figured out it was a joke.

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/filestorage/congratulations-effectively-deceiving-april-fools-day-ecard-someecards.jpg

[Duke: A Dynasty]

Well it took me a sec but I got it was a joke. It could have been worse like.... *gulp* Kyrie Irving to enter the NBA draft.

[kmspeaks]

Well played DBR, well played. I just spent 5 minutes muttering at my screen, "That's just stupid. Why would they do that? It's stupid!"

[dukenilnil]

Very nice job, DBR . . . .

I, too, bit the hook . . . and like a hungry shark. Fortunately, after vehemently discussing the "unfortunate timing of the NCAA's decision" with Bev, I had a cup of coffee, read this thread, felt stupid, and did not post my diatribe.
:o

I had the same experience. Read the article quickly on my Droid. Worked up discussion with Mrs. Dukenilnil, prepared to post something, then thankfully saw this thread and was both relieved and duped. I've caught the prior years, but this one got me. Very well done.

[-bdbd]

Not even for a second. Of course, I had looked at today's "Jumble" in the newspaper before looking at the DBR. I new it was coming. :cool:

And on that note, Happy 97th birthday to my dad! And that's no joke! He was born April 1, 1914.

Wow -- I bet he got a lot of razzing for that as a kid! (Kinda like me as a bratty boy revelling in the fact that my sister was born on Halloween, "My sister's a witch!!!" ...Kids! :rolleyes: (Please congratulate him for us Oz!)

Kudos to DBR. I fell for it hook, line and, well, you know... I even forwarded the item to a friend... Ugh! :D

[dairedevil]

I will say I was drawn in a little, thinking, "that's interesting", and thinking, gee, K won't get a big end of game celebration at Cameron when I started reading this thread.

Then I had the thought that if it was actually true, after all the years of the complaints about K not claiming the losses, IC would blow up that he campaigned to get the wins credited so he would have the record!

[barjwr]

2010: Ol' Roy gives his salary back: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=32816

2009: Duke Forest to be De-Lemured: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=27014

2008: Coach K to host UNC Final Four reception: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=24692

2007: Coach K Dances with the Stars: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=22252

2006: Duke Forest/Disney "Tree of Life" joint venture: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=20854

2005: Dick Vitale gets honorary Duke degree: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=20030

2004: I don't see any plausible joke articles

[Son of Jarhead]

I thought it sounded fishy, but didn't remember the date until I made it to this thread. Thank you board for saving me before I went & opened my mouth in front of my unc co-workers. Whew!

[aimo]

There was the one a few years back about moving basketball parking downtown to American Tobacco and shuttling everyone into the games. The problem with that "joke" is that it is totally believable that Duke would go there, so I honestly wasn't convinced it was a joke.

I have learned to look for the phone headline each year now.

[PADukeMom]

Good one! Hats off to you. Now take this snow away!

[Tom B.]

The DBR April Fool's spoof that stands out in my memory was one of the first ones (it might even have been the very first one). The story claimed that the EPA had determined that Krzyzewskiville was causing unacceptable levels of soil and groundwater contamination, and had ordered Duke to shut it down. The story even had a link to a very official-looking "cease and desist" letter on EPA letterhead. In a particularly nice touch, the fake EPA letter referenced an internal EPA "file number" for the "case" against Krzyzewskiville. I can't remember the full number, but the format was something like XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, and the last four digits were "0401," a sly little nod to the date, April 1.

The thing that I remember most about it is that just about everybody fell for it. There were several angry threads on the DBR Bulletin Board about what an "outrage" this was, how it was a textbook example of government regulation gone haywire, how Duke should take the EPA to court, etc. etc. This went on for most of the day until finally someone caught on and pointed out that it was likely an April Fool's joke.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

2010: Ol' Roy gives his salary back: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=32816

2009: Duke Forest to be De-Lemured: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=27014

2008: Coach K to host UNC Final Four reception: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=24692

2007: Coach K Dances with the Stars: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=22252

2006: Duke Forest/Disney "Tree of Life" joint venture: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=20854

2005: Dick Vitale gets honorary Duke degree: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=20030

2004: I don't see any plausible joke articles
And there was the year that DBR said that K was being courted by the Lakers, and then lo and behold, a few weeks later the joke was on us... Ultimately, of course, the joke was on the Lakers and not us!

[dukelilsis]

My mom, who reads DBR religiously but never ventures over to the boards, called me a few hours ago and told me about the article. She was completely enraged. When I got home, I turned on ESPN and never saw it on the crawl. That's when I remembered today's date. I've since called to tell my mom it was an April Fools Day joke. She wasn't home and I ended up leaving a message which, I am sure, she will think is an April Fools joke from me and the cycle will begin again. :cool:

[Verga3]

VERY well-played. I'm in. Plausible. I announced the news flash to the family...My Duke senior student-athlete is at home for dinner tonight, and it's always tough to scoop her on this stuff, as I have learned before.

First thing out of her mouth is, "It's April 1st, daddy." Nuff said.

[madscavenger]

Got me again (Thank you sir, may i have another!). But if it had been true, it begs the question: If the Devils won a National Championship that year, would K now have one for the thumb?

[Julio]

...the credit all goes to Boswell. My role was confined to this: we were discussing the fact that UNC fans wanted K to take the losses from 1995 and how ironic it would be now if that had happened and I said, say....that would make a good A.F. Day joke. He agreed and the rest flowed from his unusually fertile mind.

[uh_no]

http://dukefactchecker.blogspot.com/2011/04/fctoo-on-sidelines-coach-surpasses.html

fooled the fact checker

[Lord Ash]

...the credit all goes to Boswell. My role was confined to this: we were discussing the fact that UNC fans wanted K to take the losses from 1995 and how ironic it would be now if that had happened and I said, say....that would make a good A.F. Day joke. He agreed and the rest flowed from his unusually fertile mind.

Can we give you negative pitchforks for this?:)

[Boswell]

Thanks! It's always a pleasure to come out of retirement once a year to do the April Fools' Day joke. One of the others in the past that made quite an impact was when we announced that Bill Guthridge was retiring and Dean Smith was coming back as interim head coach. We mocked up a page that made it look like it was coming from the Herald-Sun (which, at the time, actually didn't have a website). Bill Guthridge read it and thought it was hilarious, the Herald-Sun was none to pleased and wrote an article about it (we sent them a gift basket with snacks and wine from North Carolina to make up and all was good), and it actually was broadcast on radio stations in the Midwest as a legitimate news story.

Miss you guys!

[Lord Ash]

Hey Boswell, do you still have a link to that page? I don't remember seeing it.

[hughgs]

http://dukefactchecker.blogspot.com/2011/04/fctoo-on-sidelines-coach-surpasses.html

fooled the fact checker

Except for the fact that the end of article says:

"Above from the April 1st edition of Duke Basketball Report. Note the date."

[uh_no]

Except for the fact that the end of article says:

"Above from the April 1st edition of Duke Basketball Report. Note the date."

That was appended after I informed fact checker of his error. I have the email exchange to prove it if you'd like to see it...

[Teton Jack]

Congratulations on fooling me again. Maybe Lucy will hold the football for me again this fall.

[CTDukeFan]

Certainly had me going for a while too. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who needed to check the calendar.

[hughgs]

That was appended after I informed fact checker of his error. I have the email exchange to prove it if you'd like to see it...

I believe you. Since you didn't post any information regarding your e-mail exchange nor did you mention that you had informed the fact checker of the error it made your original post look naive.

[bob blue devil]

wikipedia is in on the joke?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_men%27s_basketball_coaches_with_60 0_wins

[SuperTurkey]

wikipedia is in on the joke?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_men%27s_basketball_coaches_with_60 0_wins

Some anonymous jackalope keeps changing it to 904 wins. Probably just a troll.

[bjornolf]

I wasn't around on April 1st, so I didn't see the article until just now. When I first read the title of this thread, though, I thought maybe they'd vacated some of Bobby Knight's wins.

[devildownunder]

You sure got me. This is the only April Fool's gag that tricked me for even a minute this year but I bit on this one so hard I clicked onto this thread just now, 2 days later, to complain about how terrible it is that K won't get to break the record on the floor.

My only defense: I'm in Australia, so it was the 2nd when I first read it. Still, props to DBR. Well played!