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 “Finally, payback for what Christian Laettner did to us.”

(Referring to the legendary 1990 east regional final during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and Laettner’s buzzer-beater that sent Duke past University of Connecticut by one point in overtime.)

Congrats UConn.  This was a legendary game too, and you played amazing.  I was rooting for Duke but I wanted to see a good game more than anything, no matter who was competing.  You deserve this win.

Best of wishes going on into the Final Four....

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As much as I have to be cheering for Duke, I would not mind it at all to see Butler win the whole thing.

Maybe that has a bit to do with the fact that I’m feeling tonight’s game is going to be eerily reminiscent of the 1983 NCAA Championship between “invincible” slam-dunk powerhouse Houston and a scrappy little team from North Carolina State coached by an Italian kid from Queens named Jim Valvano....

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It was like watching the old “Four Corners” play that the Tarheels were notorious for before the institution of the shot clock… but with the Tarheels losing!

Look, I’m not all that much of a sports fanatic, but something is seriously off-kilter in this state so far as basketball goes.

As one friend put it a few weeks ago, it’s pretty sad when the best team in North Carolina right now is the Bobcats šŸ˜›...

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Crystal Mangum is now sitting in the Durham County Jail under a $1 million bond. She has been charged with attempted murder after assaulting her boyfriend, setting his clothes on fire in a bathtub and then trying to stab him.

Slash here for the story.

About a week or so ago a friend brought up the Duke lacrosse case during a conversation, talking about how those players were innocent but even so the notoriety of the case would always hang over them. And he didn’t shy away from expressing his disgust about how Crystal Mangum got away unpunished. “Don’t worry,” I told him. “I saw it happen with O.J. Simpson and too many others. Maybe in ways we’ll never even see, she’ll get hers eventually.”

Nothing else needs to be said…...

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Duke fan that I am, I’m man enough to admit that UNC had an excellent game tonight. 101 to 87… that might be the biggest margin between the two teams in a long time.

So to the Tarheels: congratulations!

(I just don’t want to have to make a habit of saying that :-P)...

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CBS Sports has an Official NCAA Basketball Tournament Brackets application on Facebook and among other things it lets you rank who your favorite teams are… along with who you loathe the most.

I thought the current standings were pretty funny:

Right now the Tarheels of UNC-Chapel Hill are the top favorite team, followed by the Duke Blue Devils. But in the Despised category, Duke is by far the most hated followed by Carolina, and UNC has almost as many votes as it does in the Favorite chart. Hmmmm…

This might be the most scientific indicator yet of how intense the feud is between Duke and Carolina. Even though it’s a routine part of life here in North Carolina, I must admit it’s still quite neat to see it reflected in this way.

Oh yeah: GO DUKE!! šŸ™‚...

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