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THIS WEEK IN POINT SHAVING: OCTOBER 26TH
When coaches/players tell you they don’t know the spread, we are all kind of “MEH”. They know. They know that we know they know. Hell sometimes they even favorite tweets about point spreads… So you can’t tell me that the New York Jets coach, Todd Bowles didn’t know the Jets were getting 7.5 points in… Read more »
UNC 85, Pitt 64: A Giftastic Recap
UNC welcomed Pitt to the Dean Dome on Sunday: UNC pushes out to a 19-8 lead by the under-12 timeout: Pitt is shooting like Bill Simmons: and the dude from Along Came Polly: UNC goes into the half up 42-29: In the second half, more of the same as UNC gets out to 67-47 lead:… Read more »
Duke 63, Virginia 62: A Giftastic Recap
We head to Cameron Indoor Stadium, where Duke (-2) welcomes Virginia: KVille before the game: Starting slowly, Duke pulls out to a 9-4 lead: Virginia storms back to take a 25-14 lead: Duke closes the gap to 34-31 at halftime: A tight second half sees the teams tied at 58 with 5 minutes to go:… Read more »
Cat Barber: The Indie Hero College Basketball Isn’t Seeing
Four ACC players made the 20-man watch list for the 2016 Wooden Award for college basketball’s player of the year. Cat Barber was not one of them. I’m not going to get into Barber’s stats or his chances of winning the ACC Player of the Year award, but just know that Cat is hands down… Read more »
Giftastic ACC Basketball Power Rankings Week 13
1. Virginia W vs Boston College, W @ Pitt, W vs Virginia Tech Things are rolling for Tony Bennett’s team, now. 2. Louisville W vs Boston College, L @ Duke DUKE HAD Y’ALL TRIPPIN, but you’re still #2 in my book 3. North Carolina L @ Notre Dame, W @ Boston College Almost lost to… Read more »
Rodney Hood Is Good
The last time a good portion of North Carolina basketball fans watched Rodney Hood play, Duke somehow lost to Mercer, in Raleigh, and the world became conscious to the goddamn Nae Nae: If this feels like it was years ago, well, that’s because it was! But a lot has changed for Hood in the past 23… Read more »