The Blue Devils Rushed Home for Spring Break

Josh McRoberts and his Blue Devils just can’t wait to catch the end of the spring break, can they? The Blue Devils are stunned by the game winning jumper of Maynor of VCU. TV commentator said that the last time Devils couldn’t make it into second round was centuries ago. He’s exaggerating, but this could be the worst Devils in the decade.

This game set up many “first”, but not in a good way. Ie: the first loss in the first round since 1996. The first loss against a team seeded No.11 or worse since 1985 under Coach K(2nd time overall). This season the Devils also unranked for the first time since 1996. They also lost in the first round of the ACC tournament for the first time in decades (Also the first time they failed to make the final in 9 yrs). Apparently, we got lots to compare between Team 96 and Team 07: which is worse?

I put them lost in the second round on my bracket. They are actually worse than what I thought. And I must admit that I wasn’t really shocked after all. I once consider to pick VCU for my bracket, but ended up decide to show some loyalty of my royal blue, at least in the first round. This is the typical mistake for a fantasy player or a sports gambler: making decisions by your emotion.

Josh McRoberts scored a career high 22 points but could simply ruined all his chance to be selected as a lottery pick. I still think he should drop school ASAP. Instead of being a mediocre center, he could be a pretty good PF. Zoubek’s incapability to compete caused the Devils a horrible season and Josh’s potential brilliant career. The Devils need a real deal in the paint, and more athletic players like Gerald Henderson (and Coach K must put him on the court longer). We are not in the Ivy League, we could not expect to dominate the league by bunches of pure shooters only, unless you find the next JJ.

This is sort of the end of a dynasty. Coach K must find a way to protect his K-Ville. Loyal Cameron Crazies will always be with the Devils!

ACC>Big 10 !

ACC/Big 10 Challenge! Indiana @ Duke Nov. 28, 2006

Just came back from the game! More reports to come later:)

Natural Rivalry

Could you think of the best way to punish someone?
Here I have some ideas FYI.

How about make your “good friend” wear the nice baseball cap with a cute “BlueDevil” sign,
and a gorgeous Blue T with big “DUKE” in the front, and huge “UNC sucks” in the back.
Let him enjoy walking on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill on a lovely Friday night outside lots of fine bars and clubs.

Then you sit back and enjoy the show.

This is based on my own experience with only a “D” sign on my basketball shorts. Trust me, you will feel the intrastate natural rivalry^^

Blue Devils Fever

The season hasn’t begun yet, however the fever is already spreaded out. Basketball campout is probably one of the crazist events for graduate students & professional students. All we want is the season ticket to the Cameron Stadium, the access to the madness!

Thirty-Six Hours Marathon

The campout is like a festival and big party. All campers must be presented during random check (1 absence allowed this year) in order to be eligible to enter the lottery. People run from the tents and RV to the checkpoints after the whistle. More than 25 whistles will make you feel nuts in the 36-hr span. You will see camper cursing with their drunken body and sleepy eyes. Dude, party is just on!

Big Festival

Endless alcohols ( We suppose all grad students are over 21, go and drink!), Beer-pong (A cool American game, but I consider the purpose of the game is to drink all beers), dancing, pokering, BBQing, sleepless. Yes, party all nite long.

Best Tent!

I am so lucky to team with my Japanese coleagues, they are so organized. Without question, our tent should be honored The Best Tent @ 2006 Campout. Lawyers can’t simply state the conclusion with no reasoning. We have the best food, Japanese shabu shabu, Well prepared BBQ, Thai food, Korean Food. We also have endless alcohol, American beers, French Redwine, Japanese Sake. For recreation, we have full set of Slam Dunk, boardgames and poker games. All law students visited this tent and had great chats. This tent deserves the award, and I don’t expect any dissenting opinion here.

Courtesy to Nori, you really organized a wonderful campout team!

Season Tickets

Our team has an agreement to share all tickets won (I told you we are very organized). We won 7 out of 20 members (it’s about average winning rate). Another fight will be for the Duke-UNC ticket, that will be another story…