Duke Vs West Virginia
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KOD has managed to get the cell number of
the Duke Coach - Coach K
Time to place a call and see where his head is at.
ring ring.
KOD - Coach K its me THE KOD
Coach K - listen KOD I am busy trying to rest up for the game Saturday . I'm watching films of the Mountaineers defense and I don't have time to talk to you right now.
KOD - This will only take a minute Coach K.
We here at Madjacks appreciate inside information. Its important to us. So far all we got is fletcher talking about some guys stinky foot.
Coach K - long pause of silence
KOD - Listen do you think the West Virginia team is going to come out with the 1-3-1 and stifle your shooters.
Coach K - If they do they lose.
KOD - So you expect the pure man to man defense employed by them then ?
Coach K - Listen KOD , it aint going to make a tinkers damn what defense they play come Saturday night. We are going to offensively overwhelm them.
KOD - We have this big discussion going about Joey M and Truck playing the point . Any preferance there Coach ?
Coach K - It won't make much differance. If Truck Bryant goes into the kitchen we are going to play some Dukie foot stomps.
And if Joey M plays , we are going to force him to his right and take away his strength. We will also play full court pressure and I dont believe they can withstand that from us in crunch time.
KOD - Well if you were a betting man Coach who would you're money be on in this game for the chance to go to the National Championship game ?
Coach K - Fawk off KOD , we will win this game.
KOD - well you dont have to be rude about it.
KOD - Listen I got one favor to ask you before I go.
Peyton - whats that
KOD - do you have any more inside information you can give us ?
Coach K - Well we did hear that some of their starting players have a severe case of diarrhea.
They have been shaking like a dog shittin simmon seeds and totally dehydrated. They may not be up to a top performance.
KOD - loose shits, I smell grits !
Coach K - Click ..........
I love when I get inside information so close to game time ! I can't wait until fletcher reads this.!
OH SHIT THIS GAME IS IN THE BAG !
the Duke Coach - Coach K
Time to place a call and see where his head is at.
ring ring.
KOD - Coach K its me THE KOD
Coach K - listen KOD I am busy trying to rest up for the game Saturday . I'm watching films of the Mountaineers defense and I don't have time to talk to you right now.
KOD - This will only take a minute Coach K.
We here at Madjacks appreciate inside information. Its important to us. So far all we got is fletcher talking about some guys stinky foot.
Coach K - long pause of silence
KOD - Listen do you think the West Virginia team is going to come out with the 1-3-1 and stifle your shooters.
Coach K - If they do they lose.
KOD - So you expect the pure man to man defense employed by them then ?
Coach K - Listen KOD , it aint going to make a tinkers damn what defense they play come Saturday night. We are going to offensively overwhelm them.
KOD - We have this big discussion going about Joey M and Truck playing the point . Any preferance there Coach ?
Coach K - It won't make much differance. If Truck Bryant goes into the kitchen we are going to play some Dukie foot stomps.
And if Joey M plays , we are going to force him to his right and take away his strength. We will also play full court pressure and I dont believe they can withstand that from us in crunch time.
KOD - Well if you were a betting man Coach who would you're money be on in this game for the chance to go to the National Championship game ?
Coach K - Fawk off KOD , we will win this game.
KOD - well you dont have to be rude about it.
KOD - Listen I got one favor to ask you before I go.
Peyton - whats that
KOD - do you have any more inside information you can give us ?
Coach K - Well we did hear that some of their starting players have a severe case of diarrhea.
They have been shaking like a dog shittin simmon seeds and totally dehydrated. They may not be up to a top performance.
KOD - loose shits, I smell grits !
Coach K - Click ..........
I love when I get inside information so close to game time ! I can't wait until fletcher reads this.!
OH SHIT THIS GAME IS IN THE BAG !
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This is the song that Duke players will sing in the victorious locker room.
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This is the song that Duke players will sing in the victorious locker room.
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Hey Joey M, Joey can you please come hither !
Could you rub some oil on my
mountaineers , just like Tony
used to do.
fletcher
you want to consider making a wager with me
on the upcoming Mosely vs Mayweather fight ?
who do you want ?
it would be the first time you posted a winining play in there in about 5 years :scared
you want to consider making a wager with me
on the upcoming Mosely vs Mayweather fight ?
who do you want ?
it would be the first time you posted a winining play in there in about 5 years :scared
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This is Agent singing somewhere over the rainbow
the fat bastid.
I think he got his little feelings hurt
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This is Agent singing somewhere over the rainbow
the fat bastid.
I think he got his little feelings hurt
Talk about your lucky 7s.
Wednesday night, all 7s came up in Pennsylvania Lottery's Big 4 drawing, resulting in a whopping $7.77 million payout to 3,107 winning tickets.
Even more oddly, the news comes on a day when the Super 7 jackpot is $7.3 million, and Cash 5's top prize is $770,000.
The Big 4 payout was a staggering 1,573 percent of sales, according to lottery spokeswoman Kirstin Alvanitakis.
In other words: The lottery has to dish out about $7.2 million more than it took in for that drawing.
"We definitely lost money on the Big 4, that's for sure," Alvanitakis said. "But it's great for our players. People love to play quadruple numbers."
"It's definitely not an April Fools joke," she said.
A key factor is that Big 4's winning amounts are fixed - they're not a cut of cash collected. A 50-cent wager fetches $2,500, a $1 bet $5,000.
Also, 7-7-7-7 is extraordinarily popular. Most Big 4 drawings produce far fewer winners. Wednesday's midday drawing had 104 winners, and Tuesday evening's game was hit by 250 people, Alvanitakis said.
Luckily for the state, quadruples - popular with players - are rare. The last quadruple drawn was 2-2-2-2 on Sept. 2, 2008. All together, the 1,236 winners raked in $3.09 million.
Only two other times has 7-7-7-7 come up since Big 4 began in November 1980.
This big payout - 15 times the amount taken in - suggests questions about the soundness of Big 4's setup. This would seem to wipe out the revenue from more than two weeks of sales.
Such exceptions are not surprises, Alvanitakis said.
"We operate our numbers games with the expectation that when triples or quadruples hit we will lose money," she said. "Drawing triples and quadruples is great for the large number of our players who enjoy playing these number combinations."
Besides, there is a safeguard. "We have a sales cutoff of $10 million for Big 4 for any number combination - including quadruples - to ensure Lottery's liability does not exceed its ability to pay winners," she said.
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Wednesday night, all 7s came up in Pennsylvania Lottery's Big 4 drawing, resulting in a whopping $7.77 million payout to 3,107 winning tickets.
Even more oddly, the news comes on a day when the Super 7 jackpot is $7.3 million, and Cash 5's top prize is $770,000.
The Big 4 payout was a staggering 1,573 percent of sales, according to lottery spokeswoman Kirstin Alvanitakis.
In other words: The lottery has to dish out about $7.2 million more than it took in for that drawing.
"We definitely lost money on the Big 4, that's for sure," Alvanitakis said. "But it's great for our players. People love to play quadruple numbers."
"It's definitely not an April Fools joke," she said.
A key factor is that Big 4's winning amounts are fixed - they're not a cut of cash collected. A 50-cent wager fetches $2,500, a $1 bet $5,000.
Also, 7-7-7-7 is extraordinarily popular. Most Big 4 drawings produce far fewer winners. Wednesday's midday drawing had 104 winners, and Tuesday evening's game was hit by 250 people, Alvanitakis said.
Luckily for the state, quadruples - popular with players - are rare. The last quadruple drawn was 2-2-2-2 on Sept. 2, 2008. All together, the 1,236 winners raked in $3.09 million.
Only two other times has 7-7-7-7 come up since Big 4 began in November 1980.
This big payout - 15 times the amount taken in - suggests questions about the soundness of Big 4's setup. This would seem to wipe out the revenue from more than two weeks of sales.
Such exceptions are not surprises, Alvanitakis said.
"We operate our numbers games with the expectation that when triples or quadruples hit we will lose money," she said. "Drawing triples and quadruples is great for the large number of our players who enjoy playing these number combinations."
Besides, there is a safeguard. "We have a sales cutoff of $10 million for Big 4 for any number combination - including quadruples - to ensure Lottery's liability does not exceed its ability to pay winners," she said.
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Got to love the tradition of Hinkle Fieldhouse , home of the Hoosiers. Talk about tradition.
That top picture is Pepsi coliseum located on the state fair grounds. It was the home of the ABA champion Indiana Pacers. Back in the day the Pacers ruled the ABA.
Exterior of Hinkle Fieldhouse. Great place to see High School basketball as well. Before they went to a class system.
Nolan Smith was just 8 years old on Aug. 9, 1996 ? a youngster who was enjoying the life of tagging along with his father to the Washington Bullets? practices and games. Derek had already retired from the NBA as a successful player who soldiered on for nine years with five different teams. He had suffered a serious knee injury during the 1985-86 season, and was serving as an assistant coach with the Bullets.
Smith and his family were enjoying a cruise sponsored by his NBA team.
His small son had decided to take on a 14 year old and was so mad when he lost he threw the ball overboard. His father quickly grabbed him up and
told him if he wanted to win he had to always control his emotions.
It was the last thing his father ever said to him.
The ship was just a few hours away from docking in New York when Smith suffered an apparent heart attack and died. Just a few feet away, young Nolan watched as medical personnel worked on his father for 25 minutes, trying desperately to bring him back to life.
But their efforts were futile, and as Smith?s body was being taken away, Nolan left boyhood behind. He went to his grieving mother, and put his arms around her
Smith will take the court for tonight?s second NCAA Final Four game at Lucas Oil Arena in Indianapolis ? just blocks away from where his father claimed his NCAA title 30 years ago. Smith knows the Mountaineers of West Virginia University will give his team all it can handle, and he knows he?ll have to be on top of his game to advance to Monday night?s championship game.
But Nolan, much like his father and his young Louisville teammates, could well be on a road to destiny. Before the season started, Nolan?s mother, Monica Malone, reminded him of Derek?s run to the championship in 1980. Malone, who has remarried, was Derek?s sophomore girlfriend in those days, and she was in the stands when Louisville became the NCAA champ. She has shown Nolan tapes of his father?s playing days, including that final game in Indianapolis when he scored nine crucial points before helping his teammates cut down the nets.
Monica has also surely shared the story of Derek?s past, how he arrived as a very timid 16-year-old freshman in Louisville, carrying all his belongings and wardrobe in a brown paper sack. I?m guessing that Nolan knows his dad?s sneakers were torn and practically worn away on the bottoms when he arrived on campus, and how terrified the shy teenager was to be in a big city, so far away from his tiny hometown of Hogansville, Ga., and its 1,000 or so residents.
But Nolan also knows how his father matured from those days, becoming a legitimate college basketball star, an NBA player known for having plenty of heart, and a successful and highly respected assistant coach with the Bullets. And you can bet that Nolan knows Derek was the best husband he knew how to be for Monica, and the best father he could possibly be for him and his older sister Sydney.
And when the Duke star takes the court tonight, you can be assured that Nolan will be thinking about Derek, just like those of us who went to college with him will be doing. And you can also bet that we?ll be pulling for the Duke guard, who will surely give his all for 40 minutes and, win or lose, leave it all on the court and emerge with the best attitude of anyone in Lucas Oil Arena.
After all, that?s the way Derek played the game, and Nolan is truly his father?s son.
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Smith and his family were enjoying a cruise sponsored by his NBA team.
His small son had decided to take on a 14 year old and was so mad when he lost he threw the ball overboard. His father quickly grabbed him up and
told him if he wanted to win he had to always control his emotions.
It was the last thing his father ever said to him.
The ship was just a few hours away from docking in New York when Smith suffered an apparent heart attack and died. Just a few feet away, young Nolan watched as medical personnel worked on his father for 25 minutes, trying desperately to bring him back to life.
But their efforts were futile, and as Smith?s body was being taken away, Nolan left boyhood behind. He went to his grieving mother, and put his arms around her
Smith will take the court for tonight?s second NCAA Final Four game at Lucas Oil Arena in Indianapolis ? just blocks away from where his father claimed his NCAA title 30 years ago. Smith knows the Mountaineers of West Virginia University will give his team all it can handle, and he knows he?ll have to be on top of his game to advance to Monday night?s championship game.
But Nolan, much like his father and his young Louisville teammates, could well be on a road to destiny. Before the season started, Nolan?s mother, Monica Malone, reminded him of Derek?s run to the championship in 1980. Malone, who has remarried, was Derek?s sophomore girlfriend in those days, and she was in the stands when Louisville became the NCAA champ. She has shown Nolan tapes of his father?s playing days, including that final game in Indianapolis when he scored nine crucial points before helping his teammates cut down the nets.
Monica has also surely shared the story of Derek?s past, how he arrived as a very timid 16-year-old freshman in Louisville, carrying all his belongings and wardrobe in a brown paper sack. I?m guessing that Nolan knows his dad?s sneakers were torn and practically worn away on the bottoms when he arrived on campus, and how terrified the shy teenager was to be in a big city, so far away from his tiny hometown of Hogansville, Ga., and its 1,000 or so residents.
But Nolan also knows how his father matured from those days, becoming a legitimate college basketball star, an NBA player known for having plenty of heart, and a successful and highly respected assistant coach with the Bullets. And you can bet that Nolan knows Derek was the best husband he knew how to be for Monica, and the best father he could possibly be for him and his older sister Sydney.
And when the Duke star takes the court tonight, you can be assured that Nolan will be thinking about Derek, just like those of us who went to college with him will be doing. And you can also bet that we?ll be pulling for the Duke guard, who will surely give his all for 40 minutes and, win or lose, leave it all on the court and emerge with the best attitude of anyone in Lucas Oil Arena.
After all, that?s the way Derek played the game, and Nolan is truly his father?s son.
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Duke: Talented trio will lead Blue Devils to title
In August 2008, Duke's Jon Scheyer watched intently on television as his coach, Mike Krzyzewski, led the USA to a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics.
Scheyer said later he was a little envious of Team USA players for winning a championship at the highest level with his coach, something he had not yet done in college.
Ever since, Scheyer has been in dogged pursuit of an NCAA title to share with Krzyzewski. Now, in his final season, he's two wins from his goal. His contagious will, as much as his productivity, has Duke in the Final Four for the 11th time under Krzyzewski.
The school wants its fourth title and first since 2001. Scheyer and fellow perimeter players Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, who together account for 67.5% of Duke's scoring, seem ready to deliver.
Kyle Singler, right, and the rest of the Duke Blue Devils hope to bring the national title back to Durham for the first time since 2001.
"All of (us) have evolved and developed over the course of this season and past seasons," Singler, who is averaging 17 points and 6.5 rebounds in the tournament, said this week. "Everyone's gotten better. We're a closer group. For Nolan and I, and the seniors, we've gone through a lot."
Scheyer, a second-team Associated Press All-American, is a 6-5 point guard averaging 18.2 points this season and 14.5 in the tournament. He snapped out of a shooting slump last weekend, hitting five of 10 three-pointers against Baylor.
Scheyer gets plenty of help with point-guard duties from Smith.
"I think it would be tough bringing up the ball for 40 minutes and guarding the ball for 40 minutes," Scheyer said. "The fact that Nolan and I split it, and that he guards the ball against whoever brings it up, takes some pressure off me."
Smith is one to watch this weekend. He is following his late father's path. His dad, Derek, helped Louisville win the NCAA title in Indianapolis in 1980. The son has raised his play a notch in this tournament, averaging 18.5 points.
Smith scored a career-high 29 in the South Regional final and tore apart Baylor's 2-3 zone defense.
"His ability to create on offense gives me better looks and opens some things up for our team ? it's big," Scheyer said.
Finally, Duke has a tall inside presence, something it had been without in recent years. Brian Zoubek, a 7-1 senior who in past years was slowed by foot injuries, is averaging 7.5 points and 10 rebounds in the tournament. He gave Purdue fits in the regional semifinals, grabbing 14 rebounds.
Brothers Mason and Miles Plumlee, both 6-10, are respectable rotation players to back up Zoubek.
The firepower provided by Scheyer, Singler and Smith overshadows the team's stifling man-to-man defense. Tournament opponents are averaging just 56.2 points and shooting 25% on three-pointers.
That ultimately will carry the Blue Devils. Krzyzewski probably wouldn't want it any other way.
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In August 2008, Duke's Jon Scheyer watched intently on television as his coach, Mike Krzyzewski, led the USA to a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics.
Scheyer said later he was a little envious of Team USA players for winning a championship at the highest level with his coach, something he had not yet done in college.
Ever since, Scheyer has been in dogged pursuit of an NCAA title to share with Krzyzewski. Now, in his final season, he's two wins from his goal. His contagious will, as much as his productivity, has Duke in the Final Four for the 11th time under Krzyzewski.
The school wants its fourth title and first since 2001. Scheyer and fellow perimeter players Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, who together account for 67.5% of Duke's scoring, seem ready to deliver.
Kyle Singler, right, and the rest of the Duke Blue Devils hope to bring the national title back to Durham for the first time since 2001.
"All of (us) have evolved and developed over the course of this season and past seasons," Singler, who is averaging 17 points and 6.5 rebounds in the tournament, said this week. "Everyone's gotten better. We're a closer group. For Nolan and I, and the seniors, we've gone through a lot."
Scheyer, a second-team Associated Press All-American, is a 6-5 point guard averaging 18.2 points this season and 14.5 in the tournament. He snapped out of a shooting slump last weekend, hitting five of 10 three-pointers against Baylor.
Scheyer gets plenty of help with point-guard duties from Smith.
"I think it would be tough bringing up the ball for 40 minutes and guarding the ball for 40 minutes," Scheyer said. "The fact that Nolan and I split it, and that he guards the ball against whoever brings it up, takes some pressure off me."
Smith is one to watch this weekend. He is following his late father's path. His dad, Derek, helped Louisville win the NCAA title in Indianapolis in 1980. The son has raised his play a notch in this tournament, averaging 18.5 points.
Smith scored a career-high 29 in the South Regional final and tore apart Baylor's 2-3 zone defense.
"His ability to create on offense gives me better looks and opens some things up for our team ? it's big," Scheyer said.
Finally, Duke has a tall inside presence, something it had been without in recent years. Brian Zoubek, a 7-1 senior who in past years was slowed by foot injuries, is averaging 7.5 points and 10 rebounds in the tournament. He gave Purdue fits in the regional semifinals, grabbing 14 rebounds.
Brothers Mason and Miles Plumlee, both 6-10, are respectable rotation players to back up Zoubek.
The firepower provided by Scheyer, Singler and Smith overshadows the team's stifling man-to-man defense. Tournament opponents are averaging just 56.2 points and shooting 25% on three-pointers.
That ultimately will carry the Blue Devils. Krzyzewski probably wouldn't want it any other way.
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