OT- Duke Elbows
Singler threw a blatant elbow into Hansborough and picked up a technical [no ejection]. Henderson pulled down a rebound and cleared space by throwing an elbow into a UNC player, no call.
I want to know what Jay Bilas the assclown has to say about the epidemic. Coach K needs to control his team.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:19 PM ^
No kidding. How does Harris get ejected and Singler get a tech - not even a flagrant? Different conferences, I suppose, along with a little of that home cooking.
No denying this is a phenomenal basketball game, though.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:20 PM ^
It's a great game. Cameron is absolutely nuts.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:54 PM ^
Something that I think folks who don't follow Duke basketball don't realize: Jay Bilas, as a commentator, is the most anti-Duke personality I've ever heard (presumably overcompensating so people won't think he's biased - but it's absolutely ridiculous).
I'm not saying he wasn't over the top against Manny and Michigan. But I assure you, he's not a Duke apologist. Not even close.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:56 PM ^
Has just been suspended for Singler's elbow on Hansbrough.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:13 PM ^
100-86, 22 seconds to go. Coach K looks like someone ran a tank through his puppy farm.
February 12th, 2009 at 9:58 AM ^
one of the funniest random lines Ive read. well played sir
February 11th, 2009 at 11:15 PM ^
"Cameron Indoor is MY house!"
- Tyler Hansbrough
February 11th, 2009 at 11:18 PM ^
that may be so, but Singler's elbow tonight and Henderson's last year will NOT elicit a "Coach K needs to get his team in order" tirade tomorrow like he did after Harris got the boot.
if he's gonna spew righteous indignation, he's gotta do it both ways, and i promise you he wont.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:28 PM ^
And Duke has always been able to do whatever they want on D without any consequences. I don't understand why they haven't won at least five more titles with that kind of advantage.
I guess the refs must feel Duke players are so "intelligent" that they would never foul anyone.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:13 AM ^
God Michigan has such an inferiority complex when it comes to Duke basketball.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:38 AM ^
Not a Michigan thing at all, it's all college basketball fans. You should hear Maryland fans talk about Duke.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:17 AM ^
and this isn't about Duke as much as it is about Manny getting ejected for an entirely accidental elbow, while the Duke guy doesn't get ejected.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:45 AM ^
they tend to only get away with all the hand-checking and flopping at home. Come tournament time, the officiating is more even handed.
Duke hasn't won more than their three titles because they usually aren't the most talented team in the tournament.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:18 AM ^
From the replay, it appeared that Singler was trying to rip the ball away and his fingers slipped off of the ball. The result was his elbow flying up and Hansborough just happened to be in the wrong place.
Obviously, I don't know what was going through his mind, but I've watched the replay a couple of times and it appeared that the elbow was entirely accidental.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:50 AM ^
So was Manny's
February 12th, 2009 at 9:47 AM ^
At first when I saw the elbow I thought it was a cheap shot but like you said he was ripping at the ball and his hand slipped away and went right into Hansborough's face.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:47 AM ^
...may not necessarily be a "Duke apologist", but he sure as hell is an ACC apologist. He has actually been called on it by some of his peers.
And, no, he will not be calling for Coach K to get control of his team. He is nothing more than a douche.
February 12th, 2009 at 9:21 AM ^
Funny how both teams scored the same number of points at halftime as our entire game against State
February 12th, 2009 at 3:48 PM ^
Apparently they do not play defense in the ACC. A lot of NBA games don't score that many points.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:12 AM ^
we cannot forget Christian Laettner's stomp on the Kentucky player in the NCAA tourney years ago. That was worse than any elbow anyone could throw and he was not ejected or disciplined internally for it (although he did draw a T)
February 12th, 2009 at 10:33 AM ^
Shane Battier wore a Sham-Wow on his dome. That's gotta be illegal sweat absorption.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:47 AM ^
Come on dude- Bilas has said repeatedly that Dukies do not sweat.
February 12th, 2009 at 12:39 PM ^
Bilas and I had a bit of a back and forth via email after his douchbaggery regarding Beilein getting control of his team. I asked what he thought of the Singler elbow and he said this:
"Excessive and unnecessary. If it were not a dead ball, he probably would have been tossed. It was intentional and there is no place for it."
So take that for what it is worth. Dude is still a douche.