If you have watched any college basketball this year, one thing is painfully clear: the talent level across the board is possibly the worst its ever been. There are no dominant teams (Ohio State comes the closest) and there are few dominant players outside of you know who.

Before Duke freshman Kyrie Irving went down with a toe injury in December, the Blue Devils were on their way to being the country’s lone dominant basketball team. Once Kyrie got hurt though, everything changed. Read More »

In Monday’s Smack, we told you about how Duke and Coach K were shaking up the balance of power in the college world by squeezing Indiana out of the picture for Kyrie Irving and luring Austin Rivers (Doc’s son) to campus for a visit, even though he’s officially committed to Florida.

And tonight there’s more. Read More »

Coach K must have hated having to make something like this. First of all, it’s not really true. All the talk about “playing fast,” “having the freedom to just play,” and “having a little bit of an advantage going into the pro’s” feels like it’s being read off a script. Even if a PR agency told everyone at Duke basketball what recruits want to hear, it’s almost laughable given that the Blue Devils’ reputation is the exact opposite of what they say in this clip.

Where’s Greg Paulus in this?

Source: Deadspin