That’s right, the start of the college hoops season is just one week away and you know what that means: it’s time to unleash the mother effing fury! For the past seven months, I’ve been bottling up a vicious mixture of excitement and rage, just waiting for the moment to release my emotions onto the rest of the world. Well that time has come. Your boy Matty D is back to give you a look at the top teams in the country and to separate the champs from the chumps. Read More »
After having a father who ran through 16 seasons in the League and a brother who led the Davidson Wildcats to national prominence, you would expect to garner a little respect. Not the case for Seth Curry coming out of high school in 2008. Read More »
As if this wasn’t good enough, watch the guys from Duke reenact famous scenes from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Godfather (with Steve Wojciechowski), Titanic and Gladiator. Amazing!
While normally the highlights from Midnight Madness are simply dunk contests and cameos from former players, the guys at Duke (with help from the school’s improv department) took it to a whole new level. Check out the video starring Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith and the rest of the guys as they find other jobs on campus after the season was canceled because it was “unfair to the other teams.” Hilarious!
This is the third annual edition of Dime’s NCAA Player’s Ball, where we hand over the task of predicting and prognosticating to the real experts; the best college ballplayers in America. Today, Duke sophomore Nolan Smith tells you why it’s time to start loving to hate the Blue Devils.
THERE’S A GOOD REASON TO HATE DUKE AGAIN
“This year is going to be a huge change. We’ve been in the weight room harder this summer. We have a totally different attitude in the way that we’re going to approach games. We look to dominate. We look to push the ball. We’re going to score. It’s going to be very exciting to watch Duke this year. We’re way more athletic. We’re not going to be the team that everybody calls ’soft’ and gets pushed around. Coach K has told us, we don’t want to see the scrawny Duke teams that teams are used to seeing. We want our fans coming to the gym and seeing a team that looks like grown men out there. Read More »
