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  • shwineka 12:10 pm on July 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: C.J. Leslie, Duke, freshmen, highlight, , , , , Ryan Harrow, , ,   

    Tar Heel Highlights from NC Pro-Am 

    You might have seen some stories talking about the UNC presence at the N.C. Greater Pro-Am recently. Maybe this one or this one.

    I stumbled across this sweet highlight reel (via @DimeMag) featuring some footage of Heels hoopers. Gotta like that dunk by Justin Watts, and John Henson takes home the gold with the #1 highlight. No footage of the UNC freshmen, but there is some of the other frosh in the triangle, including N.C. State’s C.J. Leslie and Ryan Harrow, and Duke’s Kyrie Irving. Enjoy.

     

  • shwineka 12:28 pm on June 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , ACC Sunday Night Hoops, Austin American Statesman, Baylor, , , , Duke, expansion, K-State, , , , , Pacific, , , , Tar Heel Fan, , Texas A&M, ,   

    Taking the offensive: the ACC Superconference 

    With all the hullabaloo over conference expansion going on in the Midwest, I was happy to see that the ACC and North Carolina were going largely unaffected. I like the current setup. Although I wish that UNC were guaranteed more games against perennial league contenders like Wake Forest every year, the competition is good for ACC teams’ RPI and the conference is well respected for its basketball.

    Apparently though there has been talk of hitting us right where it hurts, namely right at us – UNC that is.

    Tar Heel Fan pointed out this SEC wish list in the Austin American Statesman (via WRAL) and I find it quite disturbing. The SEC, pioneers of the 12-team conference and not wanting to be left behind the Pac-whatever-it-is-now, could be eying expansion and targeting UNC and Duke. This, according to THF would be a boon to their basketball prestige giving them three of arguably (well, arguably as far as Duke and Kentucky :-) ) the best teams in college basketball history in the same conference.  It would also look to boost its football stature by adding powerhouse Texas and it’s little brother Texas A&M (not to mention Butch’s boys in blue).

    THF pointed out that the Charlotte and Raleigh markets – let alone football crazed Texas – are nothing to sniff at, both coming in the Top 30 in the nation, so that could play a factor as well.

    Well, that’s all well and good, but rather than sitting on our Atlantic Coast cabooses, why don’t we take the offensive and spawn a superconference of our own?

    The Pac-10 has been courting with Texas as well, though I’m not sure what exactly is Pacific about Texas. Using that logic, Kansas, K-State, Baylor and Missouri seem ripe to come to the Atlantic Coast Conference to me.  The ACC’s basketball pedigree would instantly skyrocket. In the last coaches poll of 2010, taken after the tournament,  Kansas (6), K-State (7) and Baylor(10) were all in the Top 10, while Missouri received some votes for the Top 25.

    With that addition, no one could argue that the Big East was the best basketball conference any more, though we at the Rafters know that has never been true, and the spark in competition would make ACC games the must watch affair any night of the week. Forget ACC Sunday Night Hoops. How about the ACC Nightly Knockdown, Drag-out Brawl?

    Now I’m sure Roy Williams wouldn’t be too keen on the idea of his other love, Kansas, joining the conference, but as much as I love Roy I don’t think his personal preference would have much say in the grand scheme of things.

    If other conferences are licking their chops at some of the pillars of our conference, we should be looking around as well. Like I said, I’m happy with the current situation, but to let it fall below its current status would be a travesty, and we should think offensively.

     

    • kikus 9:40 pm on June 12, 2010 Permalink

      может у кого нить есть ещё информация по этому поводу??

  • shwineka 12:12 pm on April 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Butler, , , Duke, , gold medal, Hoosiers, indianapolis,   

    Duke Plays Butler for the National Championship 

    Never was a tougher headline typed than the one you see above. As I began the word “Natio…….” my fingers literally gave pause. Is this really happening?

    For the past six years or so, we’ve come to expect Duke to be highly ranked, but underachieve. This year was the third time – yes, third time – that Duke was a No. 1 seed since their last Final Four. They’ve also been a No. 2 seed twice since then, so when they received yet another favorable seeding and region, we could only expect them to fail again right? No, they actually lived up to their seeding this year, even looking like a championship contender at times.

    Ouch. That was another one of those painful sentences to type. How did it come to this? I dream of that dark-haired, sinister man, grinning and dangling gold medals and basketball nets as he puppeteers the blue-clad menaces all over Indianapolis. I wake up screaming. And on another note, how is Brian Zoubek  getting double-digit rebounds?!

    Needless to say, but I’ll be rooting for the under(Bull)dogs tonight. And it’s not because I want to see the latest version of Hoosiers play out for my enjoyment. It’s because my sanity has been questionable since the Final Four teams made official. C’mon Butler, I need this.

     

  • shwineka 12:49 pm on March 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Alumni of the Year, Bobby Knight, Cameron Crazies, , College Game Day, Dookies, Duke, Hubert Davis, , , , , University of North Carolina   

    Hubert Davis: Alumnus of the Year 

    On College Game Day this morning, let it be known that Hubert Davis, UNC Class of 1992, picked the Tar Heels to beat Duke while seated at half court of Hansbrough Cameron Indoor Stadium. While all the other commentators chose favored Duke, Mr. Davis exemplified the true spirit of the greatest rivalry in sports, and picked his alma mater. His colleague, Bobby Knight, then proposed that he receive the “alumni of the year award,” and so we are justly giving it to Mr. Davis. This is not the first time Mr. Davis has upheld his loyalty to the University of North Carolina, as evidenced in the hidden-camera video below. It is not a commercial like some might think.

    Although, Jay, you are normally a voice of reason and valuable insight, today is different. Eat it, Bilas. And so for Mr. Davis’ body of work as a full-bore Carolina supporter, even in the face of the Cameron Crazies, he shall be presented with this most prestigious award. The dozens, nay, hundreds of people who will see this will surely understand the humongous honor.

    Congratulate yourself, Hubert Davis. You are The Rafters’ Alumnus of the Year.

     

    • lulu 10:58 pm on March 6, 2010 Permalink

      I’ve always loved Hubert…that’s all I have to say about that.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and the game.

  • shwineka 3:02 pm on March 4, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: ari gold, , , , Duke, , , , , , , , , , , ,   

    Carolina Has Opportunity to Dethrone Devils 

    I was more excited for last night’s game between Maryland and Duke thanI’d ever been for a non-UNC basketball game. Honestly, I daydreamed about it during work.

    As much as Greivis Vasquez makes me want to throw my TV, I was just waiting for he and the Terps to stick it to the Dookies and have their rude fans hurl insults that would make Ari Gold cringe.

    And much to my delight, that all happened. Every last part of it. Vasquez hit essentially the game-winner and I distinctly heard chants of “F*** You, Scheyer.”

    The best part of last night? The result put the Gothic Goonies in a tie with UMD for first place in the conference, and both teams have one game left on their schedules — Duke’s last contest is UNC. That means the Heels have the chance to save their season on Saturday by denying Duke the regular season conference title, assuming that Maryland beats Virginia.

    What better way to cap an end-of-season win streak than crushing the hopes and dreams of your arch rival? The Heels haven’t exactly dominated in the past two games, but their gritty efforts will serve as good practice for playing Duke, which usually results in a gritty game anyway. They seem to be understanding team effort much better as well. John Henson pointed this out after the Miami game.

    Playing in Cameron will be tough, but Greg Paulus will tell you it’s also tough to beat UNC when they’re hyped up for a game in Durham.  And adding the prospect of dethroning the devils has me (and likely the Tar Heels) daydreaming again already.

     

  • shwineka 1:24 pm on March 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Duke, , ,   

    Thank you, Kyle Singler 

    In the past two days, 10 people have come to our blog by searching the term “sloth goonies.”

     

    • lulu 1:47 am on March 3, 2010 Permalink

      is there another way?

  • shwineka 1:14 pm on March 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: 1789, , , , Dookie, Duke, Duke University, , Durham Tech, Gehenna, , , Reggie Love, snobbery, , U.S. News and World Report, , Yankees   

    Why We Hate Duke: The “Prestige” 

    In the state of North Carolina, there is a small country in western Durham. It’s old - though not 1789 old – and has gone through name changes and rape scandals, yet still retains a pristine image. Here the citizens aren’t of the same ilk as most North Carolinians, and most natives know it. Yes, here is the home of Duke University.

    The private institution has a certain air about it — a stuffy one. Sure it’s ranked in the Top 10 Universities of U.S. News and World Report, not No. 28 like some dinky public school, but does that give them the right to be so, well, douchey?

    Some of you will be thinking I’m blowing this out of proportion. There’s no way ALL Duke students are total pricks, right? Well, I’m here to tell you that in my experience, I have yet to meet a Duke student who didn’t rub me the wrong way, intentionally or not.

    Take my most recent encounter, at the party of a mutual friend in December.

    I introduce myself to said Dookie without knowing his affiliation. He is friendly enough, as much as to be expected at a party in which many don’t know each other. I ask him how he knows the mutual friend, blah blah, and eventually get to, “Oh where’d you go to school?”

    I visibly show my distaste at his answer — all in fun. After all, the UNC/Duke rivalry is one of the most well-known sports rivalries in the country. What happens next is the same thing that has happened to me multiple times when meeting a Dookie.

    The conversation dies for a second. It’s during this silence that a couple of things are happening. The Dookie is usually trying to figure out something else to say, while at the same time hiding his or her scorn for my joking gesture. Yes, it was all in fun, but you can tell it drives them crazy to see a “bumpkin” from Chapel Hill insulting their school.

    I’m usually just trying to hold in my laughter. If I had seen said Dookie in a lineup, I could have picked him out as the one who went to Durham Tech. Much like its basketball players (douchey, unathletic), Duke students tend to have a look.

    Anyway, a new question is then usually proposed by said Dookie. And nine times out of 10, it’s this:

    “Oh, so are you actually FROM North Carolina?”

    As a matter of fact, I am, dick. But the question wasn’t meant to find out where I was reared. It was used to reassure the Dookie that he or she is superior. I obviously must have gone to UNC because it was the best public school I could get in to, and couldn’t go to a prestigious private one. Forget about the fact that some out of state kids would kill to go to UNC, and that it’s consistently one of the best public schools in the nation. Not to mention that Carolina’s journalism school – my major – is Top 3 in the country at worst.

    No, this doesn’t matter to the royal blue. They know their snooty network of donors and alumni will get them in a “better” job than I could imagine. They’ve been destined to “attain” greatness since they popped out of the womb, silver spoon in hand. Even Reggie Love has a good position in the current administration.

    That is a travesty, but the worst part is that I’ve had the experience described above several times. Perhaps it’s their environment that causes them to ask such questions. Maybe after attending the Gothic Gehenna you just get used to being around other Yankees with trust funds and how they interact with one another, and then just don’t remember how to act around normal people?

    It’s just much easier (or true?) to take your prestige and call it arrogance, pretension, snootiness, conceit, snobbery, contempt or vanity.

    Go Heels!

     

  • shwineka 1:50 pm on February 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , ACC Tournament, , Duke, , Greensboro Coliseum, Joe Trapani, , , , , , ,   

    NC for ACC! 

    You might have noticed that – much like many of UNC’s players – the ACC power rankings are “out indefinitely.” After Saturday’s showing in Boston, this is probably a good thing.

    Young players tend not to be able to close games, and that’s been the case for the Heels all season, so we won’t get into that too much. What we do have to mention, is that now there is no possibility of finishing .500 in conference play, even if Roy’s boys put it together and win the rest of their games. Now before you get your Joe Trapanis in a wad, relax, UNC still has one shot at making the big dance.

    Winning the ACC tournament.

    It might seem far-fetched, but should the Heels get hot it’s very possible. The best teams in the conference right now are Duke (11-2), Maryland (9-3), Virginia Tech (8-4) and Wake Forest (8-5). No, I didn’t studder when I said Va. Tech. Weird, I know.  Depending on where UNC finishes, those are the teams Carolina is most likely to face in the first rounds of the tournament, and they’re all beatable.

    Maryland isn’t very good on the road, having only beaten BC, NC State and Florida State in conference road games. All of those wins are against teams in the lower half of the ACC. Given UNC is in the lower half as well, Greensboro Coliseum will be just like home for the Tar Heels. Advantage Carolina.

    Wake has also struggled on the road, and hasn’t played well of late, losing to NC State on Saturday. Their inconsistency this late in the season is a sign they might be fading.

    UNC has already beaten Virginia Tech once, and after losing to the Hokies will have a chip on their shoulder to beat them again

    And we know Carolina is ALWAYS capable of beating Duke. Always.

    Those teams are likely who will advance and make up the later rounds of the tournament as well. It is not insane to think that if UNC’s turnover problem gets resolved, and some key players are healthy, the Heels can take over the tourney.

    At this point, it’s Greensboro or bust.

     

  • shwineka 6:03 pm on February 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Adams Morgan, , , , Duke, Fayetteville, Ramses, , Ventnor's, Wilmington   

    Duke Game Fan Insight 

    Well, now that it’s a new week and Carolina notched another win, two things are certain:

    One, we can always count on State.

    And two, my Duke-loss hangover is finally gone. I’m not the type that gets extremely mopey for a week after a Duke loss (it’s normally just a day, about as long as my usual hangover from other circumstances surrounding the game), but I just couldn’t get into writing about it. We’ll make sure and discuss the first game leading up to the next one.

    Three-fourths of the Rafters bloggers made it out to Ventnor’s Sports Cafe in D.C. for the game, which if you haven’t taken in a game there, it’s pretty darn fun — blue cups included. You could call Ventnor’s a “UNC bar.” You could also call it a Syracuse bar, as we found out when we showed up, early for our game, right on time for theirs.

    Anyway we found some time when not glued to the screen to ask some other Carolina fans about the game. You can listen below. Click on the Ramses (sorry they aren’t streaming!)

    Josh, from Fayetteville, NC

    Henry, from Wilmington, NC

    Matt, from Chapel Hill, NC (woot woot)

     

    • Caroline 2:15 pm on February 16, 2010 Permalink

      where’s the female insight?

  • bwineka 2:24 pm on February 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , Duke, , , , ,   

    Roy Williams Tie Tracker: Dook 

    One thing all UNC fans have come to know, love and expect of Roy Williams is his fashionable selection of ties, most often courtesy of Chapel Hill outfitter Alexander Julian. The same man who put the argyle on the side of the basketball uniform is still turning heads with what he’s putting around Ol’ Roy’s neck. So, here at The Rafters we decided to pay homage to the best accesory in college hoops, if not the entire sporting world, and document every tie Roy Williams wears this season.

    Today’s Tie Tracker entry will be a little different than our usual post, but I hope you enjoy it. It captures every emotion of the game as it progressed, told through Roy and his tie.

    Dook: A photo essay by Robert Willett and Chuck Liddy, Compiled by The Rafters

    In case you’d like to know, Roy is wearing the same suit/tie combo he wore in the first Virginia Tech game and against Ohio State.

    Here’s this years stats:

    Game 1: Florida International, W 88-72 – Small paisley in aqua and dark blue with pocket square

    Game 2: North Carolina Central, W 89-42 – Large paisley in Carolina and navy blue and gold with pocket square

    Game 3: Valparaiso, W 88-77 – Large paisley-ish in gold, navy, brown and Carolina with pocket square

    Game 4: Ohio State, W 77-73 – Diagonal white stripes over light blue back with pocket square

    Game 5: Syracuse, L 87-71 – Large paisley in Carolina and navy blue with pocket square

    Game 6: Gardner-Webb, W 93-72 – Blue and white dotted with pocket square

    Game 7: Nevada, W 80-73 – Carolina blue and white diagonal stripes with no jacket or pocket square, removed tie in first half, black arm sling

    Game 8: Michigan State, W 89-82 – No tie, Carolina blue plaid shirt with no jacket or pocket square, black arm sling, AIDs ribbon

    Game 9: Kentucky, L 68-66 – No tie, white shirt with no jacket, pre-game pinstriped jacket with pocket square, black arm sling

    Game 10: Presbyterian, W 103-64 – No tie, white shirt with no jacket or pocket square, Old Well emblem on pocket, arm sling with Carolina blue patterned cover

    Game 11: Texas, L 103-90 – No tie, white shirt with no jacket or pocket square, arm sling with Carolina blue patterned cover

    Game 12: Marshall, W 98-61 – No tie, Carolina blue plaid shirt with no jacket or pocket square, arm sling with Carolina blue patterned cover

    Game 13: Rutgers, W 81-67 – No tie, white shirt with no jacket or pocket square, Old Well logo on pocket, arm sling with Carolina blue patterned cover

    Game 14: Albany, W 87-70 – No tie, black longsleeve shirt with no jacket or pocket square, arm sling with Carolina blue patterned cover

    Game 15: College of Charleston, L 82-79 – No tie, white longsleeve shirt with no jacket or pocket square, NC logo on sleeve, blue sweater with white diamond pattern, arm sling with Carolina blue patterned cover

    Game 16: Virginia Tech, W 78-64 – Carolina blue tie with pocket square, Carolina blue striped shirt with pinstriped suit

    Game 17: Clemson, L 83-64 – FedExKinkos tie with unmatching pocket square, white shirt with pinstriped suit

    Game 18: Georgia Tech, L 73-71 – Carolina blue tie with white diagonal stripes ['09 Championship Tie] with blue pocket square, white shirt and pinstriped suit

    Game 19: Wake Forest, L 82-69 – Carolina blue and white diagonal stripes with white pocket square, white shirt and gray jacket

    Game 20: NC State, W 77-63 – Carolina blue and brown diamond designed with white pocket square, white shirt and Carolina blue jacket

    Game 21: Virginia, L 75-60 – Beige tie with dark spotted pattern and Carolina blue pocket square, Carolina blue shirt and brown jacket with plaid pattern, Jordans in first half, changed at halftime

    Game 22: Virginia Tech, L 74-70 – Large pattern paisley in Carolina blue and navy with white pocket square, white shirt and pinstriped suit

    Game 23: Maryland, L 92-71 – Cream color tie with white pocket square, white shirt and plain suit

    Game 24: Dook, L 64-54 – Carolina blue tie with white diagonal striped and pocket square, vertical striped shirt with white collar and pinstriped suit

    [Some photos by N&O's Robert Willett and Chuck Liddy]

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