UNC and Duke

To be honest with you, so what if they go out. After loosing their top 7 scorers from last year and coming into the season inexperienced and young this is the best they could have dreamed of. they could start 3 freshmen if they wanted that. frasor, ginyard, terry, noel, hansborough. these guys are athletic. i believe they have what it take to go to the sweet sixteen. only thing stopping them is inexperience. before the season started everyone was saying unc will finish bottom half of the acc. wouldnt make the ncaa tourny. well they proved everyone wrong. i didnt believe they were going to do this well. next year we are getting some great recruits so watch out for us next year too. the next 4 year in chapel hill will be a good one i do believe

not sayin they wont be good in the future...only a projection on this year's tournament

the duke's, unc's and uconn's will always have good young talent and good recruiting classes...this doesnt mean they wont suffer a mass exodus to the NBA and be green in some years...which just so happens to be this year

They've been too young all year according to everyone... but they are 21-6 and 12-4 in the ACC and went in Duke and beat Duke last night who was one of the top ranked team until the new poll comes out. We'll see in a few more weeks how them Baby Heels fair. I hope they continue to prove doubters wrong.

No excuses here, the Dukies just stunk it up terribly and didn't play team ball. It seems they are to centered around JJ and the rest of the team don't want to step up and produce when he is getting doubled they just want to watch him do his thing since he is a senior.

Coach K coaches a good outside game, if it ain't on he is in trouble. Till he moves to run an inside game also, they will have that weak spot, most of the time he gets the shooters to cover it. NC has better luck making them miss than most.

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UNC = upset in one of the first two rounds of the tourney

you dont go deep into the tourney when youre that young...unless you have a kid named Carmelo (note to Tar Hole fans, Hansbrough can't hold the jockstrap of the guy who holds Carmelo's jockstrap...so don't try to compare

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I don't know if I would totally say that. Carmelo and Hansborough are totally different type of players. Hansborough is definitely one of the top post players to play in the NCAAs in a few years IMO. That is a huge seperating factor. You just do not find very good post players anymore. That is part of what makes him look so good. That is also something that will be hard for people to stop if UNC's guard play limits their turnovers.

Does anyone think this rivalry will switch over to UNC now? After Duke had won 16 of the last 19?

OMG that is GREAT!!!!!!! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

UNC is gonna run into a mid-major who will zone them up and keep an eye on their 3pt shooter and have to battle all game, if theyre off it could get ugly

UNC is just not a team ill be watchin for in the tourney

Oh I agree. I don't think they will make it to the final four, but Hansborough is very good. It just depends on if he gets help from Thomas and the rest.