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Re: Duke
Can I buy tickets yet?
That gives me 2 years to find someone to fill in for me for work.
And I've never attended a game that Arizona lost, so I'm gonna try and convince my wife it's my duty.
I am super pumped about this home and home!!!
That gives me 2 years to find someone to fill in for me for work.
And I've never attended a game that Arizona lost, so I'm gonna try and convince my wife it's my duty.
I am super pumped about this home and home!!!
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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The only reason it is happening is because Duke has a different coach. Rat face would never have agreed to this.
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I despise being supposed to root for Dook.
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Re: Duke
Thanks for nothing Duke.
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At least they didn’t lose at home.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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You'd think they could be good forsomething but nooo.
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Re: Duke
Duke's likely just been dropped to #2 overall seed in ESPIN's Bracketology, now...
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I'm no Duke fan. Far from it. But the reality is that we will benefit significantly if they do well during the remainder of the reg season.
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Fuck Duke now and always
You should NEVER be upset at a Duke loss
NEVER
You should NEVER be upset at a Duke loss
NEVER
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Even if it means weakening the value of our win at Cameron? Sorry, I see it differently.Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:05 am Fuck Duke now and always
You should NEVER be upset at a Duke loss
NEVER
This season is a strange situation because we want that win at Cameron to hold a lot of weight on Selection Sunday.
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If we keep winning and Duke loses its remaining games we will still be a 1 seed
Fuck Duke every fucking day
Fuck Duke every fucking day
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What Ari said. Let's have both.
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Seriously… only mediocre teams need to worry about opponents records to try to prop them up
We are not mediocre
We are not mediocre
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I'm down with any scenario in which we get credit for beating a good team on their court, breaking them and sending them into a downward spiral which only then exposes them as entitled pissant poseurs whose torment and despair serves enduring justification of my dark and petty hatred of them.
I think that about covers it until next time.
I think that about covers it until next time.
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You schedule good teams because they are good and will balance out the shitty teams you have to play in conference. Not wanting them to be good so our strength of schedule is hurt is a weird thing.
Go Duke
Go Duke
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But I hate them and want them to suffer. I don't make the rules. They must die horribly, in a fire, while I laugh and take vids, which I sell online, and use to pay for internet access.
I don't make the rules.
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I only root for Arizona and say let the chips fall where they may.
I never root for Duke or Illinois. Period.
I never root for Duke or Illinois. Period.
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So we hate them all the years we don't play them and then love on them the years we do?
Sorry Chi - can't turn my hate on and off like that. The 2001 championship stolen from Lute the year he lost Bobbi won't allow it.
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I hate them all the time. But I don’t want them to be total dogshit this year so it hurts our strength of schedule and the perception of our win.
Trust me when I say that if there are any Duke players, students, alums, or fans who care that you hate Duke with every fiber of your being, it’s only because they enjoy it. There’s no award I know of for most virulent and consistent Duke hater.
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In this case hatred is its own reward. It's not a lottery ticket type of deal. I hate them because fuck them. It's tautological.Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:01 amI hate them all the time. But I don’t want them to be total dogshit this year so it hurts our strength of schedule and the perception of our win.
Trust me when I say that if there are any Duke players, students, alums, or fans who care that you hate Duke with every fiber of your being, it’s only because they enjoy it. There’s no award I know of for most virulent and consistent Duke hater.
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Duke will not be dogshit this year no matter how much I Bear Down against them.
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This year I’m toning it down to a low background loathing. Same thing for next year.dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:42 amIn this case hatred is its own reward. It's not a lottery ticket type of deal. I hate them because fuck them. It's tautological.Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:01 amI hate them all the time. But I don’t want them to be total dogshit this year so it hurts our strength of schedule and the perception of our win.
Trust me when I say that if there are any Duke players, students, alums, or fans who care that you hate Duke with every fiber of your being, it’s only because they enjoy it. There’s no award I know of for most virulent and consistent Duke hater.
In 2026 I’ll turn it back up to 11.
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Maybe I should test drive a resting loathing face ......Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:55 amThis year I’m toning it down to a low background loathing. Same thing for next year.dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:42 amIn this case hatred is its own reward. It's not a lottery ticket type of deal. I hate them because fuck them. It's tautological.Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:01 amI hate them all the time. But I don’t want them to be total dogshit this year so it hurts our strength of schedule and the perception of our win.
Trust me when I say that if there are any Duke players, students, alums, or fans who care that you hate Duke with every fiber of your being, it’s only because they enjoy it. There’s no award I know of for most virulent and consistent Duke hater.
In 2026 I’ll turn it back up to 11.
nah, not feelin' it. If later you recommend it then I'll revisit. Let no one claim I'm not open to a more civilized toxicity.
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Rooting against Duke is fine and expected...right up until their losses impact our strength of schedule and weaken our tourney seed prospects.
Basically what Chi has been saying.
Basically what Chi has been saying.
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Apriori hate Dook.
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Re: Duke
Duke looks like crap again today. The more they lose, the more trivial our win at Cameron becomes.
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Duke in freefall.
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Fuck Duke
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Now I'm just pissed at Duke for losing to teams they should be handling.
I was leery of the Scheyer hire from the beginning. It's early, and he could very well become a good coach. But I thought he got the top job too quickly. Duke has too much at stake to put the program in the hands of their best intern.
I was leery of the Scheyer hire from the beginning. It's early, and he could very well become a good coach. But I thought he got the top job too quickly. Duke has too much at stake to put the program in the hands of their best intern.
Re: Duke
Payback is a bitch.
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Just gotta handle our business against Wisconsin, Purdue, Alabama, and FAU. Then if Duke is dogshit it hopefully won’t matter. Wisconsin with the win against Marquette helps, especially with the law of transitive property.Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:28 pm Duke looks like crap again today. The more they lose, the more trivial our win at Cameron becomes.
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Re: Duke
Only to the computers - that victory still supports our resuméBeachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:28 pm Duke looks like crap again today. The more they lose, the more trivial our win at Cameron becomes.
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I hear you, pc. It's almost impossible for Duke to render our win at Cameron entirely insignificant. But they'll try.pc in NM wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:57 pmOnly to the computers - that victory still supports our resuméBeachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:28 pm Duke looks like crap again today. The more they lose, the more trivial our win at Cameron becomes.
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We did still win that game, if we just keep winning and covering, that's all we can do. How many other teams have won and covered every game?
Edit. Byu is the answer.
Edit. Byu is the answer.
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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Neither ranked Dook nor ranked Sparty have shown to be quite as good as we thought. Wiscy is just the opposite: unranked at the moment and playing better than anticipated. They play Sparty 3 days before traveling to Tucson. By that tip off at McKale Purdue will have had 2 more games to bleed off the sting of the loss to Northwestern. This ain't a bad set up. Then Bama and FAU come at us with less recovery time. Our team will be tired by then.
Fuck everyone not in a UofA uniform.
Fuck everyone not in a UofA uniform.
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I hope for Chicat's sake that Dook can manage to defeat the mighty Pride of Hofstra. It may be tough, but there's virtue in the climb!
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Duke is going to try all season long to make our win at Cameron virtually meaningless by Selection Sunday. I’ve never disliked Duke too intensely, but it’s starting to stir.
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Duke is at it again.
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They are doing this to me on purpose.dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:21 pm I hope for Chicat's sake that Dook can manage to defeat the mighty Pride of Hofstra. It may be tough, but there's virtue in the climb!
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You're safe tonight.Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:30 pmThey are doing this to me on purpose.dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:21 pm I hope for Chicat's sake that Dook can manage to defeat the mighty Pride of Hofstra. It may be tough, but there's virtue in the climb!
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Re: Duke
Duke loses to Pitt. What an amazing day.
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Pitt wins in Cameron for the first time since 1979.
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By Selection Sunday, our win over Wisconsin will mean more than beating Duke.