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sucks. Can someone explain to me how Kentucky, Arkansas, and Michigan State and Tennessee have a better recruiting class coming next year? Wake has a better average star rating than UK and UT, more recruits, the same or more Top 50, the same Top 100, more 4 stars, and the same or more 3 stars (none have Top 25 or 5 stars). Not that I care too much, but Wake needs all the help and exposure it can get.

Hey Dickson, "(I guess I'd bitch about it too if my team got blown out)." Wake isn't exactly playing well this year, but I guess you consider Duke to be your team this year, since they are ranked higher than Wake. What a damn fairweather fan.

The Truth

JJ sucks. Coach K is an asshole. Blah, blah, blah. It's like a broken record with Jav. We get it! (I guess I'd bitch about it too if my team got blown out). I'll say this about JJ; he isn't even in the top 3 Duke players of all time. And here's an interesting question: would anyone really hate JJ if he didnt play at Duke?

But honestly, what the hell else is their to talk about in the ACC this year? Sure, Roy is probably doing one of his finest coaching jobs but that team is a bunch of uninteresting no-names. Hansborough isnt making anyone forget about Rasheed. For that matter, there aren't very many good stories in college basketball period. Three biggest stories so far: 1) JJ is good, 2) Adam Morrison can score and has a funny mustache, and 3) Bruce Pearl is good coach who wears an ugly orange jacket and sweats profusely. However, if Morrison played on east coast, he'd be the runaway POY.

All the JJ/Vitale haters should appreciate this link, http://sicneill.blogspot.com/

* Cullen is right. Showtime is slowly catching up with HBO. I added Showtime this season just for the L Word. The last 2 seasons were good. Unfortunately, the three hottest girls don't get naked enough: Jennifer Beals, Sarah Shahi and Erin Daniels. And because of L Word, it got me addicted to Sleeper Cell. Good show, closest thing to 24 on TV.

* Today's NBA update, Jav needs to pay more attention to the former Jayhawks because he's missing Paul Pierce have a career year. I watched the Celtics-Lakers game last night and the PP Man was just dominant from opening tip. He was unguardable and had two vicious dunks on Smush Parker and Chris Mihm disrespectively. Oh and this season, he's leading the C's in points, assists, steals and REBOUNDS. It'd be a damn shame if Boston traded him in the summer.

* Here's why I hate Vince Carter (excerpt from Sports Guy column)

"Two weeks ago, I attended a Clips-Nets game two days after Vince Carter tweaked his back in Utah. Knowing Vince would play, knowing the Clips would stick Quentin Ross (aka, "Bruce Bowen 2.0") on him, knowing that Vince would probably struggle, I almost felt like starting a "When will Vince pull and Exit Stage Right during the game?" pool in my section. He came out firing (the back looked fine, by the way) before realizing that Ross would be hounding him all game. Eventually, he stopped going within 20 feet of the basket.

So I'm sitting there waiting for him to start stretching, wincing and doing all the other stuff that Vince does when he wants the crowd to know that he's thinking about packing it in for the night. At the end of the first half, he had one point. Midway through the third, he had 3 points and the Nets were down by 20. Then there was a 2-on-1 with Kidd when Vince stepped on someone's foot, landed a little awkwardly, waved to his bench as the whistle was blown, then kept right on jogging ... right into the runway and into the locker room. We never saw him again. Even better, we knew right away that he wasn't coming back. I just hope I get a chance to tell this story on "SportsCentury And Beyond: Vince Carter" some day."
(Note: I would give VC's All-Star spot to Michael Redd, someone who actually plays hard every night and respects the fans who supported him from day one. Novel concept.)

JD

I Hate Dick Vitale and J.J. Redick

How many times does he have to mention Redick's ACC record in the UT-Kansas game? I would've understood if it was an NCAA record, but not too many people in Big-12 country give a shit. And it's not like the 3-point line's been around the entire time, so an unathletic white kid that NBA scouts are doubtful on but can shoot the 3 is bound to break the damn record sooner or later. If you're good, you leave early (which offsets not having a 3-point line or freshmen not being able to play). If you're not good enough to leave early, then you're probably not going to break any records. So what does that leave? Unathletic white kids that can shoot, and that screams Duke! Hey Pat Forde, I could give a shit if Redick and his grandma have tattoos. Can we find an even dumber reason to write about him and kiss his ass? He's sooo hardcore!

Shit, it's not like it's hard to break records when you've spent 4 years in a 7 to 8 man system that runs up the score and keeps starters in to pad stats. Look at my sample below...

vs. Seton Hall = 53 point win (30 at half) and 27 minutes
vs. Davidson = 29 point win and 36 minutes
vs. Wake = 28 point win and 38 minutes
vs. Valpo = 27 points and and 33 minutes
vs. Maryland = 24 points and 36 minutes
vs. Wake = 23 point win and 35 points
vs. Bucknell = 34 point win and 33 points

Were all those minutes necessary? Anybody who has heard of Coach K can easily answer no. He's infamous for running up the score and padding his star players' stats to give them better chances of records and awards. This is why Adam Morrison is my Player of the Year. His stats mean something; they've only won 1 game by more than 20 points (he played 31 minutes in that game, less than all of those above except Seton Hall). Gonzaga needs Morrison's stats a hell of a lot more than Duke needed Redick's in those blowouts. I hope that ass-clown Redick gets hurt when he's on the court with 2 or 3 minutes left in their next blowout win. Nothing serious, just something to keep him out of the tournament, like a fractured skull or broken neck (just kidding, a severely sprained ankle or knee will suffice). Let's see how that hair-dyed Coach feels about running up the score when they fold in the 2nd round because of The Backne'd One's absence.

And how lame is the 30 at 30 update? Do they have to give the same damn update twice during the same game. Change it up some you fucking clowns! I already saw Redick's record in the pre-game, 1st half 30 at 30, halftime, and the 2nd-half 30 at 30. What, you think I didn't remember? You thought I wanted to see that pretty free throw again? If Redick reverse dunks on Hansbrough with under a minute to go to put Duke up by 1, then yes, you can show the same dumbass replay 10 times in the same game. But please, enough with shoving Redick down everybody's throats. I get it, he's pretty good. But he's still a big fucking cock! Can anyone look less intimidating with a cut-off shirt?

And what's with all the women's basketball highlights? Does anybody in the country other than one Joseph L. Dickson III give a shit about any women's basketball games? That's what I thought.



Just some random fucking thoughts 12 hours after a disheartening loss.

I Hate Andy Katz

His articles suck, and as soon as he writes about how good Kansas is playing they get trounced by Texas. LaMarcus Aldridge is awesome. There's no way this team loses to Tennessee with Buckman and Gibson healthy. Shit, they probably could have beaten Duke had Buckman not gone down because Tucker could have stayed on the wing guarding Redick. At least Kansas is no longer on the bubble and will probably get a 4-5 seed if they win out (or at least until the Big 12 title game against Texas).

Wake sucks. I hope Kentucky goes NIT-bound so Wake lands Tubby when Prosser jumps ship. Hopefully those High Point-Triad ties will pay off.

And Bill Self's record is VERY similar to Roy's after their first three seasons at Kansas. Look for Bill to surpass Roy's start next year as it looks more and more like Rush will be coming back (don't underestimate the power that Ma Rush holds [remember Jason Williams?] and Kareem holds)(along with Chalmers, Wright, Giles, Kaun, Jackson, and Robinson). Add Sherron Collins and probably Darrell Arthur (2 more McDonald's All-Americans) and we've got 2 more studs on the team next year to replace Moody and Hawkins. Pretty big upgrade.

If all those guys come back, would next season's preseason Top 3 consist of Kansas, UNC, and Ohio State (not necessarily in that order) (assuming Aldridge and maybe Tucker and/or Gibson leave Texas as all are considered lottery picks)?

West Coast Hatin'

1. I almost feel sorry for Wake Forest with the year they are having.

2. JJ Redick will be like most of the other Duke stars. College legend, NBA flop. He's reaping the benefits of the ACC being the weakest it has ever been.

3. JD : I will only be in LA until March 31, but I have the month of April off. So even if I'm not in LA I should be free to come up. Let me know when you will be in town.

4. Man, I really do miss football. At least we have the World Cup this year. JC

Barkley's Quote(s) of the Day

"He's trying to get all these shots out of his system before he gets back to Philadelphia."
re: 76ers forward Andre Igwadola's 30 points in the Rookie/Sophomore game.

"I'd never give a woman a watch. They already got one on the oven."

"Wake sucks." - oh wait, that was my quote.

JD Returns

For the record, I was trying to leave a post last weekend when Canas and Clapp made a visit to NashVegas. However, those fuckers kept interrupting me. Okay, Jav interrupted me. regardless, I'm here now.

* About the Steelers. Thank God they won. Mainly for Denard and Kelly Baugh's sake, they had watch the game at my place because I was too superstitous to watch the game anywhere else except on my couch. Fuck my Mike Holmgren and all the Seahawks fans' crying. They had their chances to win that game. Two missed field goals. A bad INT in the red zone. And the Randle El TD pass on a reverse. If Seattle had watched a little tape, they would have seen that we run that Pittsburgh's run that a play at least twice this season (the last being in a Sunday Night game vs Cleveland). Morons. Plus, why didnt they run the ball more with Alexander? He was suprisingly having a good game against us. And what the hell was up with Holmgren's playcalling at the end of the halfs?

* About college basketball. As I predicted, Wake sucks. But even I didnt foresee the Deacs being this bad. 1-9 in the ACC!? Maybe Josh Howard and Chris Paul covered all the deficiencies on defense. Maybe it was worse than I ever thought. And with all rumors swirling around Skip, he probably just needs to go onto Cincinnati or wherever. I only wish this could have happened a year ago when Bruce Pearl was available. My only hope now is that Kentucky is dumb enough to fire Tubby Smith (and watching Vandy beat the Cats twice, it may actually happen).

Damn Roy Williams. The MF can coach. That team isn't very good but they keep winning. However, Duke is just too good for everyone else in the ACC. And can we finally admit that JJ Redick is pretty good? I've heard it from Denard and Jav; I'm waiting on you to admit it, Cullen.

* Highlights from Clapp and Jav's visit from last weekend. Jav being, well, Jav. No one gets emotions riled up quite like Canas.

Clapp trying to convince us that Creationism is a science and should be taught in public schools. High comedy. It should be interesting when Clapp comes back with evidence proving that God actually exists, I only hope he cites Bill O'Reilly or Fox News when he presents his counter argument.

Taking Kelly Baugh to the Hustler of Hollywood store at 3am to watch her buy a dildo. The best part of it is she was so drunk that she doesn't even remember it. It was equally funny to see the looks on Jav and Clapp's face as she's opening it right next to them in the backseat.

Jay Lowe (now a Vanderbilt athletic dept employee) hooking up his St Leo alums with some great tickets to the Vandy-UK game. Great high scoring game. Patrick Sparks tried his best Randolph Childress impression but in the end the Dores were too much for Kentucky down the stretch. Kentucky's defense was something out of the Skip Prosser School of Defending.

* Cullen, how long are you going to be in LA? I may be out there early April.

* TV highlight: Inside the Actors Studio with Dave Chappelle. Yes, Dave Chappelle. Funny shit. Now, I finally think I understand why he quit. And it wasn't drugs or insanity.
Later bitches.

Last Post

That was courtesy of your old buddy JC

Psycho T!

Maybe a little trash talking will resurrect this blog from the dead???

Psycho T dropped 40 on Ga Tech last night. Yikes! This was a fantastic game! Ga Tech opens up hitting 9/10 3 pointers (Why does everyone save that kind of shit for us and never pull it on Duke?) but Psycho T proves to be a one man army. Last year I thought UNC and Wake would be battling at the bottom, but we're two or three wins away from a NCAA berth and Wake is, well, as expected at the bottom. Still I'm sure the Squeakin Deacons will be saving a little something for us on Sunday. Unlesh Psycho T!

Also, fantasy Beisbol...anybody up for it. Add to your YAHOO trophy case....

This Blog Sucks!

Don't any of you fuckers have anything to say:

Random musing's from the West Coast:

1. Duke - UNC : Duke escapes again, but I'm proud of the way we showed some heart and fought back into it. We need a big win against Miami to stay close to the top of the heap.

2. Pittsburgh SB: Congrats JD. All these West Coast Haters are complaining about the officiating and the press is feeding it. Horseshit. The Seahawks sucked. The officials didn't let Fast Willie bolt for 75 in one play or forget the Randle-El can pass the ball. The Seahawks got burned big time. That offensive pass interference call was legit (albeit a soft call, the receiver made contact and pushed off with his arms.) The officials don't have the benefit of watching it eight times it slow motion. The only real gripe was the Blocking call on Hasselbeck, but one missed call does not make a Super Bowl. Shame on Holmgren for his comments. You lost you fat fuck.
As for me, I probably would have pulled for Seattle had it not been for some obnoxious Seahawks fans at a bar for the Panthers-Seahawks game. You'd think they were contenders year in and year out they were so arrogant and man were they knocking the South. Because Seattle is so fucking great -- IT RAINS ALL THE TIME!!! So go Pittsburgh and I'm glad the Seahawks fans can go into hiding.

3. Indio, CA: This years festival headliner = TOOL! Sign me up!

4. Living in LA: Yes, I'm stuck here for two months. Which means I will never complain about traffic anywhere else again. This city is INSANE at all hours of the day. And it's ugly. Why do so many people live here???

5. "The L Word?" Has anyone else seen this show? It's really hot. They have strap-ons and everything.

6. Sleeper Cell? Another benefit of living in a hotel and getting free Showtime. Hey ARAB terrorists! Here is a clue, the NON-ARABs in your terrorist group are COPS!

7. Fantasy Baseball: Anybody up for it? We missed last year. I want to add to my YAHOO trophy collection and its the only real reason to follow baseball.