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Krzyzewski said it was purely coincidental that this new partnership with NCAA president Myles Brand intensified about the time the Lakers came calling.
Oh, sure - wink, wink.
``It was not unrealistic to believe the state of college basketball hung in the balance with his decision,'' said Duke athletic director Joe Alleva. ``He's one of the, if not the one most recognizable name in college basketball today. He takes great pride in his ability to mold not just a player, but a man, and the realities of the game today is that you just don't have the time to achieve these objectives like you once did.''
--Drew Sharp, Knight Ridder Newspapers
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A 7ft heralded recruit is being out-rebounded by a perimeter player, and he's an "Under the Radar Senior"?
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The 7-1 Zoubek is making the most of his minutes. Zoubek is Duke's second-leading rebounder after Kyle Singler. The feat is more impressive considering he averages seven rebounds in 16 minutes per game. Alas, he also collects his share of fouls in that short amount of time. He has fouled out or picked up four fouls in 11 games this season. Still, rebounding was a problem going into the season, and Zoubek's performance has been a big surprise.
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Chris Duhon -
Let's start with fun:
In this New Orleans Times-Picayune article, the writer questions how Duhon's mother was able to quickly secure a job in Durham. Also questioned is the Duhon family's automobiles & Carlos Boozer's father's job.
It's a must read.
Another Louisiana newspaper has an article which says:
But, we could have a problem here. It's not a good thing if an important Duke supporter gave Duhon's mother an unposted job - at what fellow employees reportedly suggest was an overpaid salary to an underqualified person - simply because her son signed with the Blue Devils.
Well known Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan had a few things to say about this too:
According to the Times-Picayune's Josh Peter, in the summer of 2000 Vivian Harper, mother of Duke incoming freshman point guard Chris Duhon, moved from her home in Slidell, La., to a two-bedroom apartment in Durham, N.C. She was given a job at a firm called NCM Capital Management Company, a billion-dollar money management firm owned by a man named Maceo Sloan, among whose possessions is an autographed basketball signed by the 1991 Duke championship team, Coach K's first title squad. Workers at the firm say the job was never posted. They also allege that Harper was given a substantial raise within four months.
There's more. Peters also reports that Carlos Boozer Sr., the then-unemployed father of former Duke star Carlos Boozer, was given a job at GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical company owned by Robert Ingram, who is a close friend of Coach K's. In order to take the job, the elder Boozer relocated from Alaska.
Coach K? Say it isn't so!
It is a good thing for Chris that his mommy moved with him, so someone could show him how to do laundry.
When he left Slidell to go to North Carolina in June, Harper left, too, at Chris' request. She got a job and an apartment in Durham, not so she could dote on Chris but just to be near him for support. The first time Duhon did his own laundry, Harper let him use the washing machine at her apartment. She showed him how to separate clothes, set the machine and do the folding.
When he was finished, Duhon said, "Thanks, Mama."
Duhon became the ridicule of ACC fans after he said this in a Herald Sun article:
'I think whoever our second team is could definitely contend for the ACC championship right now'
FYI: Duke (with their first, second and third teams) finished with 5 ACC losses, 2 more losses than ACC regular season champ Wake Forest. They also didn't make it beyond the Sweet 16.
Duhon also had a melodramatic incident while looking in the mirror. From this link
On preparing for his first Duke game: "When I put the jersey on and I was about to go play, I just stared at it for two or three minutes. Then I put on my top and I went into the bathroom and I looked in the mirror and my first thought was, 'That's a sexy man in the mirror.' Then I had to catch my focus. I looked down at my chest and saw the Duke emblem and I really wanted to cry. I knew I couldn't do that before a game, but it just meant so much to me to have the uniform on."
Duhon has also been in trouble with the law while at Duke- he was fined $90 and ordered to do 10 hours of community service after being charged with underage possession of alcohol.
Perhaps Duhon's biggest 'claim to fame' is being a product of the Duke overhype machine. Going into the '02-03 season, he was voted ACC preseason player of the year. Look at his stats - he didn't do much to deserve that, and he sure didn't put up the stats worthy of that bold prediction. This image shows how Duhon came through in the clutch vs a lost at FSU.
Leading the overhype machine is Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News. Here are some of his classic overhype articles:
DeCourcy article from Oct. 30 2001
Another DeCourcy article from Sept. 26 2002
Yet another DeCourcy article on Duhon, Sept 16 2003.
Here are some more articles overhyping the 2002-03 'preseason' player of the year:
Cavalier Daily - Chris's Time to Lead
Duhon 2003-2004 preseason Wooden award finalist.
Why is the media so obsessed with hyping Duhon? Will he ever live up to the hype? Time will tell.
For now, let's just enjoy Chris's website on BlackPlanet.
Update, Dec. 7th, 2003
After a decent start to the new season, it sure hasn't taken the media long to comment on this. SI.com article
Here is Duhon and his mommy featured in the April 2004 issue of FHM magazine!!
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