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Krzyzewski, who wouldn't be made available for comment, has become what he once despised -- a latter-day Dean Smith. On Jan. 21, 1984, after uneven officiating cost Duke a win against Smith's North Carolina dynasty, Krzyzewski unloaded in his postgame news conference.
"I want to tell you something," he said. "... You cannot allow people to go around pointing at officials and yelling at them without technicals being called. That is just not allowed. So let's get some things straight around here and quit the double standard that exists in this league, all right?"
--Gregg Doyel, Sportsline
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Truthaboutduke.com --> About this site
Truthaboutduke.com is around because Duke is an easy target. Just browse this site - this stuff is hilarious!
Of course Duke has a great basketball program. They're an important part of college basketball - and a lot folks seem to dislike them.. not just because they are successful.
We'll see if there's an audience out there (if no one visits this site, I'll stop running it!)
Update Mar. 31st 2004 : Site is getting a ton of traffic, it is here to stay!!!
And oh yes - the webguy is a Maryland fan.. but this site isn't geared specifically towards Maryland fans and is in no way meant to be a Maryland vs. Duke thing.
If you have any comments or some content to add, please fill out the feedback form.
Thank You.
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Myron Piggie -
A former crack dealer and AAU coach who illegally paid Duke player Corey Maggette.
Basically it goes like this:
Maggette signs waiver that all NCAA athletes sign, indicating that they have not received any payments to participate in their sport
Maggette plays for Duke his freshman year, then bolts to the NBA.
After pressure from the law, Piggie admits that he paid Maggette and four other players $35,000 from 1996 to '98.
Maggette eventually admits that he took money from Piggie.
Coach K said he was ready for any punishment the NCAA had for him, but surprise! the NCAA looked the other way.
Dan Wetzel says this in a CBS Sportsline article:
The Piggie scandal even reached its dirty tentacles into the once-pristine world of Mike Krzyzewski's Duke Blue Devils. If the NCAA truly believed in equal punishment for all members, it should vacate Duke's 1999 national runner-up finish from the books for playing the ineligible Corey Maggette
It comes as no suprirse that former Duke assistant Quin Snyder recruited Maggette, as he 'can't avoid trouble at Missouri''.
Check out some more links regarding Piggie/Maggette
Maggette's Admission, Duke's Dilemma
Maggette mislead Duke
Piggie case should be closed, but probe continues
There are a lot of other links about this mess - just look at all the results that a query of 'maggette/piggie' brings up in a google search. Also, the book Sole Influence (co-written by Dan Wentzel) has a whole section about Piggie.
Here is a good article by Wentzel on this, with a timeline.
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