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By contrast, the behavior of fans at Cameron was upsetting. Cameron Crazies don't treat anyone with respect, and I question sometimes if they respect their own team. They have made specific, hurtful references to players relatives, grades, health conditions and campus incidents.
The Cameron Crazies have endured because the school has condoned their behavior. No announcers have had the gumption to speak out on this matter.
--Jeff Davidson, Letter to the Editor
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Truthaboutduke.com --> Encyclopedia!
Coach K and the Refs -
Former Duke player Andre Sweet said this about Coach K and the refs:
'So, is it true? Does Duke really get all the calls?' " Sweet mimics. "I'm like, 'Of course, it's true. It's Duke.' It's Mike Krzyzewski. The refs were afraid of him. He could get you calls that no one else could get. That's part of playing for Duke.
In the 2001 Final Four, many feel that Duke benefited from several questionable calls by the refs. Here are some links about this:
Arizona cry foul over officiating
Greg Gumbel acknowledges poor officiating in semi-final game
AP article about poor officiating in championship game
Here's an interesting article about Coach K's treatment of the refs in a game vs Georgia Tech in 2002. Some excerpts from the article:
In an obvious effort to fire up his team, Krzyzewski was apparently preaching armageddon with his team throughout the week. He received a technical in the first half and continued to grandstand after the penalty was imposed by referee John Clougherty.
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But one bone of contention that people have with Duke is that it does not acknowledge in any way, shape or form that its championship last season was tainted. That the officiating in the "Final Four" was so slanted in its favor that it caused the crowd in Minneapolis to voice their opposition by booing the officials.
There is no need to rehash the fact that Williams committed an obvious third foul in the first half against Arizona that was not called. Or the fact that numerous whistles went Duke's way in the semifinals with Maryland before the Terrapins' Terrence Morris was whistled for a questionable fourth foul early in the second half.
Duke is always going to be Duke but Krzyzewski and his team should not act like they are victims when they received more assistance in winning a title than any team in recent memory
Also about the GT game, from the Duke site - Dukeupdate.com
....The crowd was confused for a moment and got quiet, only to hear ref John Clougherty yell "Sit down, Mike, I'll take care of it!" This incensed Coach K to levels not seen since the late 80's, and he went berserk on the sideline. Clougherty T'd him up as Williams, Duhon and Coach himself were inciting the crowd to yell and boo. Any or all of them could have been given additional technicals, but the point had been made.
Finally, here is an interesting quote from John Feinstein's March to Madness book:
[Dean] Smith and Krzyzewski haven't gotten along since 1984, when Krzyzewski insisted there was a ''double standard'' in the way ACC referees worked -one for North Carolina, another for the rest of the league.
Also, from this article:
(Veteran ACC Ref) Hess, in particular, has been perceived to get worked over by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski during games. Many fans of other schools dread seeing Hess come out of the tunnel when their favorite team faces the Blue Devils.
addition - March 2004 - check out this article that talks about Coach K going crazy vs. the refs (but of course, not getting thrown out of the game)
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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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