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Seminary trained IT guy. Tar Heels, Panthers and Hornets. Former manager of SB Nation's Tar Heel Blog

Raleigh, NC
Joined January 2009
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Brian Barbour
3 months
We need to reexamine the NCAA Tournament and maybe not give so many bids to teams from bloated football conferences.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
-Bacot had a bad ankle which he injured again. -Manek got hit in the face twice & turned an ankle at the end. -Puff Johnson got the wind knocked out of him and threw up. -Caleb Love rolled an ankle. Not why UNC lost but I’ve never seen that much bad injury luck in one game.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
Last three times Mike Krzyzewski has attended a UNC-Duke game UNC has won.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
Filipowski is the first player to commit 8 fouls and be allowed to stay in the game.
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Brian Barbour
2 months
Just a reminder. Roy once said he would rather beat State than eat. He also wanted to buy someone’s season tickets because they let an NCSU fan have their seats and it was in Roy’s line of vision.
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NCAA March Madness
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Roy Williams is a true Tar Heel 😭 #MarchMadness
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Wise move to make sure Grayson Allen wasn’t seated where he could trip someone
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Brian Barbour
2 years
What Manek did happen all the time and is usually assessed a flagrant 1 these guys decided to go flagrant 2 and take a guy with 26 points off the floor. Just garbage
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2 years
NIL is going to keep good players in school which is a boost for college basketball.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Don’t worry about it Kentucky. Great programs lose to 15 seeds all the time just ask Duke.
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2 years
This is garbage…refs have taken this game over
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2 years
As an avid hater of Duke I don’t know if I could have scripted a better week.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
UNC gets R.J. Davis worst shooting night in two years and an Alabama player with the game of his life. Duke gets the Big 12 POY/DPOY spraining his ankle in the first half.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
R.J. Davis achieved “Tough Little Nut” status today but probably need Roy Williams to make an official declaration on the matter
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Brian Barbour
7 years
All you haters are invited to Chapel Hill tonight to see the 2017 banner raised next to the ones you wasted so much time trying to take down
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2 years
Historic moment. Last garbage flop charge call of the K era.
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chris
2 years
the beautiful game
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Brian Barbour
3 months
Sleeping in a tent for a month to see your team lose will always be hilarious
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Brian Barbour
5 months
Duke: We are not going to let R.J. Davis beat us. Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram, Seth Trimble:
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Brian Barbour
2 years
The call from @JonesAngell at the end is tremendous. “Ding dong Duke is done”
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Brian Barbour
1 year
It will never not be funny how much pressure Coach K put on that team in service of his massive ego and UNC pulled the rug out from under them twice.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Lol...Jeff Goodman asks Bacot about the talk of them being soft, Bacot says "Yeah when you said that it pissed us off"
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Mike Krzyzewski was given the Order of the Long Leaf Pine today but back in April he was presented with the Order of the Long Love Three.
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2 years
Hey Texas Tech. I'm still not over you guys helping off a 3 point shooter with a three point lead vs UVa allowing that joyless and wretched brand of basketball to be validated with a title. All is forgiven if you end K's career tonight.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
Credit to UNC for understanding that when you have a home game against a rival where something historic happens it’s important to win it.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
You folks need to stop begging for UNC-Duke in New Orleans
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Brian Barbour
5 years
Duke is wearing shirts that say FAMILY?
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Brian Barbour
4 years
Whatever happens in UNC’s next practice it better include Brooks sitting in a chair watching everyone else run sprints
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Brian Barbour
5 months
Harrison Ingram signed up for the Cam Johnson Draft Stock Upgrade package UNC offers
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Sherrell D. McMillan
5 months
Just a recap on Harrison Ingram through 22 games at UNC: More games of 10+ rebounds than his previous two seasons combined. Career high in rebounds (19). Most 3pts in a single season (41) with, at minimum, 11 games left. Highest 3pt percentage in his career (41 percent).
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Brian Barbour
3 months
Learn your months kids. January February UNC beating Tom Izzo Also UNC beating Tom Izzo May
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Also since divisions are going away UNC is Coastal Champs forever.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
If we don’t have someone at UNC working with the Maye family DNA to clone more players I don’t know what we are doing.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Hey good news for Duke. That loss to UNC in K's final home game has been upgraded to Q1.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
It's Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament and we are all Cal State Fullerton fans today.
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Brian Barbour
7 months
UNC was 6-0 and ranked 10th in the country while NCSU appeared to be having a down year. Next week UNC could lose at NCSU to finish 8-4, the Pack will be 9-3 and finish ahead of UNC in the standings. You cannot make up the nightmarish turn this season took.
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Brian Barbour
3 years
Thank you Wake Forest for the silver lining of denying NCSU a division title
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Brian Barbour
5 months
That Cadeau bounce pass to Bacot vs NCSU was exactly as ridiculous as you thought.
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Brian Barbour
5 years
So both sides were right. Zion matters but UNC can still go toe-to-toe.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
In case you were wondering, Iowa State's Caleb Grill scored 1 point and was 0-3 from three vs UConn yesterday. ISU went 3-13 from three and lost by 18.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
The 8 seed is going to be the home team in a regional final. That’s really weird.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Teams remaining by conference: ACC - 3 B12 - 3 B10 - 2 BE - 2 P12 - 2 SEC - 1 AAC - 1 WCC - 1 MAAC - 1
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Brian Barbour
3 months
What’s wild is UNC won vs Baylor in 2022 but the experience of how that 2nd half unfolded scarred UNC fans for life.
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2 years
I know I will remember it.
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NCAA March Madness
2 years
Blue Devils' first Final Four since 2015 😈 @DukeMBB made Coach K’s last ride a memorable one
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Hubert Davis out here looking for revenge for Uncle Walter.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
There is no way you could convince a UNC fan the night the Heels beat Pitt in the ACC semis what an absolute nightmare the next two weeks would become.
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Brian Barbour
7 months
Spencer runs his mouth all the way down the court but they give Bacot a technical for that?
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Seriously, spare me the entitled kiss the ring BS. No one owes K anything particularly UNC.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
Two things: 1. This really might be some team of destiny stuff from NCSU. Wouldn’t shock me if NCSU finds a way to win tomorrow. 2. UNC should come out and crank the tempo up to see how well those NCSU legs hold up.
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Brian Barbour
5 months
I’ve seen technicals given for less than Green standing there yelling at Bacot.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
Say what you want about Caleb Love he has your back.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
I think we need to define what "deep run" in the NCAA Tournament means. Pretty sure it includes playing in the title game. The Sporting News on Caleb Love:
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Brian Barbour
3 months
Houston had four starters foul out which should prepare them for the officiating they will see vs Duke.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Record vs the Sun Belt UNC 2-0 VT 0-1 Texas A&M 0-1 Notre Dame 0-1
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Brian Barbour
2 years
It is almost unfathomable now we once questioned the toughness of this team.
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Brian Barbour
5 years
Let me say I really appreciate Nassir Little announcing that quickly instead of dragging it out.
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Brian Barbour
5 years
At some point you hope they tighten the whistle up on what Auburn is doing to Coby White.
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Brian Barbour
3 years
UNC men beat Duke. UNC women beat #4 NCSU. Solid weekend.
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Brian Barbour
5 years
Committee hitting the storylines. Roy vs Kansas UK vs Luke Maye
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Brian Barbour
4 months
Most predictable things to happen today ranked. 1. Tyler Nickel - 14 points, 4-6 from three 2. Syracuse - 22-60 FG (37%) 4-25 3P (16%) in a loss to Georgia Tech
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Brian Barbour
4 months
Bet he could still make 7 threes in one half vs Miami.
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Tar Heel Tapes
4 months
Roy Williams X Wayne Ellington
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Sam Howell spends three years running for his life and somehow the OL coach gets a job with the reigning national champions.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Coach K era is definitely over. Duke just got called for flopping on a missed three pointer which is now a technical foul.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
He really is insufferable. Just constant whining.
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Matt Norlander
3 months
Here's what Dan Hurley said when I informed him when he'd be playing on Thursday:
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Brian Barbour
4 years
FSU called for doing this vs Duke but it was no call the other night
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chris
4 years
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Brian Barbour
6 years
In the past two games Roy Williams has not called a single timeout.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
I think they should turn the NIT down. Bacot isn’t healthy. Can’t imagine a group of players who weren’t motivated enough all season long will be in a consolation tournament. Get a jump on the roster retooling by finding out which returning players are going to do.
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Brian Barbour
6 years
For every Virginia fan who tells you about their beautiful basketball, how superior it is and that you just can't appreciate it. The rebuttal henceforth shall be: "You lost to a 16 seed."
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Brian Barbour
3 months
1. Hubert Davis was very good this season from revamping the roster to pushing the right buttons most of the time this season. 2. Davis didn’t coach his best game tonight especially the lineups 3. Most coaches lose games when the leading scorer is 4-20 & 0-9 from three.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Davis was fouled but that crew wasn’t going to call it. UNC owns the loss but the officiating was really awful.
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Brian Barbour
4 years
It’s not even the streak for me. It’s up 10 with 2 minutes left and couldn’t close the deal. Fire this season into the sun.
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Brian Barbour
5 months
UNC didn’t play well enough to win but still sucks when the officiating compounds the issue with weak calls to foul out your point guard and no respect for an ACC POY caliber player.
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Brian Barbour
4 years
This announcer just said “UNC is well in control.” Clearly he has watched zero games this season.
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Brian Barbour
4 years
Yes UNC should have made its free throws so you don’t put your winning the game in the hands of a garbage official like Ted Valentine
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Brian Barbour
5 years
I think if UNC hits 110 they should put egg on the biscuit.
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Brian Barbour
4 years
Justin Jackson and Cam Johnson know a place.
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Jeff Goodman
4 years
BREAKING: Virginia Tech leading scorer Landers Nolley II will transfer, source told @Stadium . The 6-foot-7 sophomore averaged 15.5 points and 5.8 boards per game last season. Source told me he wants to find a spot where he can play on the wing.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Hey MJ how many consecutive ACC titles has UNC WLax won?
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Brian Barbour
3 years
Hubert Davis said after the Tennessee game that kind of performance wouldn’t happen again. Well it is happening again.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
I just wish UNC’s marginal shooters would hit wide open looks the way opposing teams’ marginal shooters hit their wide open looks vs UNC
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Brian Barbour
1 year
Power Echols out there taking a loose ball away from Oregon like he’s Kennedy Meeks.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
I am just amazed that UNC’s defensive deficiencies are not impacted by changing coaches, coordinators or players. It’s like a self sustaining phenomenon
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Brian Barbour
5 months
Smells like ACC officiating.
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Carolina Basketball
5 months
caption this... 😂
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Brian Barbour
9 months
Pretty sure the NCAA did it as a giant middle finger to UNC.
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Brian Barbour
5 years
Absolutely no one is surprised by this.
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Brooklyn Nets
5 years
Coach Atkinson: "Theo's ( @tpinsonn ) somehow become the ringleader of the bench. Not only is he animated but he’s got a great sense of humor. He keeps the bench lively and in good spirits." More postgame quotes 📰➡️
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Brian Barbour
5 months
Syracuse cut the UNC lead to 15 with 18:16 left in the 2nd half. Five minutes later UNC was up 34. That’s some old school Roy Williams level shock and awe.
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Brian Barbour
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Cormac Ryan is just an awesome teammate.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
And watch the bracket just open up for Duke. Tennessee needs to nip this in the bud tomorrow.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
I mean Puff Johnson came really close to getting his jersey in the rafters on one half of basketball
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Brian Barbour
9 months
NCAA has granted immediate eligibility to a Minnesota player who played a full season at Iowa State, play two games at Auburn then redshirted and is now at Minnesota.
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Brian Barbour
7 months
Let’s be clear. Had UNC won my opinion on the officiating would be the same. Fouls on one end were not called on the other. Too many fouls called in general
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Brian Barbour
1 year
Oh Creighton had its Final Four dream snuffed out by a foul? That’s too bad.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
UNC is in a mix of teams like Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and now UConn where we are keeping score on Final Fours and NCAA titles. Duke didn’t add to their total today and that’s a good even if we have to endure an NCSU Final Four appearance
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Brian Barbour
5 years
In fact the top eight seeds in UNC region are all ranked. . 3. UNC 7. UK 11. Houston 17. Kansas 14. Auburn 24. Iowa St 19. Wofford 25. Utah St.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
9-1 and up 17-7 on Georgia Tech to 9-5. This is UNC football.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
To recap UNC’s day. Got beat by a fourth string QB in his first start and had an Iowa State player break out of his 4-24 slump with seven threes to lose after leading by 8 with six minutes left.
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Brian Barbour
5 years
Raise your hand if you thought Cam Johnson would merely be an adequate replacement for Justin Jackson and are now blown away that his offensive production is actually better.
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Brian Barbour
3 months
You know instead of talking to Filipowski you could call something on him
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Brian Barbour
5 months
John Gaffney is officiating this UConn-Providence game and he just call another foul on Elliot Cadeau
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Matt Norlander
5 months
Raise your hand if you're a fan of a ranked team that went on the road this week and DIDN'T lose.
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Brian Barbour
2 years
Puff Johnson’s box out of Banchero on the Keels FT miss was huge.
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Brian Barbour
7 months
Caleb Love is still the same player. Does some good things, hits a ridiculous shot or two, commits some weird bad turnovers and hits four clutch free throws to seal the game. He also doesn’t have to carry quite as much of the load which is probably good change.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
Just remember the old adage. The season doesn't really start until you lose to Pitt at home and Jason Capel acts like it's all about him.
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Brian Barbour
1 year
I really hope Hunter Dickinson remembers to send a Father’s Day card to Armando Bacot.
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