Alright, the West Virginia star cager didn't actually say that, but he did say:
Alexander on breaking down Duke on film: “We knew that coming in that they were just going to stand around and not rebound. So we were ready to exploit that.”
Alexander on the Big East vs. the A.C.C.: “People are always hating on the Big East. I don’t understand why. We came in the fifth in the Big East and we manhandled a good A.C.C. team.”
I suppose a media-trained Duke player would never add insult to injury, but I don't really care for Duke. These statements make me smile, as does watching highlights of the Blue Devils' early exit. -KD
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Oh heavenly testament to Gods eternal glory, oh sweet universe, let me be the first to say it: FUCK DUKE! or fuck dook. Fuck every one of them, except the lacrosse team. Just give them a hand-job.
Hey Alexander, want to know why the ACC is better than the Big East? Go check Scout.com and look at the recruiting classes the ACC schools are getting next Year. Wake Forest alone got better recruits than any Big East school, and UNC ain't far behind.
Enjoy getting creamed in the Elite 8 by UCLA, assuming you get past Xavier.
I bet Joe Alexander reads With Leather daily.
Recruiting Classes? They don't mean anything, you know who always has great recruiting classes? Duke. You know who doesn't? West Virginia.
Big East >>> ACC
I'm not jumping on the anti-Duke bandwagon, i'm a WVU fan. so i guess everyone is a winner here. bring on Xavier!!
As much as I hate Duke, nothing beats the Davidson win over Georgetown.
The full NYT article is full of Dukenfreude:
As a reporter was leaving, the reserve Cam Thoroughman asked if Duke point guard Greg Paulus was one of the eight McDonald’s all-Americans. When told yes, Thoroughman said: “Oh my God. Are you kidding?”
No joke. And for the rest of the college basketball off-season, no-names like Thoroughman have made once-mighty Duke a punch line.
As much as I loved seeing Duke lose, Alexander's getting a bit big for his britches……"manhandled" Duke? Come on, dude. You won by 6, and it was nip and tuck all game.
Hines Wald give West Virginier free smirre.
AND FUCK DUKE IN THE ASS WITH RAZOR WIRE WRAPPED AROUND A TELEPHONE POLE.
/Virginia Alum
"We're going to see a lot of heart from the guys in white…" FAIL
DaiMac, Duke had a ton of good recruits, McDonald's All-Americans, and got totally manhandled by WVU. After being down by 5 at the half, WVU was up by as much as 12 with 2 minutes to go, then let up at the end of the game.
Your bitterness echoes loudly through this forum, but not nearly as loudly as the laughter of the WVU basketball fans and players at proving that the Big East is clearly a better conference than the ACC. How many teams does the ACC have in the Sweet 16? And how many does the Big East have? Hmmm………..
Bring on UCLA, we've beat them 2 times in a row.
I've been waiting my entire adult life to see that headline. Now, I will commence waiting for it to actually be true.
The loudmouth Paulus, who leaned his cocky head back and trash talked the entire first half, found it hard to spit any words out after Joe Mazulla leveled him with an elbow to the mouth. After this incident, Paulus was completely uneffective, shooting only 2 points and getting no rebounds. That is what a physical Big East team will do to ya, dawg! Stay with the ACC losers and keep kissing that McDonalds high school all-american trophy!!! It is the only one you are going to get!!!