Duke Got Duked

Miami laid a whomping on Duke the other night and for most of us it is always the other way around.  Duke normally makes you look sick while they run up and down and make every thing they shoot at the basket.  If you a regular to this blog I told you way back in the first of December that I didn't see Duke being able to sustain their play in November and early December because quite frankly I didn't see this team as being a great team.  They are a team full of really good players with a coach who knows where he needs to put a player to get the best for Duke out of that player.  The injury to Kelly  has taken away Duke's ability to have every player in the right spot at the right time.

Teams find themselves in the middle of games like that and quite frankly I didn't think Duke played that badly just Miami play the game of their lives.  Just ask Nash Central who was on the short end of a game like that against Rocky Mount just a couple of weeks ago.  The Bulldogs played ok just they looked feeble against a team that was rolling 100% on offense.  The very next week Rocky Mount had a second half that Hunt could do nothing wrong.  Sometimes it is just the other teams night.  If Miami can play that way the rest of the year they will win the national championship.

Tonight Carolina at State meet in Raleigh and ESPN's game day is in town and I guess this means State will be ready to play in this one.  Carolina is improving but they are missing one thing this year that I don't see getting any better as the season goes forth.  The Heels don't have a man in the middle that plays great interior defense.  I suspect this one will be close but I think the Pack beats Roy Williams for only the second time since he has been in charge of the Tar Heels.

The weather not only has the streets and roads slippery but it has made for a upcoming week of high school basketball that should be as interesting at the conference tournaments that are three weeks away.  Tuesday finds Rocky Mount at Hunt and if the Gryphons are to win the regular season or even get a share of it they have to win Tuesday or be down two games with four to play.  Win or lose they head right to Nash Central Wednesday to make up Friday's iced out game.  They return home Friday for Fike.

Hunt Has Rocky Mount Tuesday, Northern at Home Wednesday and a trip to Southern on Friday.  Northern's three games this week are home to Southern Tuesday, At Hunt Wednesday and home with Nash Central Friday.  The Bulldogs have Fike, Rocky Mount and Northern.  The hot team this week can jump from near the bottom to near the top if they can win all three this week

Pizza Knight is Monday at the Pizza Inn: The Northern Nash baseball team is having a fund raiser Monday at the Pizza Inn  in Rocky Mount.  Portion of sales and all of the tips will go to the Northern Nash baseball team.  The event is from 5-8pm Monday night.  When you walk in make sure you tell them that you are there for the Northern Baseball fund raiser as a section  will be put aside for those helping out in the fund raiser.  The baseball team will be assisting the waiters and waitresses so help out Northern baseball and go watch the likes of David Williams and company serve you.