ESPN overkill with Dukie love
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Wait till they let Dook Vitale back on the air dancing and screaming about Coach K's best ever diaper dandies.
Let them get the Ink. Just makes it easier to make fun of them when they don't live up to expectations.
There's literally almost no need to read anything published by espn. At least you didn't post the link and give that POS site the clicks.
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They have to know they have Duke bias. Duke is all they talk about at ESPN. It was at to obvious they were bias for Duke when they thought that Duke should of been a 1 seed last year.
I thought after all the Duke begging Derryck Thornton to reclass and lying to him and his family it would have hurt them when pushing for players to reclass. Oh how quickly we forget.
They were pushing for it HARD too. Making excuses for every loss. Making every win win seem like they won by 40. If you can't see they at least root hard for Duke, I don't know what to tell you.
They don't have anything unbiased so they can't tell when they have a bias.
ESPN, as in the same network that broadcasts our pre-season NBA workout that our team hosts for scouts? ESPN absolutely has an ACC bias and more specifically a Duke bias. A lot of their guys on the air have ties to Duke and I'm sure there are several behind the camera that do too. The ESPN crew are just front runners. They go where they think the story will attract the most attention. The biggest draws in college basketball are us, Duke, UNC and then it falls off significantly with schools like Kansas, Syracuse, Michigan State, UCLA, Indiana, Louisville who have solid fan bases in their area but are not as nationally present. Duke and their "perfect little coach" with Dick Vitale losing his mind over them has just become a preseason tradition.
People complain that we don't get the same recognition as Duke or UNC...I see Karl Towns and John Wall in commercials. I see Boogie Cousins donating $1 million to local charities. I see Anthony Davis on the cover of PS4 video games. I see John Calipari making the rounds on TV and radio every chance he can get to help promote our program. ESPN isn't the only outlet and in fact, their market seems to shrink every offseason. We are the top draw wherever we go. And that's because of our fans. We sell out the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui over Thanksgiving. Blue gets in whether it's in Lex or on Mars. That's how we get our exposure. Let ESPN write how Duke is going to go 40-0, again. How Grayson Allen is the preseason POY, again. Obviously neither of those happened last year and no one on their staff is held accountable for the biased crap they write up about Duke a mere 7 months earlier. They just reword the article and post it again the following September.
Every time I get frustrated with only one championship and another devastating loss in March/April I think back to the days of Tubby relying on Sheray Thomas to take the last second shot just to get past an unranked LSU team. Or having to hear Gillisipie once again say "we got whipped" to Rob Bromley following a pathetic loss to Ole Miss. I'm good with the exposure our team gets, the lack of exposure it gets due to an obvious bias at ESPN, and the fact that we are the premiere program in college basketball with the most popular coach. We represent over 5% of the entire active NBA roster. That's insane! And to watch entertaining Kentucky basketball every year is something I refuse to take for granted.
People complain that we don't get the same recognition as Duke or UNC...I see Karl Towns and John Wall in commercials. I see Boogie Cousins donating $1 million to local charities. I see Anthony Davis on the cover of PS4 video games. I see John Calipari making the rounds on TV and radio every chance he can get to help promote our program. ESPN isn't the only outlet and in fact, their market seems to shrink every offseason. We are the top draw wherever we go. And that's because of our fans. We sell out the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui over Thanksgiving. Blue gets in whether it's in Lex or on Mars. That's how we get our exposure. Let ESPN write how Duke is going to go 40-0, again. How Grayson Allen is the preseason POY, again. Obviously neither of those happened last year and no one on their staff is held accountable for the biased crap they write up about Duke a mere 7 months earlier. They just reword the article and post it again the following September.
Every time I get frustrated with only one championship and another devastating loss in March/April I think back to the days of Tubby relying on Sheray Thomas to take the last second shot just to get past an unranked LSU team. Or having to hear Gillisipie once again say "we got whipped" to Rob Bromley following a pathetic loss to Ole Miss. I'm good with the exposure our team gets, the lack of exposure it gets due to an obvious bias at ESPN, and the fact that we are the premiere program in college basketball with the most popular coach. We represent over 5% of the entire active NBA roster. That's insane! And to watch entertaining Kentucky basketball every year is something I refuse to take for granted.
Coach K has proven more times than not, since he started recruiting one and dones, that he struggles to get them to come together in such a short time. He caught lightening in a bottle with Okafor, Jones, Allen and Winslow in 2015 but other than that his teams have struggled to be cohesive and play together.
Duke Sucks. Espn Sucks. All of the announcers Suck. Duke fans Suck. Players that Play for Duke Suck. Duke posters Suck. K's wife Sucks, no wait that is RP, sorry. Anyone with a Rat Face Sucks. Well I'm done with Duke Sucking. Anyone have additional Duke Sucks.......... I will hang up and listen to your answer.
I think there is a Duke and ACC bias at espn. But I will say, there was nonstop coverage of UK basketball during the 2015 season, obviously for good reason.
That 2015 team was just as much about guys like Cook, Jones, Jefferson and Sulaimon. Almost everyone on that team was hitting 35% or better on three's.
And with how their careers are going, just HOW good are Okafor, WInslow, and Jones. You mean to tell me these were such super freshman that they killed the competition, and then all 3 more or less face-planted in the league?
Bullshit. It was a combination of returning talent and getting their usual help from officials and the selection committee. In retrospect, their recruiting haul really wasn't that good. Or at least not as good as we previously thought.
And with how their careers are going, just HOW good are Okafor, WInslow, and Jones. You mean to tell me these were such super freshman that they killed the competition, and then all 3 more or less face-planted in the league?
Bullshit. It was a combination of returning talent and getting their usual help from officials and the selection committee. In retrospect, their recruiting haul really wasn't that good. Or at least not as good as we previously thought.
Literally all media / MSM is god awful these days. Even our precious sports programs/ channels aren't exempt from the absurdity
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If we weren't so good since Cal, it would be more apparent, but anyone who has any doubt about their Duke bias is insane. First it was Mike Patrick doing Duke games with blue and white pom poms, then it was Vitale, then Bilas and Williams. They've also employed Spanarkel, Abdelnaby, and Battier, if not more.
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I love it when Duke falls short and the ESPN riff raff get emotional blue (devil) balls. 
I'm looking at you Goodman, you punk @ss trick.
I'm looking at you Goodman, you punk @ss trick.
Don't know why folks go to their site or watch programs that aren't games. They say nothing I want to hear nor do I care what their opinion is on anything. If some other channel carried UK games and other games I want to watch, ESPN could disappear for all I care.
If I am watching a game and they bring on Bilas, Vitale, or some other duke slurper I immediately mute it or turn the channel. I literally could not care less what anyone on ESPN thinks or says.
If I am watching a game and they bring on Bilas, Vitale, or some other duke slurper I immediately mute it or turn the channel. I literally could not care less what anyone on ESPN thinks or says.
I used to visit ESPN and cbs site everyday. When they both switched to a more "marketing" format. (Requiring more scrolling and/or more clicks, to find the stories I wanted to read)... Now, I only go to ressarch for fantasy football and betting.
They released their top 25 players for this upcoming season - Bagley and Allen came in at 1 and 2, respectively.
My number one would be Alonzo Trier. Two I would have to say Miles Bridges. I also think Zona is loaded with upper end talent. Should be a fun year.
Is that a joke? Allen, who averaged 14.5 and shot 39% is the 2nd best player? The mind boggles.
Allen as the 2nd best player in the nation is a laugher. His game has been pretty much exposed. No defense, can't handle bigger guards, unstable.
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