Oh What Could Have Been

For most, the 1999 season will be remembered for two things. First, that year’s team was the best Duke team to not win a title. It also was the year when Duke basketball fell back to earth, joining the rest of college basketball, to watch its best players go bye-bye early to the NBA.
For me [...]

Is the Sky Falling?

The Big Lead doesn’t want to go overboard on Duke’s demise, which makes us happy. As a loyal fan, I’m not ready to throw in the towel quite yet either. Obviously Duke has been down (in regard to the Blue Devil’s standards), falling clearly behind North Carolina as the big daddy in the ACC.
We can [...]

Duke Shoots Itself Out of the Tournament Again

Someday, someway, someone will have to explain to me how Duke missed 17 -straight three point shots. Tired legs? No reason for them to be tired. Great West Virginia defense? Nope. Almost all those missed 3s were wide open looks.
As the nation rejoices at another early exit by Duke, look for all the experts to [...]

First Round: Wrap Up

Overall, not too bad a first round in the NCAA Tournament. Outside of Tampa, Florida, not too many upsets. Speaking of Tampa, what the hell were they putting in the water down there? Two 12s and two 13-seeds won. Let’s take a quick look at what I got right (not much) and what I got [...]

First Round Frustrations

\First, let me state, although I got to watch the whole game, my eyes and mind weren’t always focused. I had my fantasy baseball draft Thursday night.  Obvi0usly when it got late and Duke was unable to put Belmont away, I was focused enough to realize how pathetic this game was. The Blue Devils got [...]

Ballsy Tournament Predictions | Final Four

It looks like we made it…all the way to the Final Four. It’s been a long road of clueless predictions and now we’re down to four teams and three games. If you missed all the fun and excitement of my earlier predictions, then you’ve really wasted your life. However, thanks to these things called ‘links’, [...]

Experts Speak: Duke is Done

It looks like the folks over at Sports Illustrated don’t think too highly of your Duke Blue Devils. Not one of their experts has Duke surviving pass the round of sixteen.
I know how you feel, kid.

The great irony…people look at this photo and think this kid is crying because Duke was going to lose to [...]

Ballsy Tournament Predictions | Sweet 16 and Elite Eight

Welcome to the Sweet 16 & Elite Eight portion of our predictions. Did you miss the first two rounds? What the hell? You’re all worthless and weak. Now stop right here and take a journey back to our first round predictions and the second round predictions. Hurry back though.
So far, my Ballsy predictions didn’t foresee [...]

Duke Looking For Lady Luck

Few would argue that this year’s Blue Devil squad is a serious title contender, despite the #2 seed. However, this team is still a lot better than last year. That hasn’t stopped though, every expert from calling Duke ‘overrated’ and predicting them to fall either in the second round or to Xavier in the Sweet [...]

Ballsy Tournament Predictions | Second Round

Yesterday I gave you a taste of my ballsy predictions with a little first round action. Only Jesus knows if I will be right. I’d ask him myself, but we’re kind of on a ‘break’ right now.
So far, not too many shockers from the first two days of tournament basketball (St. Mary over Miami, South [...]