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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 140767, member: 716"]
I'm jealous of their success, often with inferior teams. I don't like their luck. I don't like that in 2005 they can go 25-5 and win the ACC Tournament and get the #1 seed while we go 27-6 and win the Big East Tournament and get the #4 seed. I hate that they leapfrogged us and took the third #1 seed from us in 2010 and then got the easiest bracket when we got the fourth #1 and got shipped out West to play a hugely underseeded Butler team.

I hate how their games are officiated (e.g., Baylor Elite Eight game in 2010). I hate that the infrequent calls against their players are met with an inordinate amount of eye rolling, whining, and gesticulating. I hate that defensive flopping seems to be coached into their whole team.

Their frequent Raleigh/Greensboro NCAA opportunities don't bother me; if Syracuse wants similar treatment, ask officials in Albany, Buffalo, New York, Newark, and Nassau County to bid on more games. The winning itself doesn't bother me, either. Carolina's had a similar couple decades, and I enjoy them well enough.

Duke makes more of its opportunities than our team does, and they often do it with somewhat dishonest on-court play and the head-scratching help of refs and the selection committee. Good for them, but I don't like them.
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