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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 140897, member: 716"]
Funny, I agree with you: I can't hate them based on most of my complaints (I don't like that Duke gets preferential seeding and placement, but what're they going to do, say 'no thanks'?). If anything, I'm envious of that.

But I do kind of hate them based on my second paragraph. Flopping's dishonest. I don't like that Fab does it and I'm pleased that no other Syracuse players makes a habit of doing it. Most Dukies do. I don't like whiners; Duke's players tend to react to calls with aggressive incredulity (same reason I disliked Hoya Greg Monroe). As for preferential officiating, that's out of Duke's control (and is a rather subjective thing, unless we're going call-by-call through game film, which would be a bit frustrating). But I'd argue that they're right up there with Pittsburgh on the "games decided by one-sided and inconsistent refereeing" list.

It'd be nice to have had their consistent string of 30-win seasons and Final Fours, though. Hard to ignore that.
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