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Class of 2020 Patrick Tapé / Columbia Grad Transfer

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orange79 said:
Don't ever change.





Although, upon further reflection...
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He just ignores the fact a Tape could never play for Duke and he will have gotten a free year of a graduate degree from a top 15 university.
Plus with this being a free year of eligibility be able to get another year free.

Kids like Tape aren’t making the NBA for them it is about a free education.

To CR it’s all about him. I swear he is like that girl from Willy Wonka Veruca Salt.
 
Tapé is finishing up his degree in urban studies at Columbia this spring with a goal of becoming an urban planner. Duke doesn’t offer a post-graduate degree program in that specific area, but Fuqua is rated the nation’s No. 9 business school.

Tapé’s basketball goals are to play in the NCAA tournament, have a chance to win a national championship and play professionally. Even if the graduate degree program isn’t an exact fit, Duke’s basketball side of things made it the right choice for Tapé in the end.

“After I made my decision, I was a little paranoid like I may have rushed into it,” Tapé said. “Things happened so quickly. I just realized to pursue basketball fully, Duke was the place.”

 
City of Cuse said:
Tapé is finishing up his degree in urban studies at Columbia this spring with a goal of becoming an urban planner. Duke doesn’t offer a post-graduate degree program in that specific area, but Fuqua is rated the nation’s No. 9 business school.

Tapé’s basketball goals are to play in the NCAA tournament, have a chance to win a national championship and play professionally. Even if the graduate degree program isn’t an exact fit, Duke’s basketball side of things made it the right choice for Tapé in the end.

“After I made my decision, I was a little paranoid like I may have rushed into it,” Tapé said. “Things happened so quickly. I just realized to pursue basketball fully, Duke was the place.”

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What a fool.
 
I agree with the sentiment that he is no fool, Columbia grad with potentially an MBA from Duke.

His goal was to focus on basketball. He must have made some concession on the program based on the sourced article. From his own words, if he was pursing playing basketball and then professional basketball, he did get played by duke
...or didn't get played, confusing.

Maxwell is obviously a great choice for a blossoming urban planner too.
 
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City of Cuse said:
Tapé is finishing up his degree in urban studies at Columbia this spring with a goal of becoming an urban planner. Duke doesn’t offer a post-graduate degree program in that specific area, but Fuqua is rated the nation’s No. 9 business school.

Tapé’s basketball goals are to play in the NCAA tournament, have a chance to win a national championship and play professionally. Even if the graduate degree program isn’t an exact fit, Duke’s basketball side of things made it the right choice for Tapé in the end.

“After I made my decision, I was a little paranoid like I may have rushed into it,” Tapé said. “Things happened so quickly. I just realized to pursue basketball fully, Duke was the place.”

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Huh
 
Alsacs said:
He just ignores the fact a Tape could never play for Duke and he will have gotten a free year of a graduate degree from a top 15 university.
Plus with this being a free year of eligibility be able to get another year free.

Kids like Tape aren’t making the NBA for them it is about a free education.

To CR it’s all about him. I swear he is like that girl from Willy Wonka Veruca Salt.
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He’s a Volcano Girl.
 
Alsacs said:
He just ignores the fact a Tape could never play for Duke and he will have gotten a free year of a graduate degree from a top 15 university.
Plus with this being a free year of eligibility be able to get another year free.

Kids like Tape aren’t making the NBA for them it is about a free education.

To CR it’s all about him. I swear he is like that girl from Willy Wonka Veruca Salt.
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He de-committed from Duke. The was about to commit here before committing to Duke again. That chaps me.
 
It is easy to bust on Cuse Runner. His take here though is closer to reality than you guys are.

In the kids own words “After I made my decision, I was a little paranoid like I may have rushed into it,” Tapé said. “Things happened so quickly. I just realized to pursue basketball fully, Duke was the place.”

He isn't talking about pursuing a degree, he is talking about playing basketball and focusing on that.

He talks about pursuing basketball professionally, conceding on his masters degree to focus on basketball. This is not speculation, these are his words.

I'm sure he will be fine and is obviously a smart kid, but he got bamboozled based on nothing but his playing time this year and his own comments.

Cuserunner got one over on you guys, take the loss and get him next time. The heel needs a win here and there.
 
orangefog said:
Where?
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All those Insiders on this board and recruiting experts outside board said he was likely headed here. I have no sympathy for him. I'm passionate about my college basketball team and when we get done wrong like that and go to the enemy it chaps me.
 
I don't even know what the argument is here. That he made a bad decision? Do people really think he would be guaranteed playing time here? Who is sitting? Marek played 33 mpg last year and 35 this year? Quincy went from 20 to 33 and is our best player. If he's getting no time on the worst Duke team in 20 years then I'd hope he wouldn't be taking up mins from Q and we know Marek isn't going from 33mpg to 20 as a Senior.
 
CuseRunner said:
All those Insiders on this board and recruiting experts outside board said he was likely headed here. I have no sympathy for him. I'm passionate about my college basketball team and when we get done wrong like that and go to the enemy it chaps me.
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It's almost as if he deliberately agonized over making the right decision for his own long-term benefit rather than take into consideration the passionate feelings of fans like yourself.
 
City of Cuse said:
Cuserunner got one over on you guys, take the loss and get him next time. The heel needs a win here and there.
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As a WWE Fan growing up with passing aspirations of being a WWE superstar I would always create want to be a heel character. Fashioned myself after Edge. So thanks for the compliment.
 
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