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Message: [QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 2925505, member: 6979"] My theory is that Nike wants DUKE on top - after their share price dipped 2% following zion's shoeflap - I can see them phoning in a request that Duke wins without him...damage control imagine duke totally falls apart without zion like his sweat shop shoe - definitely bringing even more heat on NIKE - like damn nike your soft ass products brought down the best basketball school in the nation - at least now its like only a minor injury to the best player in a decade - but at least not bad enough to bring down a whole program... It was interesting how coach K described the preparation for this game - he was like "i told my players WE NEED to win this game" he wasn't sure if they could - then when he's berating the officials for calling things in his team's favor - it is hard for me to not look for a conspiracy. why did they NEED to win? to properly please their corporate overlords?? it was something in how he described it...that stuck out to me...maybe i'm just reading too much into it... but then again - I just don't understand why the officials are so clearly helping Duke on the road - i kinda get it when duke is at home - cuz most teams get favored at home - but on the road in front of 36k fans...does it really help the sport to bamboozle a team with that much support????????????? also FWIW - Each "missed call" isn't only 2 points for whomever benefits - it's also a missed opportunity for the other team to score too - so one missed call could potentially be as much as a 6/7 point swing! - 5-10 missed calls in a close game is easily enough to stealthily decide the outcome - and properly spaced out/well-timed almost impossible to prove... both teams got some bad calls in their favor in this game - but on the whole - duke got more CLEARLY - some of them were ridiculously awful, imo...in front of 36k fans too - the refs should be ashamed - but i'm sure theyre not...theyre probably cashing fat checks for completing their assignment as ordered... [/QUOTE]

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