One for the Money: Duke @ Clemson – Pick of the Day

ONE for the MONEY Duke @ Clemson – Pick of the Day

Duke Blue Devils @ Clemson Tigers

DUKE (-2)
Thursday, February 22th – 9:00 PM ET

The Duke Blue Devils look to get their championship step back in their walk, while the Clemson Tigers have to make a push right now if they expect to make a run at the Big Dance. No game is easy in the ACC, so expect this one to go down to the wire.

Bottom Line: I’m not a Blue Devil fan, (I’m the anit-fan) but I’ll take any kind of win when I can get it. The Blue Devils have looked better of late, while Clemson has stumbled hard, loosing 7 of their last 9 contests, going from a sure Tourney team to a shot at the NIT. They’ll need some big wins late to get into the show. Josh McRoberts is too good not to dominate this game. One of these days, Coach K will have to take the reigns off Josh, and let his skillset dominate. Greg Paulus, and John Scheyer have been very solid over the last feew games, and big time performances from McClure have come often. Expect the Dukies to step up their game and come out of Clemson with yet another win.

The State of the NBA

The story on the street, prior to today, was the possible trades of Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, Corey Magette, Pau Gasol, Mike Bibby, and many other possabilities. And then, Dwyane Wade went out and busted his shoulder, possibly being out for 6 weeks. You mix that with the play of Lebron James, Gilbert Arenas, Mike Miller, and Steve Nash, not to mention the struggles of Allen Iverson, and the Celtics and you have to admit, the NBA seems like one crazy place. However, don’t be fooled, big names rarely move, Wade will be back just in time to run the Miami Heat through the playoffs, Labron’s always good, Gilbert is the real deal, Mike Miller is streaky, and Steve Nash is an MVP, so that’s not surprising. Allen is hurt, but he’ll come back and light up the house, and the Celtics want to lose, but no lottery is a sure thing, so the NBA is just like it always is; Tons of talk, and threats to be great, but it will almost never measure up to its own hype. There it is. I said it.

Here’s to the NFL Draft… CHEERS!