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pearl Little Ring Offline Posts: 542 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/10/15	HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. 03/13/17 at 3:00pm	Print Post
	I know a lot of cyclists are anti ball sports, but how do you pick a college basketball team to follow if you are a transplant? So many teams to choose from. I need some background information. Coming from NJ, I see UNC as the Yankees of college baseketball, everyone likes them, they don't do anything bad, etc. This Grayson Allen kid seems to be causing drama, which is interesting to watch.

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SirNotAppearing IB Room In The Loop Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1216 Joined: 03/08/10	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #1 - 03/13/17 at 3:36pm	Print Post
	It's easy. You just root for whoever is playing Duke.

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DK Small Cog Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 348 Joined: 11/21/14	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #2 - 03/13/17 at 3:38pm	Print Post
	If you're a UNC fan, as I am, you hate Duke. And the other way around. And as I keep telling my friends that live in SC, there's only one Carolina, and they wear blue

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Captain Awesome Small Cog Offline Work, Ride, Repeat Posts: 453 Location: HHI, SC Joined: 07/22/12	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #3 - 03/13/17 at 4:33pm	Print Post
	Easy. Root for whoever you want regardless of the state you live in Go Badgers! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Banjopickin Big Ring Offline Spinnin' knees & Hittin' trees since '85 Posts: 1805 Location: Pisgah National Forest, USA Joined: 08/01/11	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #4 - 03/13/17 at 4:34pm	Print Post
	Its easy... Sell your TV to buy more bike parts. Then you dont have to worry about who to pull for haha. Never understood folks sitting at home staring at at TV for hours and hours. I dont care if Jesus is playing Bill Murray and its in triple OT, if its sunny and dry Im riding bikes. But yeah... in this area its either Duke or UNC with an occasional NC State or SEC school fan sprinkled in. Both UNC and Duke are elitist schools with douchey tendencies (says the guy with a South Carolina avatar) so pick your poison...
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OoHoO Little Ring Offline Gnar...Gnar...Gnar.. Posts: 696 Location: Charlotte Joined: 08/21/13	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #5 - 03/13/17 at 4:53pm	Print Post
	Root for the team that you like where you came from...No reason to hop on a bandwagon just cus you moved!

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Cherokee Little Ring Offline Posts: 748 Location: Concord Joined: 08/07/06	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #6 - 03/13/17 at 4:54pm	Print Post
	pearl wrote on 03/13/17 at 3:00pm: I know a lot of cyclists are anti ball sports, but how do you pick a college basketball team to follow if you are a transplant? So many teams to choose from. I need some background information. Coming from NJ, I see UNC as the Yankees of college baseketball, everyone likes them, they don't do anything bad, etc. This Grayson Allen kid seems to be causing drama, which is interesting to watch. I guess you were still up north when UNC had the academic scandal of 3 or 4 years ago? Fake classes for athletes, tutors writing their papers for them, etc. So much for 'student athletes'. I just alienated half of the THTB boards and will likely get flamed for the next several months. That's another reason I hate UNC.
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TrillWill IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline THTB Board member 16'-23' LKN TC Posts: 1027 Location: Cornelius Joined: 06/14/11	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #7 - 03/13/17 at 5:37pm	Print Post
	UNC is home to the best college basketball coach of all time (Dean Smith) and the greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan. I could go on but I'll stop there... Go heels!

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Enoch Forum Administrator IB Room Project Board In The Loop Offline Walked with God and he was not Posts: 8702 Joined: 05/08/04	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #8 - 03/13/17 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	Cherokee wrote on 03/13/17 at 4:54pm: I guess you were still up north when UNC had the academic scandal of 3 or 4 years ago? Fake classes for athletes, tutors writing their papers for them, etc. So much for 'student athletes'. I'm sure this goes in some form in more colleges, they just got caught

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pearl Little Ring Offline Posts: 542 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/10/15	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #9 - 03/13/17 at 5:51pm	Print Post
	OoHoO wrote on 03/13/17 at 4:53pm: Root for the team that you like where you came from...No reason to hop on a bandwagon just cus you moved! Thats the thing, wasn't a big basketball fan at really, especially college. It's a pretty big deal down here, I normally wouldn't even watch... Coming from NJ I was a Rutgers fan, just because of how close it was. It was a good run in 2006 and 2007, now that they lost 78-0 and 58-0 in back to back games, it was easy to not watch anymore

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The Cycle Path IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline Treasurer '11 to '18. Trail Chair '12-'18, '20-'21 Posts: 11858 Location: Lake Norman Joined: 08/04/03	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #10 - 03/13/17 at 6:17pm	Print Post
	Enoch wrote on 03/13/17 at 5:45pm: I'm sure this goes in some form in more colleges, they just got caught Clemson did it years ago back in the late 80's.

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Sierra_bravo Coaster Bike Offline Way to many post Posts: 116 Location: East Charlotte Joined: 02/28/17	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #11 - 03/13/17 at 6:53pm	Print Post
	I personally have a highly technical and strategic way of choosing a ball of baskets college team. It's a secret, but I'll let you know that it involves a hat and strips of paper with college team names on them. -Sam
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Impaler 58 Big Ring Offline Posts: 2111 Location: Statesville Joined: 01/21/09	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #12 - 03/13/17 at 8:45pm	Print Post
	Michigan or Michigan State. State played Duke in the Final Four Championship a few years back. Duke won, but they won playing in Detroit in front of 60,000 fans

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Mr.B Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 69 Location: Brevard Joined: 01/01/91	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #13 - 03/13/17 at 9:48pm	Print Post
	Impaler 58 wrote on 03/13/17 at 8:45pm: Michigan or Michigan State. State played Duke in the Final Four Championship a few years back. Duke won, but they won playing in Detroit in front of 60,000 fans Go Blue!
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StevenA Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 162 Joined: 06/28/16	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #14 - 03/13/17 at 11:44pm	Print Post
	pearl wrote on 03/13/17 at 3:00pm: I know a lot of cyclists are anti ball sports, but how do you pick a college basketball team to follow if you are a transplant? So many teams to choose from. I need some background information. Coming from NJ, I see UNC as the Yankees of college baseketball, everyone likes them, they don't do anything bad, etc. This Grayson Allen kid seems to be causing drama, which is interesting to watch. My troll detector is going off the charts. That university in Durham is New Jersey South.

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Solar Little Ring Offline I can ride my bike with no handle bars Posts: 693 Location: Matthews Joined: 10/26/11	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #15 - 03/14/17 at 2:26pm	Print Post
	Considering the timing of this post, it makes me ask- are you looking for a team to root for season after season or are you looking to fill out a bracket and find a team to pull for winning the whole tournament this year? I'm originally a midwesterner, I went to SIU. We made it t the tournament a few times but haven't had an appearance in over a decade. Even if they made the tournament I wouldn't pick them to go past the first round because I make my picks based on who I think will win, not who I hope will win. When it comes to the local feud, I side with UNC. I don't care for the image I get from Duke or their fans. I'm not saying UNC is a perfect team, but in general I can relate to UNC. All that said, its time to fill out a bracket. Maybe someone should start a bracket challenge for the trailblazers.... Just for fun/bragging rights. Any interest?

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pearl Little Ring Offline Posts: 542 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/10/15	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #16 - 03/14/17 at 2:57pm	Print Post
	ha not trolling, legit interested! yes, im filling out a bracket but the issue has been been on my mind for some time now...

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The Cycle Path IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline Treasurer '11 to '18. Trail Chair '12-'18, '20-'21 Posts: 11858 Location: Lake Norman Joined: 08/04/03	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #17 - 03/14/17 at 5:09pm	Print Post
	NC State Wolfpack. Because they are a great agricultural, mathematics and engineering school. And my niece graduated with math honors from there and now doing her phd at Washington University in St. Louis studying proteins. That and who the heck can forget this!! 1983 NC State wins the NCAA championship with a bada allyoop!! (You need to Login or Register** to view media files and links)
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Solar Little Ring Offline I can ride my bike with no handle bars Posts: 693 Location: Matthews Joined: 10/26/11	Re: HELP: NC Transplant and College Basketball. Reply #18 - 03/14/17 at 5:49pm	Print Post
	pearl wrote on 03/14/17 at 2:57pm: ha not trolling, legit interested! yes, im filling out a bracket but the issue has been been on my mind for some time now... Done... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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