blame it on the succubus

on Wednesday night, the Duke University Blue Devils basketball team lost their second game in a row (and their second conference game in a row) as Miami (yep, Miami who had never beaten Duke in 45 years (to be fair, that only covers about 10 games as Miami is a relatively recent (and strange) add to the ACC)) prevailed 96-95.

this is wonderful news for oh so many reasons:
#1 - Duke lost
#2 - Duke lost again
#3 - Duke now has two losses in conference play, creating a virtual tie with our beloved Tar Heels
#4 - meaning that if form holds and both teams win out their remaining ACC games(a big "if"), then the decider (an undeserved shout out to you, W) will be Duke-UNC II, a game I like to think of as "the revenge of Ty" (of course, more than likely the ACC tournament will determine which if the two teams will bring home that all important #1 seed in the NCAA tournament's East bracket (the first two rounds in the East will be played inside the state of North Carolina. and that's got to be a major advantage.))

the backstory of today's blog headline?
after Wednesday's loss, Coach Krzyzewski was quoted as saying, "We are not the same team these last two ballgames. It's almost like someone has come in and invaded their bodies."
got to blame it on something, I guess.

Duke hosts St. John's this afternoon (4 p.m. EST) on CBS (and I have no idea why that game deserves to be broadcast at all, let alone nationally).
Carolina hosts Wake Forest, the up and coming team that dealt DU their first conference loss, at 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, a televised game on FSN (call it your Oscar-watching warmup).

remember, while it may be too late to hate Duke early, it's never too late to hate Duke.