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Is it a surprise that sports controveries seem to keep happening at Duke? Or is it yet another example of a university that sold its soul to Mike Krzyzewski and the coach is God syndrome that Faker K. produces?
--Chris Ballard, TravelGolf
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Truthaboutduke.com --> Encyclopedia!
Chris Duhon -
Let's start with fun:
In this New Orleans Times-Picayune article, the writer questions how Duhon's mother was able to quickly secure a job in Durham. Also questioned is the Duhon family's automobiles & Carlos Boozer's father's job.
It's a must read.
Another Louisiana newspaper has an article which says:
But, we could have a problem here. It's not a good thing if an important Duke supporter gave Duhon's mother an unposted job - at what fellow employees reportedly suggest was an overpaid salary to an underqualified person - simply because her son signed with the Blue Devils.
Well known Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan had a few things to say about this too:
According to the Times-Picayune's Josh Peter, in the summer of 2000 Vivian Harper, mother of Duke incoming freshman point guard Chris Duhon, moved from her home in Slidell, La., to a two-bedroom apartment in Durham, N.C. She was given a job at a firm called NCM Capital Management Company, a billion-dollar money management firm owned by a man named Maceo Sloan, among whose possessions is an autographed basketball signed by the 1991 Duke championship team, Coach K's first title squad. Workers at the firm say the job was never posted. They also allege that Harper was given a substantial raise within four months.
There's more. Peters also reports that Carlos Boozer Sr., the then-unemployed father of former Duke star Carlos Boozer, was given a job at GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical company owned by Robert Ingram, who is a close friend of Coach K's. In order to take the job, the elder Boozer relocated from Alaska.
Coach K? Say it isn't so!
It is a good thing for Chris that his mommy moved with him, so someone could show him how to do laundry.
When he left Slidell to go to North Carolina in June, Harper left, too, at Chris' request. She got a job and an apartment in Durham, not so she could dote on Chris but just to be near him for support. The first time Duhon did his own laundry, Harper let him use the washing machine at her apartment. She showed him how to separate clothes, set the machine and do the folding.
When he was finished, Duhon said, "Thanks, Mama."
Duhon became the ridicule of ACC fans after he said this in a Herald Sun article:
'I think whoever our second team is could definitely contend for the ACC championship right now'
FYI: Duke (with their first, second and third teams) finished with 5 ACC losses, 2 more losses than ACC regular season champ Wake Forest. They also didn't make it beyond the Sweet 16.
Duhon also had a melodramatic incident while looking in the mirror. From this link
On preparing for his first Duke game: "When I put the jersey on and I was about to go play, I just stared at it for two or three minutes. Then I put on my top and I went into the bathroom and I looked in the mirror and my first thought was, 'That's a sexy man in the mirror.' Then I had to catch my focus. I looked down at my chest and saw the Duke emblem and I really wanted to cry. I knew I couldn't do that before a game, but it just meant so much to me to have the uniform on."
Duhon has also been in trouble with the law while at Duke- he was fined $90 and ordered to do 10 hours of community service after being charged with underage possession of alcohol.
Perhaps Duhon's biggest 'claim to fame' is being a product of the Duke overhype machine. Going into the '02-03 season, he was voted ACC preseason player of the year. Look at his stats - he didn't do much to deserve that, and he sure didn't put up the stats worthy of that bold prediction. This image shows how Duhon came through in the clutch vs a lost at FSU.
Leading the overhype machine is Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News. Here are some of his classic overhype articles:
DeCourcy article from Oct. 30 2001
Another DeCourcy article from Sept. 26 2002
Yet another DeCourcy article on Duhon, Sept 16 2003.
Here are some more articles overhyping the 2002-03 'preseason' player of the year:
Cavalier Daily - Chris's Time to Lead
Duhon 2003-2004 preseason Wooden award finalist.
Why is the media so obsessed with hyping Duhon? Will he ever live up to the hype? Time will tell.
For now, let's just enjoy Chris's website on BlackPlanet.
Update, Dec. 7th, 2003
After a decent start to the new season, it sure hasn't taken the media long to comment on this. SI.com article
Here is Duhon and his mommy featured in the April 2004 issue of FHM magazine!!
Chris Duhon in Players/Coaches Photo Gallery:
Click on a photo to enlarge it!
Duhon stupid hat
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Chris Duhon and Friends
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Cheer Sheet vs Maryland, Jan 26th 2005 -
Duke vs. Maryland
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Wednesday, January 26, 20005
The Basics
-We welcome Maryland to town. They defeated us last year in the championship game of the ACC Tournament, but now it's time for redemption.
-Recently, Maryland's student fans have been getting nationally berated for thier crass and crude behavior (you might remember being able to here* their taunts of "F-You, J.J." on television at the Duke Maryland game in College Park last year, and a couple of years before that when their fans threw trash at the Duke bench resulting in Carlos Boozer's mom receiving a concussion). This is our chance to distinguish ourselves from them, so lets's be creative but classy.
-Cameron should never EVER be quiet. During timeouts, stoppages, halftime, etc.. do something. Make up cheers. Make noise. IF you are behind Maryland's bench, make all kinds of noise during their timeouts. We're on national television. Prove again that we are the best fanis in the country. Period.
THE NO, NO'S...
-DJ Strawberry is entirely off-limits, NO EXCEPTIONS. Just don't go there. We're classier than that.
-Cameron Security has asked us to remind you not to bring, food, drink, or bags into the stadium.
THE DIRT ON OUR OPPONENT -UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TERRAPINS -
Fodder for your cheering creativity
-Although he is no longer on the team, taunts concerning the ugliness of Steve Blake are still acceptable
-Maryland likes to think they're our rival, but our rival is Carolina. Don't forget the staple chants of "Not our rival!" or "We're not rivals!"
-Maryland uses the slogan "Fear the turtle" but we prefer "Smear the turtle"
-To drwaw distinctions between us and Maryland, we can chant "We don't riot" or "We don't throw stuff"
-The UMD Head Coach is Gary Williams: he tends to sweat, a lot. The standard chant is "Sweat Gary, Sweat!" (Two years ago he was so angered by this chant that he flicked off the student section)
-If (when) Gary gets angry and red in the face, we can chant "Gary needs a hug!"
We can point to Coach K and say "Sure" and then to Gary and say "Unsure"
For Maryland's midnight madness, Gary drove out to center court in a NASCAR race car. We could chant "Where's your racecar?"
#22 - Nik Caner-Medley: Was recently arrested in Portland Maine for drunk and disorderly conduct. According to the newspaper: "Caner-Medley was there, yelling, said Lt. Malloch, reading from the plice port. He took his shirt off and threatened to assault (the complainant). (Caner-Medley's) friends were trying to restrain him. He was intoxicated and made a statement, "I'm from Maryland and nobody can beat me."
-NCM's girlfriend is named Myra, and her pet name for him is "Piggy"
-NCM was arrested at a bar called "The Old Port" and is prohibited from returning
-A previous cheer we've used for NCM is "Three names, no game!"
-NCM's major is "Letters and Sciences"
#11 - John Gilcrist: Gilchrist and Gary have been having personal problems recently (steming from Gilchrist''s desire to leave early for the NBA). Gilchrist has also been having academic issues.
#13 - Chris McCray: Second in the ACC in free-throw shooting percentage behind J.J. ("J.J's still better";)
#23 - Mike Jones: heavily hyped player out of high school, but hasn't lived up to the hype and is very sensitive about it. Lots of talk surrounding him about transferring. Very sensitive to the media talk and internet message boards.
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