Re: Coach K/Amex Recruiting Commercial

[jon breiner]

I AM jealous of their program!  I am envious of the treatment they get.  I 
am envious that Chris Duhon's mother's job situation just gets glossed over. 
I am intrigued by how Greg Newton gets the Duke Student Code of Conduct 
changed so that instead of getting kicked out of school for cheating, he 
still stays and plays Center for Final Four teams.  I am bewildered by the 
media's ignoring of these issues.  I am flabbergasted that now that Duke is 
ready to begin a string of 0% and 25% grad rates, that the NCAA realizes 
this is wrong and looks into re-evaluating the rules under which they are 
calculated to better reflect the ACTUAL percentage of grads.

But I also respect them as one of the best programs today.

Jon



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou D'Ambrosia" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Coach K/Amex Recruiting Commercial


> Okay, enough of this!  I, for one am sick of Duke, but seriously all this 
> talk sounds like sour grapes to me.
>
> Being one of the top programs in the nation, don't you think that they are 
> scrutinized by every naysayer out there?? They run a clean program (from 
> what I know) do you see Coach K or any of his assistants getting DUI's?
>
> I understand everyones point about the education double standards but 
> really all this talk sounds like we're jealous of their program.
>
> > From: "jon breiner" <address@hidden>
> > Reply-To: address@hidden
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Coach K/Amex Recruiting Commercial
> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:37:00 -0500
> >
> > "Or does it mean that the Duke academic reputation is really a sham?"
> >
> > No!  Say it isn't so!  :)  One of the reasons I am no longer a Duke fan is 
> > I am tired of the double standard they get versus a team like UC as their 
> > shi...stuff smells just as bad as any other school's!
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "richard l. kandell" 
> > <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Coach K/Amex Recruiting Commercial
> >
> >
> > > And again I'll ask questions that I've postured before - with Duke 
> > > claiming
> > > to be one of THE outstanding (Ivy League quality) academic institutions 
> > > in
> > > the country - How do they get to admit 20-25% of the McDonald AA's every
> > > year?  If the "average" student admitted to Duke is in the top 1% of 
> > > his/her
> > > high school class does that mean that 20-25% of Mickey D AA's are that
> > > bright?  If the graduation rate for men's basketball players (as now
> > > suggested by the NCAA) at Duke is close to 100% does that mean that their
> > > average basketball player has a combined SAT score of 1300+ in order to 
> > > have
> > > the "smarts" to get through their classes?  Or does it mean that the Duke
> > > academic reputation is really a sham?
> > >
> > > Richard K.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocko Truth" 
> > > <address@hidden>
> > > To: <address@hidden>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:37 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Coach K/Amex Recruiting Commercial
> > >
> > >
> > > > How many recruits Duke got from that Commercial? I'll answer that for 
> > > > you,
> > > > Zero.  They had already filled their number of scholarships available 
> > > > for
> > > > next year, and filled them with mostly McDonalds All-Americans.  Just 
> > > > like
> > > > they did last year and the year before that.