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Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:13 am EST

Jeff Teague brings Dave Neal a gift on senior night

By Chris Chase

It was Senior Night for Dave Neal at Maryland. The fan favorite was having the game of his life in a critical late-season battle for the Terps, draining four straight three-pointers and helping Maryland to a six-point lead over No. 10 Wake Forest with five minutes to play. But after a 7-0 Wake run, the Deacs had the lead and the ball. And Jeff Teague was about to go nuts on Dave Neal:

Wow.

Watching the reaction of the crowd and players is worth a replay. The Wake bench goes ballistic, Neal looks like he just went ten rounds with 1986 Mike Tyson and the crowd gets real loud on the broadcast immediately after Teague throws it down, but it's actually just the smattering of Wake fans in the stands (including me) going crazy. I'd guess there were probably only 300 making all that noise. But it sounded loud after the 18,000 or so Maryland fans became immediately silent.

And while watching that play somewhere in Durham, Greg Paulus nodded solemnly, as visions of Deron Washington danced in his head. 

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  1. Simon M
    1. Posted by Simon M Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:05 pm EDT

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    Double double post post much much?
  2. GUS B
    2. Posted by GUS B Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:20 pm EDT

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    thats what happens when you come over to late. BAPTISED WITH BALLS
  3. heelfanatic
    3. Posted by heelfanatic Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT

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    that dude has got nasty hops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the other dude has nasty chin balls.
  4. dbd
    4. Posted by dbd Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:51 pm EDT

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    Chris, you're an idiot. If you're going to post a completely irrelevant anti-Duke video of Paulus getting dunked on, Green over Paulus in last year's game at Carolina is clearly superior in every way to those two clips.
    Oh yeah, and you're an idiot.
  5. Rick J
    5. Posted by Rick J Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:10 pm EDT

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    Chris, another great post! That dunk by Teague was one of the best dunks of the year. That is the mark of a great player...take someone who is having the game of his life on Senior Night and show him your shweaty balls!!!
  6. Rick J
    6. Posted by Rick J Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:10 pm EDT

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    Nice Paulus reference too. Paulus loves testicles!
  7. Frank C.
    7. Posted by Frank C. Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:59 pm EDT

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    A completely irrelevant anti-Duke mention. Gotta love it.
  8. Jimmy the Greek
    8. Posted by Jimmy the Greek Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 pm EDT

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    How bout that phantom call on Hayes or Vasquez at the most crucial part of the game. Wake always gets all the calls. That will stop soon.
  9. Count Chocula
    9. Posted by Count Chocula Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:18 pm EDT

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    Its only fitting Maryland gets left out of the dance. The size they have on the floor is not worthy of anything else. I don't care how hard they play. They don't win games. Just go home and leave me alone with this garbage already.
  10. DookieSince1973
    10. Posted by DookieSince1973 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:49 pm EDT

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    Hey people, the impossible just happened! Check out Chris' 2nd blog about the 47 NCAA Basketball teams that won't be dancing this March. See if you can spot it. If it doesn't jump right out at you (it should!) post #6 for that blog identifies what could possibly mean Armageddon is truly upon us.
  11. Rick J
    11. Posted by Rick J Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:10 pm EDT

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    That phantom call was horrible. Jamie Luckie is one of the worst officials in the nation! How do you call something like that late in the game when no one even TOUCHED Teague?
  12. DookieSince1973
    12. Posted by DookieSince1973 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:49 pm EDT

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    Don't fault Jamie Luckie for the phantom call. Remember, Duke sometimes wears black uniforms. Mr. Luckie just got confused and thought Jeff Teague was a Duke player. Thus he HAD to make that call.
  13. Brian C
    13. Posted by Brian C Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

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    she said "daddy, if I had nuts on my chest, would those be chest nuts?" I said hell yeah, she said "daddy, if I had nuts on my wall would those be wall nuts?" I said hell yeah, she said " daddy, if I had nuts under my chin would those be chin nuts?" I said hell no cuz you got a di*k in your mouth!
  14. Radek O
    14. Posted by Radek O Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:25 pm EDT

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    I was actually going to commend you only finally writing a post without an anti-Duke reference but then I got to the last couple of sentences. I'm not going to hate on you though for continually bashing Duke because I understand sports blogging is a tough business when it comes to competing for an audience to read your "highly valued" opinions, so every mediocore hack, such as yourself, needs some kind of hook to stay relevant in the over saturated sports blogging market. The one good thing for you is that since Duke has been a top flight program for the past 20+ years and probably will continue to be so for the foreseeable future you will have plenty to write and complain about over the next couple of years as you struggle to stay relevant and keep your sports blogging career afloat. Keep hating on those that are better and keep up the good work.
  15. gl
    15. Posted by gl Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:57 pm EDT

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    Definitely one of the nastiest dunks of the year. Wake Forest has some serious talent this year.
  16. gl
    16. Posted by gl Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:57 pm EDT

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    Gotta love the gratuitous Duke hatred at the end. LOL! You rule Chris.
  17. SFSantana
    17. Posted by SFSantana Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:21 pm EDT

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    GOOLLLLEY
    :-(
    "Get some of that Mr. Neal"
    haha
  18. James A
    18. Posted by James A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:27 pm EDT

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    Holy SHIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!
    You absolutely CANNOT go a SECOND of your miserable life without Duke-bashing. I'm not even a Duke fan, so I don't give a flying f--k if they win or lose, but your non-stop hatred has ruined any journalistic abilities you may have possessed.
    Just enjoy your team's win your freaking loser! Stop worrying about whether or not programs with a legacy that dwarfs your school's saw one highlight. God...you SUCK.
  19. James A
    19. Posted by James A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:27 pm EDT

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    should be "YOU freaking loser", not "your"
  20. King
    20. Posted by King Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:42 pm EDT

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    Damn teague!!!!! you didnt have to do him dirty like that!!!! nuts all in his face......fellatio style!!!!!!
  21. Redskins21
    21. Posted by Redskins21 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

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    #8. great point. the refs ruined the game with the late BS calls. Terps could of won if not for the BS calls, but eye. that the NCAA for ya.
  22. Chris L
    22. Posted by Chris L Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:16 pm EDT

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    Or maybe, Greg Paulus was watching reminiscing Duke's dominance over these two teams.
    By the way, Paulus is a two-time Academic All-American, and a hard-working guard, so get off his case.
  23. Andrew
    23. Posted by Andrew Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    Agree with everything that has been said about anti-Duke bashing. You're pathetic and should be laid off like the rest of Yahoo's employees.
  24. Andrew
    24. Posted by Andrew Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    By Yahoo employees, I meant basically you. Sorry Yahoo that you have to employ this counterfeit.
  25. Jonathan S
    25. Posted by Jonathan S Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:49 pm EDT

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    "Tyler Hansbrough travels every time he touches the ball. Also, have you ever noticed that he resembles Beaker due to his similarly bulging eyes? Also, he's probably gay or something! Not really, but I'm a white guy who hates other white guys who are able to play basketball because they are easily identifiable and I pain over the fact that he isn't me!"
    Hey Yahoo! I just wrote a perfectly good column. Hire me please!

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