...Besides the NY Yankees, of course. And none of this "Because they're good, and they win BS. There are a lot of teams and organizations that win and are consisitently good, and yes, even better. Come up with something pertinent (relevant, applicable, for those less endowed once more.)
2006-08-09 05:24:23 · 10 answers · asked by The Guru 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
A lot of the people who hate Duke are UNC fans, so there's a natural hatred there. However, there are a great many non Tar Heel fans who despise Duke I think for any or all of the following reasons:
1. They win a lot. Sorry,you can't discount envy. Besides, it's at the root of all the other reasons listed.
2. They are over praised. One does get sick of hearing the same team praised in the same manner over and over again. Announcers trip over themselves to compliment Duke which results in them getting credit for things that every other team in the country does.
3. Over exposure. Every time you turn on the TV during college hoops season, Duke is on. It would seem the college basketball world revolves around them.
4. They get the calls. This is unfortunate because they are good enough not to need help from the officials, but they get it any way. This is big, because I remember the Dallas Cowboys of the 1970's and Celtics, Lakers and Sixers of the 1980's also received the benefit of one sided officiating.
5. Duke gets treated as if they are purer than any other sports heavy university. While Duke is a fine university, I am sure athletes get preferential treatment there just as much as many other schools. But the fact that Coach K gets treated like the Pope is very annoying.
6. They have been very successful but they are not UCLA. But they get treated as if they have won ten titles in a row.
7. They are also considered over rated as their best players don't tend to do well in the NBA.
Having said that. I could say all of this about North Carolina back in the 1980's. Dean Smith was treated like a saint. His teams benefitted from the officials and while UNC was very successful for a long time, they won two titles only because Fred Brown threw the ball away and Chris Webber called a timeout he didn't have.
2006-08-09 07:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by ulbud k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not the most reviled b-ball team. That distinction belongs to my beloved L A Lakers. Beat L A! Beat L A! Beat L A! I actually like the Dukies. The thing is that Dick Vitale with his obscene favoritism for them and Coach K has turned everyone into a Duke hater. I mean Dickie V should be on Duke's payroll the way he promotes and recruits for them. Blame him. There are teams that are consistent or even better than Duke but there are very few. As you know, you can't be too good for too long in this country because sooner or later people will begin to take pot shots at you. Look at USC's football team. For years nobody said a peep about them, now everyone outside of Southern California wants to beat them. People dislike DUKE for a variety of reasons, just like everyone either hated or liked Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. As soon as they faded away, so did all the hate for them as well. Does it hurt you that people hate DUKE? Take it from a true Laker fan, I've been a Laker fan since the mid 70's thru today. They've been up and down but the hate for them has never wavered. Stick with it because sooner or later Duke is going to take a fall and then nobody will hiss at them anymore. Hope you'll still be a DUKE fan when they're the doormat of the ACC.
2006-08-09 13:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by El Teke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll attempt this one Guru. Everybody loves a winner, but it has to be a winner that wins championships. Duke has won a few. However, for all their success Duke has only 3 national champioships to show for it. The Bronx Bombers (NY Yankees) have 26, but everyone hates George Steinbrenner. My theory is the Yankee theory. Who takes all the great players from all the other MLB teams because he can afford to? George. Who gets a large percent of the blue chip high school basketball players on a yearly basis? Duke. Also, North Carolina. Thus, a lot of people hate Duke basketball. We don't like seeing our homegrown talent going to Duke. Yet, Duke is not the most reviled team in sports. That destinction belongs to the OAKLAND RAIDERS.
2006-08-09 12:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duke the #2 most reviled sports team after the Yankees? I disagree. I would put the University of Notre Dame football team in this slot.
2006-08-09 16:40:02 · answer #4 · answered by indianalee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In response to ulbud k: In both cases, (NC vs Georgetown and NC vs Michigan), NC was up by one point with less than a minute when the other team melted down. So we will never know if GT or Mich would have came down and taken the lead back.
I cant stand Duke because they average 3 Mcdonald ALL-Americans every recruiting class. Easy to take your conference every year with an all-star team
2006-08-09 14:13:50 · answer #5 · answered by Daddy-o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not so sure that they are the most hated team in sports, but they are really hated on Tobacco Road, the quadrant of schools on Tobacco road might be the most heated rivalry in all of sports (NC State, Wake Forest, NC and Duke). Talk about schools not liking each other.....especially the rivalry in Basketball between NC and Duke.....those 2 especially in Men's and more recently in Women's Hoops also. It's on par with Red Sox-Yankees, Alabama-Auburn in football, Ohio St-Mich in football, etc.....
2006-08-09 12:40:44 · answer #6 · answered by B-Money 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont have a technical answer for this question, just my own personal feelings being as I am from Kentucky. I will forever hate Duke due to one Christian Laettner and a certain last second shot in 1992. I was only 10 but it scarred me for life. LOL
2006-08-09 18:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by rj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they coach is a ******* prick. he curses at the players on both teams, says the F word all the time. Watch him in the game, you can read his lips. that is not how a respectable coach communicates. you would never had seen Dean Smith or Roy Williams, Gutherdge cursing like that. plus, most of his players are spoiled brats. that cant make it in the NBA. they are good college players, but they cant play in the NBA. NOt at the top level, like Wallace, Carter, Jamison, Reid, Jordan, Daugherty. Marvin williams was a dumb as for leaving.
all in all. DUke is a bunch of spoiled brats. with a dirty mouth coach.
2006-08-09 12:38:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ostentatious hubris to the contrary ... they are nowhere near the most hated ... probably not even in the top 5.
2006-08-09 12:31:38 · answer #9 · answered by robabard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they SUCK!!
2006-08-09 13:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋