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The clock strikes midnight

While everyone around here is still talking football (particularly Arkansas-Florida), Friday night was the significant event of the weekend for me. Midnight madness signaled the beginning of college basketball season, as teams all around the country officially began practicing for the upcoming season.

As we all try to erase from our memories the tragedy that was North Carolina winning the final game of the 2009 season, there’s much to look forward to in 2010.

As a Duke fan, I’m looking forward to seeing this year’s team. Though they lost a couple of significant players, they also added a couple, and so I’m pretty optimistic once again. Those two losses were in the back court, but their gains are in the front court, which is long overdue. And with Coach K at the helm, I anticipate another solid team and another outstanding season for the Blue Devils. This year the ACC crown should again return to Durham.

As one who despises North Carolina, it’s going to be great to see them field a team that does not include Travel Tyler Hansbrough or Tywon Lawson. I’ve never been so glad to see two players go. While Carolina will still have a very good team, thank God it won’t be because of those two.

And as one who thinks Kentucky fans think a little bit too much of themselves, I look forward to the Calipari years and what embarrassment and sanctions he’ll eventually bring to Lexington. Seriously, does anyone doubt that day will come?

Official games are still a few weeks away, but I’m already charged up and ready to go. I can hardly wait until the first game tips off.

College basketball season is upon us.

The most wonderful time of the year.

Go Duke!

GTHC!!

-gf