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As far as college hoops is concerned, I’ve been a longtime fan of the Duke Blue Devils basketball team. The University of Miami didn’t have a men’s basketball team back in the day so I had to go elsewhere and I chose Duke primarily because everyone seemed to hate them, they were always good, and they tended to have good whiteys that I was able to emulate on the court (though my first favorite college basketball team was actually St. Johns because of Chris Mullin — I used to do a perfect right handed version of his jump shot).

That said, once the Hurricanes started back up their college hoops program, they immediately became my co-favorite and were the team I’d always root for when both teams went head-to-head. This obviously proved to be unfruitful because Duke has always been heads and shoulders better than Miami, but I never stopped wishing for a different outcome. Well, the big upset has FINALLY happened and I’m very proud of my ‘Canes for toppling Duke 96-95 in last night’s thrilling contest. The win brings Miami’s record to 18-7 (5-6) and if they can finish 3-2 or better in the team’s final five games, they will likely be a lock for making the NCAA Tournament. Let’s go ‘Canes! Oh, and, let’s go Blue Devils (when you’re not playing the ‘Canes).