Memo to the Media: VCU Won
It was a bit of a surprise seeing VCU pull off the only true upset in Day 1 of Round 1.  In a bit of not-so-surprising news, the majority of the mainstreamers took the 11-6 upset as the good ole reliable “Duke Loses” story – you know, since Duke lost last night and VCU didn’t have anything to do with it.

Sarcasm aside, whether this here guy likes it or not, Duke losing is a bigger story then VCU winning, at least in the warped minds of the majority of decision makers in the online world.  Here’s a sampling of homepage headlines from our online outlet uncles and grandpas around 10:00 pm (CST).  Not all were jaded towards the “Duke Loses” theme, but many really sucked either because of suckitude or snappiness gone wrong…

"Out-duked" – Sportsline
"Duke Done Early" – espn
”Duke who?  It’s VCU!” – espn (one hour later)
"Coach K-Od" – foxsports
"Feeling Blue" – msnbc
"Silenced by the Rams" – SI
"VCU shuffles past Duke, springs first round surprise" - USA Today
"Blue be-Deviled" - Yahoo Sports
"VCU Later" - TSN

I don’t know who at SI thought rhyming with Silence of the Lambs was a good idea, but I’m guessing they write fantasy columns for their local suburban news magazine.  Notice msnbc, FSN, CBS, and Yahoo all took the “Duke Loses” theme in a horribly contrived snapfest.  And I have no clue what drugs are being passed around in the Sporting News’ lounge, but the TSN headline gives off the vibe that VCU lost.  ESPN rebounded a bit from their original 'Duke Loses' theme to a snappier, way more hip pro-VCU headline.

USA Today wins!  No snappiness, just a standard news headline that tells the pro VCU story.  Here Here for USA Today!
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Oh, and Monday’s Mike Krzyzewski column generated some minor buzz around these parts (you may have heard about that).  Well, it turns out that Coach K wasn’t exactly mentally prepared for VCU, as Thursday afternoon he placed a phone call to JSF HQ to give us his feelings about being smeared in the Monday column.

Take a listen – it’s just a 2 minute conversation.  K was very direct and to the point and apparently very distracted heading into the VCU contest.



The Coach K Phone Call - (2:18)

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