That is a stretch. Harvard football isnt the tradition at Harvard that duke basketball is at duke. Duke basketball plays a major role in the publicity that duke gets in the media. To support such a classless program and a classless coach degrades one as a human. I never said one word against DukeMed so don't put words in my mouth. You are acting like a classic "dookie." However, it is ironic that there are probably medical school students at Duke, not all but many, that want to help people but still think yesterday's incident was nothing out of the ordinary.
First of all, you're the one that said that you would not attend Duke, etc. I assume you're talking about DukeMed since this is a pre-med forum. So I didn't put words in your mouth....you did.
Secondly, I am far from the classic "dookie." I'm a Tennessee Vol, and no matter how long I'm at Duke, Tennessee will always be home....I'm definitely far from an elitist snob who likes to see poor sportsmanship. At Tennessee, if we win it's because we're better..... I don't support foul play, regardless of the situation. I think the foul on UNC was unfortunate. If it was intentional, I think the coach needs to handle it.
You post strikes a nerve with me because of how sincere and devoted most of the people in the DukeMed community really seem to be. I have really been amazed at the people I have met at Duke, and the medical community here at Duke is one of the best in the world. You can make a link between one basketball play and DukeMed if you want, but you're truly missing the real picture.
Another ironic thing is that you mention in your posts how much a part of Duke basketball really is. Well, it isn't. I hate to say it, but Tennessee trumps Duke in athletics. In college, sports were truly a heartbeat of the campus. In fact, I used to wake up on Saturdays hearing the marching band practice before the game. It was truly an experience that Duke doesn't seem to offer [or at least not to that degree]. Also, Duke has only one super huge program, and that's men's basketball. There are limited seats, so people have to camp out, etc., to get seats. When you can go to the UT football games for free without waiting in a line and sing Rocky Top with 107,000 fans on a Saturday, THAT is a school with a sports program. My point here is that basketball really doesn't define Duke. Sure, it's a big deal, but Duke is defined in so many other ways. I know that [especially on the medical side of things] people sure do not make as big a deal out of sports at Duke as people might assume. And they definitely do not let the basketball team define their existence here at Duke. After all, they have enough rockin' things of their own to define what they do here....