The Ultimate Truth; If you can't go to college go to State!

Welcome, Ultimate Faithful, to another installment of The Ultimate Truths!

Let The Ultimate Lord start by saying He had to watch on TiVo, as He and The Ultimate Wife managed to lock themselves out of the new house in their bare feet with four inches of snow on the ground, and He then had to trek down the block in the aforementioned bare feet through those aforementioned four inches of snow to get a key from a neighbor. Snow is very cold.

Then let The Ultimate Lord follow up by saying that, thanks to getting used to a new TiVo, some of the game was missed. Yes, including the big run at the end.

Anyway... lets get started!

* Five guys averaging double figures? Wow, that is crazy.

* The Ultimate Wife upon seeing Sidney Lowe's jacket; (in a slightly stunned tone) "That is a nice jacket."

* The Ultimate Lord likes the blue unis this year.

* The Ultimate Lord also likes that there is so much football toughness on this team. They get beat and battered, but always come back. Opposing teams have tried SO hard to out-tough us this year, and The Ultimate Lord thinks they have all fallen short.

* Hm, cute girl sitting behind Greg on the bench!

* Butterball, peanuts... man, the sponsors at NC State are pretty third rate.

* BTW, the State crowd is DELUSIONAL with their boos.

* Man. If Patterson had come to Duke, we would all be lamenting the loss of our National Title right now.

* Singler plays the best hands-up, non-foul post D that The Ultimate Lord has seen in a while.

* "This one I don't like." Raft you idiot; the second charge was a lot less questionable than the first.

* Speaking of Raft, that animated version of him was terrible.

* @ the 11:15 mark we may not have hit a shot, and we are only down by 1? Crazy.

* That "angelic" look?! Hey, that is © and ™ Demarcus Nelson!

* Zoubek is looking better and better.

* "You better get away with that in the Bronx!" Man, Raft leaves The Ultimate Lord shaking his head at times... what in the hell is he talking about?

* The Oregon Trail was an awesome game. The hunting part was the best, especially when you shot a bear. Having said that, The Ultimate Lord suspects that Kevin Love would provide more meat than any bear.

* McClure, when he has been in, has looked a little more aggressive when looking for his shot the last few games.

* McCauley celebration = the poor man's Batista

* It is not Gerald's. The Ultimate Lord hopes he doesn't take it. Amazing block tho, can't believe we didn't get a replay.

* Our zone late in the first looked totally clueless when it came to guarding the 3 point line.

* Seriously, Sidney Lowe, all massive with that buttoned red jacket and those black pants looks RIDICULOUS on the sidelines.

* Ah! The Ultimate Lord liked seeing K draw up a play for Taylor to shoot a 3 at the end of the half!

* Gonzalez = Ugly. The Ultimate Lord doesn't like him.

* Jesus Kyle is awesome. So old school; before the season started, people liked to use Larry Bird as a comparison; that seems pretty apt.

* A career high against Duke. Hm, it feels like it has been a while since we heard that. Remember in Redick's last year when an opposing player got a career high in EVERY GAME?

* Heh. Lance wouldn't know a "speed dribble" if it ran up and bit him on the ass. Too bad, would have loved to see the big guy throw one down.

* ARGH Tivo! Oh well, The Ultimate Lord will just go live and s... 15 SECONDS?!? DUKE BY 1?!?! Argh, The Ultimate Lord is not emotionally prepared for this!!! What the hell happened?!

* Why on earth didn't State call a TO after they got that rebound?

* Great to see the guys gather around K instantly at the end of the game.

* Of course everyone has seen this coming, but the ACC title is really going to come down to the Duke/UNC game. You know, the game with all the recruits there? The game that might determine a number 1 seed? No pressure, no pressure.

* 800. Congrats to Coach K; we Dukies couldn't ask for a better coach and man to represent us on such a big stage.