Did you know that Coach K has a daily podcast through iTunes? I hate him.

Lindsay C., Durham, NC

This question was clearly directed at Dave, as Stillman has no idea what iTunes is. The music he listens to hasn’t been made since eight track tapes were popular. But no, we did not know that Coach K had a daily podcast. The question is, does he charge you $40,000 every time you download it or is it a one time fee?

On Duke’s loss to Virginia…

In reading the Duke Basketball Report write up on the game and how Paulus had a chance to win it at the end, I stumbled across this quote:

“But at the end, they had a chance, even though they missed the shot.

It’s a nice rebuttal for the people who said Duke didn’t have time enough to get a shot off at the end of the Clemson game, by the way.”

I’m sorry, perhaps I’m missing something, but are they actually saying that because Duke was fortunate enough to get a good shot off against Virginia with one second left that they could have done the same had there been less time at the conclusion of the Clemson game? I’ve been wrestling with this for well over an hour–mainly because blood has been spurting out of my eye sockets like I’m a Nazi at the end of an Indiana Jones movie ever since I read that–but the last time I checked, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF DOOK HAD GOTTEN LESS TIME AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLEMSON GAME. All we know is that the (admittedly) good play that Jon “baby face” Scheyer and McClure made would never have happened. Period. 

Anyway, I thought you might enjoy this delusion as much as I did.

Jase G., Columbia, SC

Sadly (in its younger days) Carolina Water Cooler was once said to be the Tar Heel equivalent of the DBR. If we haven’t proven that to be patently untrue, then we would like to relinquish our license to operate as whatever it is that we are.

Would you mind doing me a huge favor?? Next time you’re talking to Wes Miller, ever so diplomatically inform him that it’s ok to shoot a 3 with your feet just outside of the arc!!! It’s not necessary to shoot from halfcourt EVERY TIME! Wes is killin’ me, it’s almost as if he thinks he’s in the running for the State Farm check.

Tracy, Wrightsville Beach, NC

Speaking of the State Farm check, why doesn’t anyone like Wes ever get chosen to shoot one of those shots? Sure, Carolina freshman Alex Bloom will never have to pay for his own dinner again after hitting the halfcourt shot during ESPN’s College GameDay filming in the Dean Dome, but how often does that happen? If Wes Miller shot the half court shot for all of those contests, State Farm would have had to file bankruptcy many moons ago.

In response to Random Thoughts from the Virginia game:

Lookit:

Not only did I “see”, but I also understood why Roy was upset with 45 seconds to go in the first half last night. Let me ask you: Did you “see” and did you “understand” when he put Wes into the game as a subterfuge…then proceeded to work the ball (not to Wes for a 3-pointer) but rather inside for a shot by Brandon? I would submit that was the “smarter” of the two coaching moves. 

BTW, I “saw” all this live, and in person…as I am a season ticket holder who makes that 2-hour drive to Chapel Hill and then a 2-hour drive back home. And, you can tell everyone, Roy included, that I really don’t care what anybody thinks of my leaving a couple minutes early when games are not in doubt. I’ve timed it: if I’m not on the first or second Jones Ferry Rd bus, it can add 25 to 35 minutes (or more) to when I get home. And getting home at 1:00 AM, as I did last night versus 1:30 (or later) makes enough difference to me that I (again) do not care what people say about the ‘early-leavers’. If the game is in doubt, I ain’t leaving…but if it’s over, and it’s a night game, I’m gone. 

John H., Statesville, NC

John, you lost us at “subterfuge.”

In the upper right corner of ESPNU’s home page is a place to put your zip code and then it tells you it is not available in your area and will send a letter on your behalf to Time Warner. Thought you might like to pass this on so we can get ESPNU.

Joanne Z., Chapel Hill, NC

This is a clever marketing ploy by the folks in Bristol, but we here at Carolina Water Cooler are hesitant to have a letter sent on our behalf. You see, instead of showing important collegiate sporting events on ESPNU while ESPN is showing a World’s Strongest Man Competition and ESPN2 is showing a split screen of Billiards and Poker, we’d prefer they just put the Carolina/Virginia game on one of the channels we already get. It’s not that we’re opposed to having another ESPN, we’d just like the ones we already have to stop showing crap. Also, we’re afraid the U would make our cable bill go up.

Emails sent to Senior Duke Correspondent, Brian Allen…

Great web site…love it! Here’s a link from deadspin.com about Dookie V and all the teams/people he mentioned while broadcasting a game the other night. Three UNC references (North Carolina, Larry Brown, Roy Williams). Check out all his DOOK references.

Neil O., Class of ’98

That’s an impressive list, Neil. We only wish that Carolina Water Cooler had been the first to think about keeping such a list.

YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WE ALWAYS HAD THAT ONE JOKESTER THAT STOOD OUT AS THE FUNNY MAN. YOU HAVE GREAT INSIGHT AND DON’T MISS MUCH. WE LAUGHED AT THOSE TWO CLOWNS IN THAT BATMAN,AND ROBIN SUIT LAST NIGHT,HECK EVEN MY MEAN WIFE HAD TO LAUGH. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND THOUGHT TO WRITE DICKIE V. AND WE WANT TO KNOW YOU ARE APPRECIATED. UNLIKE THE CAMERON CRAZIES WE CAN LAUGH AT SOMEONE WITHOUT SCALDING THEM. KEEP UP THE HUMOR AND THAT GREAT PENMANSHIP.

THE CAPS MAN

Brian says: “Thanks, glad you enjoy them. I have to give the credit to Duke for giving me inexhaustible material.”

Note from the Editors: We foresee the Caps Man becoming a big part of Carolina Water Cooler Mailbag lore in the future.