Quoting Dave from the Boston College View from the Couch: “Geoff and I have decided to root for the Wolfpack in semi-final number two because we still refuse to accept BC, VT, and Miami as members of the ACC.”

“This comes about two days after I finally decided to accept Georgia Tech & Florida State.”

Wayne K., Wilmington

Wayne, Georgia Tech joined in the ACC in 1978. For the sake of you and your loved ones, we’re glad that you’ve come to terms with this.

”Ok….I’m sitting here watching the Maryland-Miami game. WHY, WHY, WHY….is Billy Packer STILL talking about the Tyler foul???!!! It brings to mind that Shakespeare line: “thou doth protest too much.” I truly, have a strong dislike bordering on revulsion for BP…..I wish the guys calling these games had a PA doing an IM session where they relayed questions from viewers!!”

Tracy, Wrightsville Beach

Maybe something like this…

heels4ever: yo billy, whut iz up dawg?

billypacker: nuthin. just chillin’. callin’ the game. u?

heels4ever: chillin. why do u hate carolina?

billypacker: it all started when i played at wake forest. we went to the final four, but wake hasn’t been back since. carolina has been many times. so i hate them. also, i wanted to play at duke in the first place, not wake. though for some reason, i still love duke with all my heart, even though they didn’t offer me a scholarship. all of that leads me to conclude that gerald henderson was NOT aiming for tyler hansbrough’s nose, and coach k is an all-around swell human being.

heels4ever: oh, cool. later.

“I’ll miss the radio show, sort of.”

Anonymous

Well, anonymous, we’ll take that as a compliment. Sort of.

In response to It’s Unfortunate…

If you wanted, you could point out that in the 86-63 win over Miami, McBob wasn’t in the game only because he fouled out. Just saying…

Charles J.

Nice observation about K’s end of game sub policy. I wanted to add that at the end of that of that 22 point win against Wake, McRoberts had a dunk with :49 left and Paulus hit a wide open 3 pointer with 8 seconds left. Thanks for helping to expose that hypocrite.

Brian T.

“Coach K has no class as well as his team! He likes to think of himself as some kind of God to Basketball! He is just a man who thinks of himself as a great coach, the rest of the world sees him as a man who has had some good players who have made him. With or without his coaching the few good players from Duke would have made names for themselves. He is an over paid man with no class at all. He really does not do The ACC justice. For years he has gotten away with his dirty style of play and the refs all in his favor.”

Cathy B.

This is us resting our case. Starting with this very sentence, Carolina Water Cooler, will never mention the Gerald Henderson Incident again. Ever.

A few more words about Coach K and the Gerald Henderson Incident…

“Where do you get this “Leader” business? Every time that I see K’s commercial he says he is a “Weeder”. Somehow that seems more appropriate.”

Ron G.

Good call, Ron. Speaking of Coach K and commercials, we find ourselves in a bit of a sticky situation, so we might as well just get it out in the open. Carolina Water Cooler sponsor, State Farm Insurance agent Matt Phillips, was in no way responsible for the most recent Coach K/State Farm silliness.

Another couple of words about the Gerald Henderson Incident…

“I must say this is the stupidest thing I’ve ever taken the time to read in my life. You successfully made it seem difficult to take someones words out of context to fit your own interpretation. Congratulations on blowing things out of proportion. You are officially crowned drama queen.”

Anonymous

Just so you’ll know, if Duke finds a way to lose to VCU, you’ll find yourself wanting to direct some stronger language than “drama queen” in our direction.

“Although I do see the resemblence between our friend and hero Brandan Wright and Joe Camel, I still feel he is more reminiscent of the tall Mon-star from Space Jam (which coincidentally starred the greatest UNC/NBA player ever). Good thing dook fans don’t care anymore, or else they might have gotten him on that one.”

Jonathan C., Chapel Hill

You wouldn’t believe how many emails we get about the Separated at Birth feature. It’s perhaps the most popular thing we do. We’ve gotten enough emails comparing Sidney Lowe to the Kool-Aid man to shut down our email server.

“Can you guys explain why Wake Forest fans can’t win the caption of the month contest? Other than the obvious fact that their captions aren’t any good.”

Ralph S., Statesville

There are Wake Forest fans?

We just found your website. Unbelievable. I want your autograph. You will be famous. I love it.

Tom and Nancy S.

This is one of the greatest emails Carolina Water Cooler has ever received. Succinct, yet expressive. Concise, yet meaningful. One of its more intriguing aspects is how it changes from “we” to “I” in a split second, causing us to wonder whether the sender is a person with multiple personalities. And if you want our autographs, then clearly we’re already famous. We’ll present you (y’all?) with the first autographed copy of our book as soon as we write a book.