Summertime Blues: Duke, UNC, and The BP Oil Spill?

Do you have an awkward feeling?  Are you constantly sweating, thirsty, and tired?  Well, if so, then it sounds like you have a case of the summertime blues.  Don't worry, even after a championship year, it is normal to want more.

Ever since the dust settled in Indianapolis, Duke fans have been salivating at the thought of another title run.  After all, not many are excited for football.

In this odd time of college basketball withdrawal, it is important to stay in tuned with the topics going on in the world.  Strap on your seat belt, it is time somewhere to figure out how the BP Oil Spill touches the Duke and UNC world.

Unless you live in Alaska or a UNC fan trying to find a scorer, then you know the oil giant BP has had some problems.

You may be wondering just how this type of crisis affects Duke Basketball.  Here's how.

The most important part of Duke is without question spelled with one letter, K.

The artist known as Coach K is currently working on his next masterpiece, this year's Team USA that will compete on the world level. 

Lets be honest, I don't know how many BP gas stations are currently having a sale where you get a free car wash with a fill up.  Unfortunately, the NBA stars are about as interested in Team USA as BO with one of these sales.

The Olympic team (this team in the future) is indirectly very important to Duke.  Next year Duke is going to have a run, and gun offense led by a strong defense.  What better way to work on such a thing than with the pro guys that do it for a living.

The National Team does not have the Three Kings (Alaska?  right... google "The Decision"), their best player is arguably Kevin Durant.  They are going to have to play solid defense and run.  Just like next year's Duke team.

Carrying on with the softer side of the BP theme, lets look at Carolina Basketball.

A few short years ago UNC hired a recruiter of a coach named Roy Williams.  A couple of championships later UNC is the runners up of one of the best NCAA tourney's in the nation.  Unfortunately for the light blue crowd, it was the NIT! 

After a down year, UNC is starting to wonder if Roy is simply a recruiter and just a shell of a coach.

How in the world does this even come close to a BP-like disaster?  Well, lets play best/worst case scenario.

Worst Case (for UNC):  Duke continues their run atop the D1 mountain winning back to back titles for the second time under Coach K.  K vows to stay with Duke for another ten years, Kyrie Irving stays another year, and Duke led by Seth Curry and Irving win the first college three-peat since the Wooden days.

UNC on the other hand continues their uncharacteristic decline.  The Zeller brothers end up being a Josh McRoberts-like flop, and UNC is forced to fire Roy Williams.  The forced firing is due to NCAA infractions just like he did at Kansas.

That equals a BP level disaster on the Carolina front!

Since this is a Duke Blog, we won't talk about the other way this could go.

This is all in fun.  When you add blood to the shark tank they go nuts, and that is exactly what every Duke fan NEEDS to be doing.  Duke are the champs, and UNC spiraled.  Enjoy this run!