- Keith Krehbiel: An Artist Like It's 1999
I found an old drawing in my desk drawer. The "artist" is <a href="https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/facultyprofiles/biomain.asp?id=49414009">Keith Krehbiel</a>, famed political scientist at Stanford.
To set the scene, the background for this drawing was the end of the 1999 NCAA tournament where Trajan "The Alaskan Assassin" Langdon screwed the pooch on two consecutive trips down the floor. The Krehbiel drawing immortalizes the second trip. Here is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAlB8-4Gnnk">the video of the end of the game</a>. The relevant events start at about 1:45. Dr. Krehbiel was moved to artistic expression....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vKS4ieopgaQ/S5-rrSw6fRI/AAAAAAAAAug/3dSIRcbrU2M/s1600-h/Krehbiel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vKS4ieopgaQ/S5-rrSw6fRI/AAAAAAAAAug/3dSIRcbrU2M/s400/Krehbiel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449262834401312018" /></a>
...by the "play" Duke ran. The reason I use scare quotes is that, as Dr. Krehbiel points out, the Duke players pretty much lined up for a rebound, and let Langdon bring the ball up by himself against three defenders. And, as Dr. Krehbiel further notes on the drawing, Langdon's nickname was "The Alaskan Assassin," not "The Speedy Alaskan Dribbler."
What happened was that Langdon dribbled up, stopped, tried to dribble between three defenders, and then fell down. Never took a shot, never made a pass.
Admittedly, Davidson ran this same (non)play against Kansas in the final 8 game three years ago. But Duke actually had other players, including Elton Brand, who might well have scored. And, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVUfRt_C04&feature=PlayList&p=77CDB82C1899B5E0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2">if you watch, Curry passed the ball</a> and at least they got a shot off. Yes, they missed, but the guys took a shot. Langdon took a dive.
Keith Krehbiel, artiste and man of the world: Thanks.
- Duke Is Key to KY Race
Kentucky senate races turn on ... Duke love?
Seriously, <a href="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/16/1183381/is-it-wildcats-vs-blue-devils.html">check this out....</a>
Though mentioning rival basketball teams in a U.S. Senate race is unusual, it's not uncommon for candidates to paint their opponents as outsiders, said Michael C. Munger, chairman of Duke's political science department.
Voters generally want to identify with the candidates they support, Munger said. "Many think, 'You are the same as I am, therefore I will vote for you.'"
As teams for the NCAA Tournament were selected Sunday night ? UK and Duke both received No. 1 seeds ? Secretary of State Trey Grayson launched an online ad highlighting his key Republican opponent's medical degree from Duke, in Durham N.C.
"In March, there's one big difference between Rand Paul and Trey Grayson," says the ad, which then shows an unflattering picture of Paul with a caption that says "I'm Rand Paul and I'm a Duke Blue Devil."
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