What most of you probably don't know is that the Dukie had a secret weapon at their disposal... a Secret Weapon of Cuteness!!! Yes, loyal BY viewers the famous Duke T-shirt nightgown!
But, you might ask yourself, how is this a Secret Weapon of Cuteness?!?!
Well, there is a great tale to this one.
It all started when we first dusted off the Duke Nightgown for use. It was for an early season Duke basketball contest. The Pizz donned the Nightgown... and the Dukies won.... hmmm....
But then came her Baptism... then Christmas... then life...
La di da...
Fast forward to this past Feb, when the Dukies were traveling to the hated Dean Dome to take on the crap Heels!! We needed an extra boost (since we had lost the last like 8 games to them), so we put on the Nightgown... Blammo! Duke Victory...
Are you getting the picture here? Good... somehow we didn't understand the power of the Nightgown just yet.
Then the last game of the season... Senior Night... the crap Heels at Duke... Put on the Nightgown for some extra boost... Wah-Lah! Another victory...
Hmm... we might be on to something here.
The ACC Tourney came... and with each game, the Nightgown came on... the Dukies rolled to the ACC crown! I looked at the Maine at the end of the tourney... do you think we have something here? Nah!
But, we trudged on... The tourney arrived, and for each Duke game the Nightgown was worn. It started to become the Secret Weapon of Cuteness.
But since she was usually in bed for all the games, stranger nuances to the SWC were developed... Before we put her to bed, we had to kiss the Duke emblem... Before the opening tip, we would run into her room, and gently kiss the SWC.... Before the start of the 2nd half, we would run into her room, and kiss the SWC... And then at the completion of another Duke Victory, we would kiss the SWC...
Clearly we had stumbled upon something great here. The Final Four arrived and the rituals were set in stone... (never mind the 3 tall Jack n' Cokes that the Editor had to drink to get through the game).... We made it to the Championship... Unbelievable...
Then Sunday morning, disaster.... Tee Tee Ess-plosion! Oh NO!!! She ess-ploded all over her crib and the SWC! Oh God, I thought... now the SWC was ruined... the mojo was gone forever.... Duke would lose.
I contemplated the options... have her wear the Tee-Tee SWC, trying to keep the mojo; forget the SWC and just have her wear a regular nightgown; or wash the SWC and hope the mojo is not washed away. I agonized over the options. So did the DQ. We didn't know what to do. Surely we couldn't have her wear a soiled nightgown. But this was the SWC and the National Championship!!! OH the Horror!
I made an executive decision. I voted for washing the SWC and re-wearing, hoping the mojo would hold. 
Around halfway through the second half last night, I seriously regretted my decision. I was killing myself over it... Had to make my 2nd round of tall Jack n' Coke to get through.
But somehow the SWC stayed true... and the Dukies won a nailbiter. All due to the SWC... whew!
I am waiting for the Pizz's Championship ring in the mail.
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