Shame on all the Duke fans who talked trash about D Lively when he was playing for Duke and were calling him a bust before he even stepped foot on an nba court.

Duke's ACCT pool is with N.C. State and Virginia Tech.

Schedule will be out tomorrow.

As a Canadian, there wasn't a ton of college ball on TV but I was lucky enough to start watching the year Duke finally broke through and won their first title. I've been hooked ever since.

I think we will end up with that line up.

I truly believe the best lineup next season is Foster, Proctor, Flagg, Brown, Maluach. I think that lineup has everything. Experience, scoring, size and defense.

I'm just throwing it out there but it doesn't matter what I think. It matters what Jon thinks.

I thought Lubin already visited last week? Is he visiting again??

I just don’t get why everyone is suggesting Flagg at the 4? Why even bring in Brown and Gillis then?? They are natural 4’s and Flagg is a SF. The players that might have a tough time with minutes is Kon &/or Harris. I would go with the veteran players at least to start. Now will Flagg play some 4 and Brown some 5, it depends on Ngongba and if Duke goes to small lineup again. I hope not.

Every year people assume we are getting the best version of the incoming freshman, and that is true about half the time.

The minutes will be a little easier to predict once we know which player is getting foot surgery in early October.

But seriously, I think Proctor and Flagg are the only guaranteed starters. We have a lot of options, and practices should be super competitive. I hope Mal is amazing and ready but he is a wildcard.
College sports has become every man for himself, including Jon. If Mal is still raw or needs time, Jon shouldn’t be starting him, he should be trying to win games.

What Would Jesus Do? said:

I'd put Flagg 100% at SF if possible, but who else is going to play PF? And if the wings look seriously log-jammed now, imagine if he grabs more time there.

Should either of the huge frosh play PF? Will either be able to give more minutes? So often these big youngsters can't handle lots of minutes.

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You have both Brown and Gillis to help man the pf spot . Flagg will be there briefly but no need . Like in my response to Chris with this move there really isn’t a log jam any where. It free’s up Evans, Knup and Harris to back up the sg and sf spot . Duke has never played 11 players and don’t think you see it constantly this season either unless injury .

christophero said:

Another option would be Cooper at the 4 and Mal at the 5, with Brown backing up both. It's irrelevant what Cooper will play in the NBA he will play where Duke needs him. I do think Mal will be our starting 5 eventually. I have read that Gillis played a lot of 4 at Purdue, and played it well, but having a huge 5 probably helped with that.

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Not if you read the article by his father it’s not . Mal is your starting five . And just like you said Gillis can play some at the four backing up Brown which in return keeps experience in the front court with Sion, Proctor and Foster keeping experience in the back court . Flagg is a small forward and playing him extended minutes at the four is crazy given the make up of this roster . The log jam isn’t really a log jam when you look at who can play where and Duke never goes 11 deep so yes one to two players are odd man out .
By the way Duke recruited him to play sf .

Another option would be Cooper at the 4 and Mal at the 5, with Brown backing up both. It's irrelevant what Cooper will play in the NBA he will play where Duke needs him. I do think Mal will be our starting 5 eventually. I have read that Gillis played a lot of 4 at Purdue, and played it well, but having a huge 5 probably helped with that.

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True but we are deep at the wing and Flagg at the 3 squeezes those guys out.

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That's is my thinking, too.

You want Flagg on the floor for as many minutes as he can handle. So the question becomes whether it's better to have him on the floor out of position, or on the floor less.

If Brown can give good long minutes at PF, meaning Flagg plays mostly at SF, that's great. But then which of the top-20 freshmen rides the bench to, in effect, make room for Brown?

sheyduke said:

If Flagg only plays 10 minutes at SF then we are playing him out of position to much and the roster does not make sense . I’d switch his minutes around .

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I'd put Flagg 100% at SF if possible, but who else is going to play PF? And if the wings look seriously log-jammed now, imagine if he grabs more time there.

Should either of the huge frosh play PF? Will either be able to give more minutes? So often these big youngsters can't handle lots of minutes.

sheyduke said:

McCain isn’t returning. Think you mean Foster.

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Yep. Sorry about that. I'll fix it. Thanks.

Went there

timritterus said:

Yeah, we needed two of these...

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lol seriously

christophero said:

I am not from North Carolina. What is a wuffie? I guess Wolfpack.

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lol that’s what he calls them

Quick recap of today's loss to UNC.

Duke will be seeded ... somewhere between 6-8, if my quick math is correct, in next week's ACC tournament. I'll update here when the bracket and schedule are finalized.

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I am not from North Carolina. What is a wuffie? I guess Wolfpack.

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I would assume Chris . lol not sure they are usually just referred to as State or the Wolfpack here.

christophero said:

True but we are deep at the wing and Flagg at the 3 squeezes those guys out.

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But if you look. Knup played pg-sf in highschool. Harris sg-sf . Evan’s played sg-sf . So that’s Evan’s off the bench for Flagg and Knup and Harris splitting low minutes at sg . Flagg was recruited to Duke to be a sf not even a stretch four .
If you,” Do not play or start “ two true highly rated centers then you are sending a message you do not use bigs . All the evidence needed to back this up can go back to Coleman and look at the loss of bigs since him . You pretty much lost an entire frontcourt this season to no playing time ( Reeves,Power, and Stewart ). Reeves being the exception because a fresh start is what he needed and he couldn’t stay healthy . Gillis can also play some sf-pf if needed for low stretches .
I get I’m not the coach and I believe in Scheyer however I do believe you got Mal to commit as him being the starting center . Brown to commit in order to play his natural position pf and only briefly at center . There fore I do agree with twenty minutes at sf for Flagg and ten at Pf which then frees up the other ten minutes for Evans, Gillis, Knup and Harris at the sf-sg spots . I also do believe that between Proctor, Foster and Sion there will be possibly 15 minutes to be had in the back court for Knup, Harris, Gillis and Evans.
Kinda going to be fun to see how these lineups play out come November.

True but we are deep at the wing and Flagg at the 3 squeezes those guys out.

Yeah, we needed two of these...

I maintain the thought that trying to stretch Oschell and Tallon into starters in the preseason backfired and is why they've had subpar seasons.

Might apply more to Oschell than Tallon, since Tallon's troubles really started last year in the series at Miami.