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Mac9192 said:
Evans no doubt made the most of his time, and should probably play more than he has. But I don't think he should have started the 2nd half over Kon. Even though he hasn't hit a lot of shots on the road, he brings so much to the table. He's better than I thought he was going to be.

I also feel we have enough talent that no one should be playing 35+ minutes a game. So hopefully Jon can at least keep an 8 man rotation.
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I agree that Kon is much better than I thought he would be. But the starting unit was -15 last night, with us winning by 6. Now, Maluach wasn't great last night, but Kon wasn't giving us anything either and he got beat on defense more than once. The starting unit was awful against Kansas too.

Evans didn't give us anything in the second half, and IMO it was due to his minutes being yanked around, he lost his rhythm.
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DukeDallas9192011015 said:
I believe Jon's leash for Kon is way too long, last night Evans should have started the 2nd half for Kon. Kon plays hard, and the 3 WILL fall for him again, but last night Evans was the man. Another gripe was our play at the end of the 1st half, guess what play we ran??? Everyone stand around and let Flagg go 1 on 1, he got away with a push off, and missed a very tough jumper. Why didn't we run any action?
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Evans no doubt made the most of his time, and should probably play more than he has. But I don't think he should have started the 2nd half over Kon. Even though he hasn't hit a lot of shots on the road, he brings so much to the table. He's better than I thought he was going to be.

I also feel we have enough talent that no one should be playing 35+ minutes a game. So hopefully Jon can at least keep an 8 man rotation.
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Neue Regel said:
Kon is such a threat though overall, yet I certainly can’t defend his overall outside shooting stats of late. But I say let’s shift minutes from Gillis to Evans and slide over some of Kon’s.

Like Spatola was saying the other day if Gillis is not hitting that’s a big deal as that’s his first big task. And he was 46% with Purdue last year from 3. If Evans is not hitting, I still think Evans can do a lot of other things better than Gillis can.
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I think Gillis' 46% last year is a bit fools gold due to the attention that Edey drew for Purdue. Regardless, he has to hit threes to play for us. He seems like a great locker room guy though whether he is playing or not.
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SEC completely curbstomped our conference …

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SWEc/o95 said:
Glad Duke didn’t contribute to that in a negative way but how embarrassing is that for the ACC and what needs to change?
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1. Very embarrassing -- as in, Tuesday night might be the worst regular-season day for ACC basketball in its history.

2. Get better?

I've spent a lot of time and oxygen defending the ACC over the last couple of years but this just seems indefensible. The ACC is 3-26 this season against the SEC. If I get the time, I'll look up the head-to-heads against other power conferences -- I'm guessing it's not quite that ugly, but still on the wrong side of .500.

As @DukeDallas9192011015 points out, the coaching talent has dried up. That, plus the financial deficit, is why the league is where it is. I'm not sure there's a solution other than ACC schools doing what the SEC did 7-8 years ago, which has essentially boiled down to pouring more money into its basketball programs.
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DukeDallas9192011015 said:
I don't want to sound negative. But were we prepared?? We got down 12-2 very quick. Thank god he took a timeout at that point though. All of our big games, once the game gets into a flow, we ALWAYS make a run, because we are the better and more talented team. It's the first 4/last 4 minutes of each half that I worry about. How much of that is coaching? How much of that is freshman? I'm not sure honestly.

I believe Jon's leash for Kon is way too long, last night Evans should have started the 2nd half for Kon. Kon plays hard, and the 3 WILL fall for him again, but last night Evans was the man. Another gripe was our play at the end of the 1st half, guess what play we ran??? Everyone stand around and let Flagg go 1 on 1, he got away with a push off, and missed a very tough jumper. Why didn't we run any action?

Tough to complain much though. We are the #1 Ken Pom defense in the country. And all 3 of Jon's years, we have been good on defense. It seems that he teaches defense over offense more in the offseason, which I like.
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Kon is such a threat though overall, yet I certainly can’t defend his overall outside shooting stats of late. But I say let’s shift minutes from Gillis to Evans and slide over some of Kon’s.

Like Spatola was saying the other day if Gillis is not hitting that’s a big deal as that’s his first big task. And he was 46% with Purdue last year from 3. If Evans is not hitting, I still think Evans can do a lot of other things better than Gillis can.
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SEC completely curbstomped our conference …

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I'd rather the ACC win 2 games and one of those be a Duke win over winning 14 and a Duke loss.

I think we are finally seeing the effects of the fact that SEC football prints money and you can only build so many new football locker rooms/facilities. Those schools are starting to put that money into the basketball programs: a lot of the big time transfers chose SEC schools, and most of those schools have more NIL money than anyone.

I'm worried about the ACC (if it's even a conference in 10 years) but will UVA ever be good again without Bennett??? Syracuse lost Boeheim. ND lost Brey. UL has been a disaster for a few years now. FSU hasn't been good for a few years (Hamilton retires this year I bet.) We are a poor conference compared to the other big boys due to lack of football dominance. And our commissioner signed the worst television contract in the history of NCAA television contracts.
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Uh Oh in UNC land

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Neue Regel said:
I was on a plane and didn’t get to see. But I sure saw the score during our game once I got to my destination. Was Bama nailing the long ball as usual?
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Bama shot 12/33 which for them is probably right at average. UNC just looked awful, highlighted by RJ going 7/24. They are a poor rebounding team, and they had a lot of dumb turnovers which led to Alabama dunks.
Honestly if Alabama shot well it would have been a 30 point massacre.
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The_Only_Blue said:
What a difference not having Bacot in there rebounding all the misses.
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Yep!!, we’ve seen this before. Kudos to RJ for a fabulous season last year. But often times when you lose that one key guy as part of your core group(Bacot) it can change the entire dynamic. There is no Bacot to draw attention and suddenly Davis’s small stature along with their small backcourt overall is becoming exposed.
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Official game day thread- Duke vs Auburn

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LetsGoDuke83 said:
Home run transfers, not seeing it from Gillis tho. Rather have evans get those minutes
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Big time win last night over #2 Auburn, a tough team. They’re gonna have a great year and both teams may see each other again.

I’ve brought up in passing the Evans/Harris thing, but for those of you who have consistently hammered the Evans/playing time thing. Tip of the hat to you! What a performance in that first half! And that was all in one half but absolutely critical.

Duke missed ten (10) free throws, the game would have been a little less dramatic had they hit a few more. They must get better at that! A very fun game overall last night!

A word of caution to our SEC friends, remember how it has turned out in March so often regarding conference performance in the NCAA Tournament? How many times have we seen the so called best leagues all go down in the first weekend?

ACC’s history in the NCAA’s speaks for itself..

Note* Proctor’s “top of the key 3” last night, killer shot!
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DukeDallas9192011015 said:
Jon tried this in the Seattle game. We had 3 offensive possessions and scored 0. Maliq missed an open 3, we had a turnover, and Flagg missed a contested jumper. Defenses aren't guarding Mal/Brown away from the basket. So our only hope is for one of them to make an open 3. Not ideal.

Defensively the lineup would be insane, but our defense is fine, we need more offense, and this lineup is our worst possible offensive lineup.
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I don't think that was a 'for real' moment. It might've been, 'let me see what it looks like'.
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Official game day thread- Duke vs Auburn

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Mr.Scary13 said:
Many on this board has stated that Evans needs playing time instead of rotting on the bench because his shooting would make a difference. Jon finally stopped being a bone head about it last night and look at the results. Duke was +16 with Evans on the floor last night, by the way.
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Ah, the hit dog yelps.

I think that's a really stupid take. Jon sees him practice every day. He knows he has great upside. That's why he recruited him. There is a reason he hasn't played much and we're unlikely to know it any time soon.

He played great last night and I hope it's a sign that he is ready for more consistent minutes.
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DukeDallas9192011015 said:
Maluach wasn't great last night but he was also going against the possible National POY. Most believe we win the Kentucky game if Maluach doesn't get cramps, there is an important role for him still on this team. I think it's more matchup dependant but overall I see Mal/Brown getting about a 20/20 minute split. And no, they can't be on the court together, Jon tried this in the Seattle game and the best shots we could get were Mal/Brown open 3's because they weren't being guarded. Maybe they could for a defensive possesion or 2.

Regardless......HUGE WIN!!! EVANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be in the building Sunday.
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Same! Want to meet up somewhere to do some pregaming before the game?

I’ll more than likely arrive around 2 or 3pm on Sunday.
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