People saying this team didn’t accomplish much just don’t understand the game of basketball. Duke has been to the Final Four 18 times and have won the championship 5 times. That shows you how hard it is to win it all. As Pisgah said, this team was in every game that it loss during the final minute of play. Coaching is just like life, you learn as you go along. Coach Scheyer has gotten better each year and will continue to get better. Duke fans are spoiled and expect a title each year. Jon will bring one home soon. He was a great competitor as a player and I know he’s hurt more than anyone. Look at Coach Sampson, with all his experience he still couldn’t get it done.

bullcity gamer said:

I like the direction Scheyer has Duke going. He’s smart and will continue to Evolve.

3 Seasons at The Helm
2 undefeated seasons at Cameron Indoor Stadium
1 ACC Regular Season Championship
2 ACC Tournament Championships
2 Elite 8s
1 Final 4

Duke will continue to be Fine

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and 89-22

christophero said:

This may not improve your mood, but we also get a week of "I love Duke but I am taking my talents to the NBA/transfer portal". Hopefully we get a pleasant surprise or two.

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Chris you're right. That's up next. OFC

Really hoping this ignorance is cleared up quickly. With the draft looming and many projecting him a top 10 pick, this impacts his entire future.

Watched Opus. John Malkovich is so damn talented. He can sing, dance, and apparently lead a cult. I'm a sucker for anything horror that involves a cult.

I think there is more than just this lawsuit that’s already been filed. College sports is in turmoil . Don’t know what the answer is to fix it either.
I’d assume we will see a lot more as NIL payouts become bigger . I mean BYU just gave A.J $7 million for six months . That’s only I think 6 million off from a lottery pic starting contract . Now you look at some of the star “ College” players over the years who never made it to the league who stayed four years on winning tourney teams .

kingbluedevil said:

We need defensive coach ,what is Shane Battier doing these days

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Chilling in Charlotte NC

^ Exactly what Blue said. Only 1 Team out of 365 Division I Men’s College Basketball Teams wins the National Championship each year in a single game loss elimination tournament.

If it was so easy then every team would have 1 National Championship already.

pisgah101 said:

The way Duke recruits I'm not so sure. The freshman model is quickly becoming a dinosaur. We will probably never see a freshman class like this again and didn't get squat from it. Duke better revisit how they want to build a team in the future.

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Didn’t get squat? Huh? We won the ACC regular season and tourney, made the final four and lost a total of 4 games ALL in the last seconds
Seems pretty accomplished. Don’t let the last few min of the last game take away from how great this team was all year
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I'm sure at the beginning of the season we would all be ecstatic to have the record we did this year. And don't forget beating the Cheats 3 times!!!
At the end, only 1 team will be happy and become champions.

The way Duke recruits I'm not so sure. The freshman model is quickly becoming a dinosaur. We will probably never see a freshman class like this again and didn't get squat from it. Duke better revisit how they want to build a team in the future.
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Didn’t get squat? Huh? We won the ACC regular season and tourney, made the final four and lost a total of 4 games ALL in the last seconds
Seems pretty accomplished. Don’t let the last few min of the last game take away from how great this team was all year

Logan's Run is one of my favorites, although Star Wars came along the next year and blew it out of the water.

christophero said:

I think in the book it was 21 so it checks out.

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Even better lol, I’m pretty sure in the feature film it was 30. Ah, Hollywood they always F with the classics. 😅

I think in the book it was 21 so it checks out.

The way Duke recruits I'm not so sure. The freshman model is quickly becoming a dinosaur. We will probably never see a freshman class like this again and didn't get squat from it. Duke better revisit how they want to build a team in the future.
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I’m convinced that the folks at Duke should write the sequel to Logan‘s Run. Now in that movie they killed people once they turned 30. In the Duke scripted sequel I guess 18.5 or 19.5 would be the cut off for eradication?

It's a tricky balance. We will see this week if our returning guys want to compete with the 5 stars or transfer out.

4 combined free throws in first half. 31 in second half. Helluva job refs.

Watched the Crazies, a decent horror flick. The remake. Gonna put on battlestar Galactica now. "Even now there may be brothers of man fighting for survival far across the universe." My favorite show as a kid. It holds up pretty well. From 1978.

All I can say is I hope the NCAA gets the portal in check. NIL in check. And get rid of these 23-25 and 5/6 year players and it may get back to somewhat normal... Then we will start to see non superstar freshman players matter more. More emphasis on true development and team building and more of the norm... I would just love to see true Duke Development of our players like the old days. Mix good system pieces with star freshman... Takes full Buy-in though.

christophero said:

I'm not the biggest OAD fan in the world but we did just go to the final four.

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I like the direction Scheyer has Duke going. He’s smart and will continue to Evolve.

3 Seasons at The Helm
2 undefeated seasons at Cameron Indoor Stadium
1 ACC Regular Season Championship
2 ACC Tournament Championships
2 Elite 8s
1 Final 4

Duke will continue to be Fine

I'm not the biggest OAD fan in the world but we did just go to the final four. I think we came closer with the transfers this year than we usually do.

Clayton Jr is special. Enjoy watching him. Duke had a guard of his caliber exactly 10 years ago. But no worries; another teenager on the way to save the day!

Hey Kelvin, we heard “defense this and defense that” It was Florida’s defense though that mattered in the end.

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dadecodevil said:

I hate the whole SEC and I live in Florida, so it sucks watching someone else win our championship. We will be back ladies and gentlemen! Considering the leap we made this year, I think there's a scenario where we are back next year!

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The way Duke recruits I'm not so sure. The freshman model is quickly becoming a dinosaur. We will probably never see a freshman class like this again and didn't get squat from it. Duke better revisit how they want to build a team in the future.

I hope so.

I hate the whole SEC and I live in Florida, so it sucks watching someone else win our championship. We will be back ladies and gentlemen! Considering the leap we made this year, I think there's a scenario where we are back next year!