dukecorey said:

ACC is the fifth best conference right now. I would say ACC is little better than the West Coast Conference. They are most definitely behind SEC, Big 12, Big 10 and Big East. The ACC has two legitimate teams in Duke and Clemson. I would assume UNC will rebound and make the tournament. But after that the rest of the conference has an uphill battle to make it with how bad it is. There will be only a few Quad 1 or 2 games when conference games start. Embarrassing

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bullcity gamer said:

Chris, Singler and Nolan are my two favorite Blue Devils of All Time. Think if Kyrie doesn’t get hurt their Senior Year and they would have won back to back, both Singler’s and Smith’s jerseys would be hanging up in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

It was rough from 2007-2009 and I felt Singler and Smith were the catalysts in getting Duke back on track.

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jimlsumner said:

Duke will be fine as long as it can avoid the bad losses. No more going to Georgia Tech or some such and losing.

This is a young team, feeling pretty good about themselves right now. Can they stay focused and take care of business? We should know a lot more after the Louisville game this weekend.

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christophero said:

I think I ramble but thank you friend.

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christophero said:

Caught the 20 minute game recap after a long work week. Here are my thoughts.
1. My only negative. 13-2. There is no excuse for that. I get Jon is the slow and steady type, but this kind of slow start could doom us against the wrong team on a neutral floor.
2. Evans. Wow. This kid has star quality. 6 3 pointers in a half? Against the #2 team. Several of them were contested. My goodness this guy could be our Maggette off the bench.
3. Tyrese Proctor are you a dog? Well done sir. Several daggers, and some cockiness. We need this. Play with this edge and you could be special.
4. More subtle; but Foster had a really nice game. Some nice drives and finishes.
5. Cooper is figuring out how to score in the open court, and it is a thing of beauty. The kid is so smooth.
6. Brown is otherworldly on defense. His knack to disrupt the ball handler is uncanny. He needs more minutes.
7. Nate James (sorry Sion James) is a bulldog. we need that physicality. Really like his game. Can get carried away but you need that toughness.
8. Kon had a quiet game but made some big plays and sweet passes. This kid will be a factor for us this year.
9. It got physical/borderline dirty at one point and Brown was right there. He was like "not in our house." We need that guy.
10. No coincidence that Brown and Sion were in at crunch time, and made some key plays. Huge win. This team still has some issues(free throw shooting could be our doom) but they seem to be figuring it out. Great win coach Jon and team. This is something to build on.

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Duke_Fan_1338 said:

Malik at the 4 would kill our spacing offensively

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Dattier said:

If Pat can get healthy and earn some PT at the 5, I'd like to see Malik at the 4. It would give us an option for matching up with a team with 2 good bigs.

Hard to imagine Evans going back to barely playing. In the postgame, Jon said he's been working hard on defense in practice. I thought he worked hard and was scrappy on D last night.

Proctor was so clutch. Caleb played really well off the bench. Sion and Malik don't stand out in the box score, but wow! Do they do the little things and help us stay calm.

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