ADVERTISEMENT

Search results

  1. M

    Official game day thread Duke vs NC St round 3 ELITE EIGHT ADDITION

    I guess if you look at just these last two years the freshmen didn't live up to expectations, although Jared was pretty great this year and Flip was pretty great last year. In the K years, at least one of our freshmen lived up to expectations every year except 21. Paolo, AJ, Vernon, Cassius...
  2. M

    Unofficial game day thread- Duke vs UNCP

    Yes, the intensity dropped noticeably in the late first half and through the second. Built a massive lead and then let up against a top 10 DII team.
  3. M

    Unofficial game day thread- Duke vs UNCP

    We've had a lot of big teams and elite-level shot blocking in recent years and it's usually been our guard play/inability to hit perimeter shots that have done us in. Will interior defense be a concern? probably. Would it be nice to have a rim protector? yes. But I'm not sure it will...
  4. M

    Official Gameday Thread- Game 3 Duke vs Kansas

    Not sure who else on the team would have been better last night taking more of those shots away from Roach, it's not like our other players were lighting it up. Maybe Proctor? but he's had his struggles as well and my guess is that if he had 17 shots there would be posts about him being a bust...
  5. M

    NBA lowering age to 18?

    Well I'm not so sure that it's a good thing we allow 18 year old kids into the military, we mostly do it because they are the members of society that typically don't know what direction they want to go in and are full of enough anger and stupidity. Our military academies, however, seem to be a...
  6. M

    NBA lowering age to 18?

    But we already see every year more underclassmen declare and stay in the draft than there are picks in the draft. Of course thirty high schoolers won't be drafted, that doesn't mean they won't enter the draft just like how we have many college freshmen and sophomores every year that enter the...
  7. M

    NBA lowering age to 18?

    It's been a while since being "league ready" mattered. We've seen guys who were not league ready leave after one or two years so I don't see why we shouldn't expect guys to jump out of high school even if they aren't league ready, whether from bad advice or an over-inflated sense of their skill...
  8. M

    NBA lowering age to 18?

    I think it's going to be bad for college basketball. We're still going to have OAD's, plenty of DJ Steward's out there, but we won't get the benefit and excitement of the elite level guys like Paolo and Zion. It's not going to be like pre-2006, we'll see way more guys jumping out high school...
  9. M

    2022 NBA Draft discussion

    I get people may be frustrated with the one and done thing but we've been to 3 Elite 8's out of the last 4 seasons (excluding 2020) with 1 Final Four and coming within a few points of 3 Final Fours. Not exactly the best but also pretty damn good. Having talent helps and Duke will be plenty...
  10. M

    2022 NBA Draft discussion

    Proctor is 18. Same as any other incoming college freshman.
  11. M

    Another wrinkle in the recruiting and future of CBB

    If they forego getting paid a salary by OTE then it seems no different than if they went to IMG or Oak Hill.
  12. M

    Coach K & Amaker

    My problem with it isn't that K called Amaker to tell him he preferred Scheyer. It's that the author included a bunch of conjecture based on unnamed sources that the reasons K preferred Scheyer was so that he would have more control over the younger coach and wouldn't rock the boat with the...
  13. M

    Coach K & Amaker

    According to ESPN, the book also examines how the NCAA favors Duke. The book is definitely a hit piece on K and Duke and any mentions of sources or people in the know should be taken with a grain of salt.
  14. M

    Battle of Incoming 2022 Duke Recruits

    Basically the entirety of the last 7 years Duke has seen a lot of turnover year to year. I'm thinking next year may be a little bit like the 2016 or 2020 teams, worst case like the 2012 team. I didn't watch last nights game and won't get a chance to see today's games but I am still amazed that...
  15. M

    B10/ACC challenge

    Pretty well sums up the rest of the night for the ACC.
  16. M

    Like I’ve said from day 1

    The 2010 championship point guard lost on the road to a subpar NCState team (they were an NIT team). Our last championship point guard got beat badly at home to a subpar Miami team (also an NIT team) in which the Miami guards ran circles around ours. That game caused many fans to say that team...
  17. M

    ***DUKE VS KENTUCKY - CHAMPIONS CLASSIC - OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***

    Lol it was the first half of the season against a high quality opponent in a big time atmosphere. Our guys are good and will be challenging for championships this year.
  18. M

    Countdown to craziness schedule

    Roach had 8 assists and only 2 turnoverrs. That will be his role, run the team, set people up, take care of the ball, and play defense.
  19. M

    OT (sort of) Brad Stevens

    hmm so he struggles to get on the same level with fiery, passionate players. When Duke is struggling in the first half of a game and playing lackluster we see how fiery Coach K can get and he is well known for his passionate pre-game and halftime speeches. Brad Stevens would be quite the...
  20. M

    Coleman enters transfer portal

    I'll hold out on that notion until we see the final results from Roach and Williams. If those two are key starters on a Final Four or National Championship team then it won't seem as terrible. It's like the 2011 class that early on looked bad when Rivers, Gbinije, and Murphy left after the loss...
ADVERTISEMENT
Top Bottom
Back