Duke: The DEFENSE!!!

[hart2chesson]

Does my heart good to see stats like this:



Did I say I LOVED THIS TEAM!!!?? Btw, that metric is points per possession allowed. I think anything under 1.0 is good, but Look at where our Devils are!!!!!!

OFC

 

[DukeRulesBasketball]

Does my heart good to see stats like this:

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Did I say I LOVED THIS TEAM!!!?? Btw, that metric is points per possession allowed. I think anything under 1.0 is good, but Look at where our Devils are!!!!!!

OFC

If we keep that up, with our offense getting better, there is a good chance we could end up in the final four.

 

[hart2chesson]

If we keep that up, with our offense getting better, there is a good chance we could end up in the final four.

Duke Rules AMEN!!! OFC

 

[JohnstonCDevil]

Does my heart good to see stats like this:

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Did I say I LOVED THIS TEAM!!!?? Btw, that metric is points per possession allowed. I think anything under 1.0 is good, but Look at where our Devils are!!!!!!

OFC

That list can't be right! Where are the cheats??????
OFC

 

[LetsGoDukies]

Something folks don't pay as much attention to it seems is team rebounding. Duke is currently #5 in rebound margin. I think this team is statistically the best we've had in several years but a lot of that is relevant to the competition.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/151

 

[Quavarius]

Something folks don't pay as much attention to it seems is team rebounding. Duke is currently #5 in rebound margin. I think this team is statistically the best we've had in several years but a lot of that is relevant to the competition.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/151

Reminds me of the 2010 team. They rebounded and K played a deeper bench with Miles, Mason, Ryan Kelly and Andre Dawkins coming off the bench.

 

[QC Dukie]

Reminds me of the 2010 team. They rebounded and K played a deeper bench with Miles, Mason, Ryan Kelly and Andre Dawkins coming off the bench.

I think this team reminds a lot of us of the 2010 squad. We all know how that ended. Probably K’s best coaching job. IMO

 

[jwill133]

Reminds me of the 2010 team. They rebounded and K played a deeper bench with Miles, Mason, Ryan Kelly and Andre Dawkins coming off the bench.

You mean that "alarmingly unathletic" Duke squad???

 

[Quavarius]

You mean that "alarmingly unathletic" Duke squad???

Whatever happened to that analyst? I don’t see him anywhere.

 

[Quavarius]

I think this team reminds a lot of us of the 2010 squad. We all know how that ended. Probably K’s best coaching job. IMO

10 year anniversary could be sweet!

 

[dukiejay]

Reminds me of the 2010 team. They rebounded and K played a deeper bench with Miles, Mason, Ryan Kelly and Andre Dawkins coming off the bench.

We didn't play a very deep bench that year. In fact, our big three all averaged over 35 mpg with Jon barely under 37. It was primarily a seven, at some instances, eight man rotation. Ryan didn't figure in much and even Mason and Andre averaged less than 15 mpg.

Other than that, though....this team carries a lot of similarities.

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

We didn't play a very deep bench that year. In fact, our big three all averaged over 35 mpg with Jon barely under 37. It was primarily a seven, at some instances, eight man rotation. Ryan didn't figure in much and even Mason and Andre averaged less than 15 mpg.

Other than that, though....this team carries a lot of similarities.

If I’m remembering correctly didn’t a lot of people refer to the 2010 team as Eight is Enough”?

 

[Quavarius]

We didn't play a very deep bench that year. In fact, our big three all averaged over 35 mpg with Jon barely under 37. It was primarily a seven, at some instances, eight man rotation. Ryan didn't figure in much and even Mason and Andre averaged less than 15 mpg.

Other than that, though....this team carries a lot of similarities.

Yes, the “deep” part was with our BIGS and with Ryan playing stretch 4 who could also be used as a Big or to spell a guard/forward. Dawkins hit some big 3’s in the Baylor game in the Elite 8 as well. So not exactly like 2010, but pretty close.

 

[dukiejay]

If I’m remembering correctly didn’t a lot of people refer to the 2010 team as Eight is Enough”?

That was 2015 after Suliamon was dismissed.

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

That was 2015 after Suliamon was dismissed.

I should’ve known that I was remembering wrong. The older I get the worse my memory gets. I’ve been suffering from CRS for years. lol

 

[Mac9192]

The neat thing, if I remember correctly on the 2010 team, is K ran everything around Scheyer, Singler, and Smith. Limited their practice times as well as basically slowing the game down to a degree so as not to wear those 3 out.
I’d say it was a brilliant move. Agree with QC that 10 may have been his best job. 94 right there too.

 

[jwill133]

Whatever happened to that analyst? I don’t see him anywhere.

Doug "kicked out of ND for credit card fraud" Gottilieb is at Fox now.
Fox doesn't do a lot of college basketball coverage so not too sure why he is there. The only time I ever hear from him is he does fill-ins for Colin Cowherd.
Listening to a college basketball guy talk all NFL and NBA is pretty terrible.

 

[LONMUNU]

I’m interested to see how not having Moore out there affects our defense.

 

[YNWA196]

If I’m remembering correctly didn’t a lot of people refer to the 2010 team as Eight is Enough”?

That was the 2015 team.

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

That was the 2015 team.

Yeah I know. Someone has already pointed out that I was remembering wrong lol