Cam deserves some credit for a few steals, playing great defense, hitting both his free throws at the end, and of course the dagger.
At half I thought he might check out.
At half I thought he might check out.
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Zion and RJ are ready marked men. I'm sure hof coach roy williams in both games will have the refs on the sideline bending their ears saying watch #1 and #5. They are grabbing, pushing and tripping my players. They've been doing it all night. This will come about the 18 minute mark in the 1st. half. That said I'm afraid the PTRF may be a little short for both games this year. Does anyone think if we set up a go fund me account can we get up enough cash to pull it off? Does anyone know about these funds and how to set one up? Once again please be discrete about this. Don't let this leave this board. OFC
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I was really impressed by them. Agree with the above that it reminded me of some old Duke teams with a lot of experience, effort, and some elite talent mixed in. I thought Duke missed some shots they should and could normally make but I definitely give TT’s defense credit for holding Duke in the 60s and cutting off our drives over and over again. I don’t think there are many teams that could have won that game against you guys.TTU fan here, curious your thoughts as an elite team. Are we heading in the right direction? Will we have a seat at the table one day with all the big boy teams?
Meh. You don’t have a team this good and as good as they are on offense if they don’t play team ball. They know their roles and they play them well. The assist numbers are down some against good teams, but not like they totally disappear. And the only reason you want to not count transition sharing is just to prove your point. That doesn’t fly, sorry not sorry. Transition is absolutely a part of this team and a good transition team is very much in sync.
Sorry not sorry? I’m criticizing the way the team plays half court basketball. Why would I count transition passing as passing in the half court setting? Sorry not sorry, but wrong. It’s obvious that duke struggles when duke can’t get transition points and can’t bully or out muscle teams in the half court setting. Duke had 11 assists tonight against tech, 12 against auburn and 9 against Gonzaga. Rj barret struggles and killed ball movement in each game. 9-25 , 7-20, 7-22 are his shooting stats. With a team as talented as we are, there’s no reason anyone should be taking 20 shots a game and signifies lack of movement. Ball movement in each game sucked. Look at tonight if you don’t believe me. 37/60 shots were taken by either jones or Barrett. Only 1 player other than jones had more than 1 assist. Obviously those are some of our best players, they’re going to take the most shots. But a bunch of those shots are either off 0-1 passes or created with no teamwork. It’s an area duke should improve going forward and is critical to our teams success
Sorry not sorry? I’m criticizing the way the team plays half court basketball. Why would I count transition passing as passing in the half court setting? Sorry not sorry, but wrong. It’s obvious that duke struggles when duke can’t get transition points and can’t bully or out muscle teams in the half court setting. Duke had 11 assists tonight against tech, 12 against auburn and 9 against Gonzaga. Rj barret struggles and killed ball movement in each game. 9-25 , 7-20, 7-22 are his shooting stats. With a team as talented as we are, there’s no reason anyone should be taking 20 shots a game and signifies lack of movement. Ball movement in each game sucked. Look at tonight if you don’t believe me. 37/60 shots were taken by either jones or Barrett. Only 1 player other than jones had more than 1 assist. Obviously those are some of our best players, they’re going to take the most shots. But a bunch of those shots are either off 0-1 passes or created with no teamwork. It’s an area duke should improve going forward and is critical to our teams success
Here's what we had for supper. True southerners call it supper. Fried chicken, tater salad, baked beans and hushpuppies. Ice cold coke and some " nanner puddin" -in honor of hof coach roy williams getting to hang in chapel hill a while longer.
OFC
Also riddle me this Batman, who do you want shooting more than RJ right now? His shooting sets up the rest of the offense. His True Shooting % is 56%, he gets to the line 1 time every 3 field goal attempts, he assists on 24% of his teammates field goals, all while his usage rate sits at 35%. Tell me again how he kills this team’s flow?
Sorry not sorry? I’m criticizing the way the team plays half court basketball. Why would I count transition passing as passing in the half court setting? Sorry not sorry, but wrong. It’s obvious that duke struggles when duke can’t get transition points and can’t bully or out muscle teams in the half court setting. Duke had 11 assists tonight against tech, 12 against auburn and 9 against Gonzaga. Rj barret struggles and killed ball movement in each game. 9-25 , 7-20, 7-22 are his shooting stats. With a team as talented as we are, there’s no reason anyone should be taking 20 shots a game and signifies lack of movement. Ball movement in each game sucked. Look at tonight if you don’t believe me. 37/60 shots were taken by either jones or Barrett. Only 1 player other than jones had more than 1 assist. Obviously those are some of our best players, they’re going to take the most shots. But a bunch of those shots are either off 0-1 passes or created with no teamwork. It’s an area duke should improve going forward and is critical to our teams success
You're not taking into consideration that time that he didn't do it right when he was in that one game where he tried to do that thing....and it didn't work at all.
Just thought I would mention this, since BluePhil has been dealing with an eye infection, who’s going to do the game ball poll? I realied during the game that we haven’t have had a game ball poll for the Princeton game yet. So that leaves us needing a game ball poll for both the Princeton game and the Texas Tech game.
Yeah I somehow missed the poll for the Princeton game but I found it and votedDukehokie did the Princeton ball poll earlier, Diehard. And the TT poll is up now also.
OFC
Now we get to wait 16 days for the next game.
Our game against Princeton was on my birthday and ironically our next game is on my older sisters birthday. Unfortunately out of me, her, my younger sister and my dad, she’s the only one that’s a UNC fan.I was just able to watch the game. Yikes! That outside shooting was damn scary....and not in a good way.
-Our defense is elite. It’s pretty refreshing having that confidence we’re capable to make stops.
-Tre Jones is a helluva player. If his shot can get more consistent, then he’s probably the best all-around point guard in the country.
-We’re a mediocre shooting team....at best. It was a worry of mine all summer. I’m afraid it’s a little worse than I feared. We have guys who are capable shooters and can carry us at times, but there isn’t a higher-volume 38 to 40 percent guy on this team.
-Both R.J. and Zion had a number of freshmen moments tonight. I’m not upset about them, but they’re frustrating, at the same time. Luckily, those same two guys made plays that take a lot of balls, too. (I wouldn’t be mad if Zion never shot a perimeter jumper again.)
-Jack White. BOOM!
-Did I mention our defense?
The Red Raiders are a good team. Culver is a potential lottery pick. It wasn’t pretty, but this is a really good win. Now we get to wait 16 days for the next game.
Big win tonight. Big.
I don’t see it tonight but I hope you are correct. TT plays together on the defensive end and with Zion with 3 fouls someone else is going to have to score
I was one last year....I’ve learned to breathe. This team is different and doesn’t have a Duval either lmaoLooking back through this thread at posts early in the game and then when the outcome was known is hilarious. Lots of jumping off and on the bandwagon.
Big win last night. Lots of adversity can only make us stronger. I can’t imagine us having a worse shooting night, yet we still win by double digits. Tre Jones is a freaking MAN on D.
+1000! Man for a min, I had to refresh my computer, could of sworn somehow I ended up on RR. Some go with which way the wind is blowing. Maybe time to drop anchor and hang in there for a min lol.Looking back through this thread at posts early in the game and then when the outcome was known is hilarious. Lots of jumping off and on the bandwagon.
Big win last night. Lots of adversity can only make us stronger. I can’t imagine us having a worse shooting night, yet we still win by double digits. Tre Jones is a freaking MAN on D.
That last part is almost not true to a point. He switched jerseys and now says Barrett on the back. Blame game is the same.I was one last year....I’ve learned to breathe. This team is different and doesn’t have a Duval either lmao
Because you’re choosing to single out a HUGE part of this offense. No the half court offense was not great tonight. Still shooting over 59% from 2 pt land. Take away the transition points and that percentage drops to a dismal 56%. I know...shocking right?!
Your argument is that this team does not share the ball well. Well you sir are WRONG. Show me some stats that show we don’t share the ball well this season. And “RJ drives into a crowd of 3 people” isn’t a stat. I’ll wait.
#sorrynotsorry
Right now Cam brings next to nothing on offense; I hope he breaks out of this funk soon. .
Looking back through this thread at posts early in the game and then when the outcome was known is hilarious. Lots of jumping off and on the bandwagon.