Jon going to have to make some major adjustments or we are foe sure going home.
NCAA round of 32 official game day thread- Duke vs Tennessee
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They better get their entire basketball life together for the second half! Let’s go DUKE!
I dont really know what adjustments there are to make. Horrible matchup and we need mitchel to match physicality
It's not like Tennessee is shooting the air out of the ball either. they're beating us with defense
Missing Mitchell big time today. This is what I was afraid of.
They aren’t playing dirty they are playing ball . Either score or return to Durham . Tennessee wants it more .
Scared of what? Its near impossible to play through alot of the contact they are getting away with. Should Jon put in a scrub and tell him to knock someone's teeth out on Tennessee to wake the officials up?
Mitchell out has deflated me. Never did I imagine there would be a 14-2 run in Tenn favor in this game. This game is a nasty nasty slug fest and I don’t like it. And the boys don’t like it neither.
Yeah no idea how anyone thought this would be an easy game. Regroup and let's go
They’re getting away with what the refs are letting them get away with, but it’s pretty ****ing stupid.
Duke can’t . Tennessee is playing tough while Duke is playing soft
Our youth is showing but our experience players arent helping by stepping up...this is where you need a senior leader...if they dont sort it out in the second half then we are done. Time for Roach to step up
they need to press and/or mix in a 1-3-1. Get after them. Start rotating Blakes in since Roach has 3.
That was a very weak last ten minutes. Suddenly we look like a bunch of freshmen again. No confidence. Weak shooting. Missing FTs. Too many turnovers. There’s a lot of game left. I know we joke about body language but no joke right now, our body language sucks. And TN feasted in this last 10 mins.
Whitehead and Roach have to absolutely go off. They gotta drive, get fouled, hit free throws, and knock down threes. We need our own 14-2 run.
hopefully, Duke comes out and mugs the shit out of them for 20 minutes and force the refs to call it.
Mitchell out hurts bad but we’re Getting out hustled no excuse for some of these plays.
It has been my experience games with even foul calls and free throws are usually the worst reffed games...
Duke has to step up. Officials are letting UT get away with murder. Such a dirty team.
Me personally, I thought it would be tight early and Duke pulling away later. Not close. That was before Mitchell getting hurt. Yes, Mitchell makes that much of a difference for us, especially in THIS game. Duke went up 6, Tenn responded. Can Duke respond being down 6?
Officials aren't going to call shit. They already stated earlier in the game that Tennessee is one of the worst teams in the country at putting opponents on the line and Duke has a grand total of 4 in 20 minutes. Isolate Whitehead and tell him to show what he's made of. They are killing Roach and nothing is being called.
It's going to be tough. Mitchell is made for this game and we don't have him. Thats a horse we're missing today.
I wouldn't go drastic change. Leading to easy baskets for them.
We should feel confident starting the 2nd Half playing our style.
If we can't handle this then we weren't going to Win anyway
Gut check time. We know what we need to do. Vols are 1 trick pony. Execute or return home.
Gut check time. We know what we need to do. Vols are 1 trick pony. Execute or return home.
the good news is we're down 6. We should probably be down more.
But if we can adjust, limit turnovers, and hit a few shots we can still make this a game
But if we can adjust, limit turnovers, and hit a few shots we can still make this a game
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