Official game day thread- Duke bs hofstra

[christophero]

Good to see Blakes flourishing. I don't care about upside or how many stars you have; I care about production and effort. Flip looks great; we will need this Flip going forward.
We wore Hofstra down. As we should.

 

[GAAP]

How is Blakes not a team captain?

 

[LetsGoDuke83]

Ball movement tonight has been fantastic

 

[christophero]

Nice win to build up to the Baylor game. We need to give them a good game; a blowout and we are back to square one. If we battle and its close and we lose I will be okay with that.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Hofstra is good enough to win their league. I'm impressed with how hard they play. We took their best shot and locked in defensively at the end of the 1st half and for most of the second half. We held them well below their season average. Great ball movement. D is improving.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Good MOJO going into Baylor. 8 days for Proctor to hopefully get healthy and keep the momentum going. We ended up taking it to Hofstra, but that's a good mid major.

 

[christophero]

Hofstra's okay, maybe an NIT team. But still a good win. We held serve the last 2 games on our court and seemed to improve.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Well they would more than likely need to win their conference to get in, so NIT isn't really a hot take lol. They can win the CAA. Hofstra is not Elon.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Glad to see the guys get it together in the second half. Anyone have info with Stewart? Set
Is he on the shit list with Scheyer? He buried deep on the bench depth chart.

 

[christophero]

Maybe off the court issues with Stewart.? He is in the doghouse unless he's hurt.

 

[GhostOf301]

1st game all year where it looked like passing the ball was a point of emphasis. Hopefully they build on that.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I think it is his defense that keeps him off the floor. He will get there.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

1st game all year where it looked like passing the ball was a point of emphasis. Hopefully they build on that.

To be fair, they looked better in the previous game against the 49ers.

 

[dukesince91]

To be fair, they looked better in the previous game against the 49ers.

I must have watched a different game. Flip was atrocious.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I must have watched a different game. Flip was atrocious.

The team looked better with their ball movement last game. And even better tonight. Not hard to see that. Flip definitely had an off-game against the 49ers. But our ball movement overall was better.

 

[Mac9192]

Four guys scored 13 or more. That’s sharing the ball. The best stat is Flip and Roach each having 8 assists.
The way the team played the second half may have been the best they’ve looked all season.

And whatever Jon said at halftime worked too. Dubar had 17 at the half, Thomas 11. They both scored 7 each in the second half.

 

[bullcity gamer]

Hofstra is good enough to win their league. I'm impressed with how hard they play. We took their best shot and locked in defensively at the end of the 1st half and for most of the second half. We held them well below their season average. Great ball movement. D is improving.

Bleed very good analysis. Defense still needs to improve, especially Duke’s defense on the 3 point line.

I agree with dukesince91 and Ghost though, this is the most complete Duke has looked offensively, in the game against Charlotte, Duke was not smooth in the 2nd half.

As of right now it looks like Duke will be 5 deep at the guard spot once Proctor returns.

Our bigs at the moment seem to only be Flip, Mitchell, and Power (in limited minutes).

Tonight was the best game offensively that Flip and Mitchell played cohesively and individually. Duke just needs to continue to move the ball like they did tonight and continue to make strides on the defensive end.

Hopefully, Power, Young, Stewart, and Reeves can catch up with the other 7. It would be nice for Duke to be a legitimate 8-10 deep heading into the back half of February and onward.

 

[christophero]

How much will Baylor be favored by? I am thinking 4 points
Jon could use a signature win this year

 

[pisgah101]

lol at saying we looked better against Charlotte.


Good game today. Actually enjoyed watching for the first time this season

 

[bullcity gamer]

All, I believe bleed was saying Duke’s ball movement looked better against Charlotte compared to what it had looked like earlier this season. I don’t believe he was comparing the Charlotte and Hofstra game to each other.

My mistake bleed, I know what you are saying.

 

[christophero]

Not to be glass half empty guy but it is probably easier moving the ball against Hofstra than Baylor. Our guys need intensity from the tip next week.

 

[GAAP]

Not to be glass half empty guy but it is probably easier moving the ball against Hofstra than Baylor. Our guys need intensity from the tip next week.

Classic. Like when a troll posts here and starts with "I come in peace..."

 

[bullcity gamer]

Chris, I am pretty sure you called me a glass half empty guy early in the season haha. The great thing is the Blue Devils have plenty of time to prepare for Baylor.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Baylor does look damn good. Their guards are legit. Hopefully we get the typical Cameron North in MSG.

 

[christophero]

It was a nice win but it was Hofstra at home. Next week is the test

 

[bleediteveryday30]

All, I believe bleed was saying Duke’s ball movement looked better against Charlotte compared to what it had looked like earlier this season. I don’t believe he was comparing the Charlotte and Hofstra game to each other.

My mistake bleed, I know what you are saying.

Yeah, that's all I meant. No worries.

 

[JimboSlice00]

I really liked Fran Fraschilla calling the game tonight. He's a good commentator.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I really liked Fran Fraschilla calling the game tonight. He's a good commentator.

He has a great love of the game. And he calls it fair. I've never been annoyed by the guy. I wish he called more of our games! I also love the G-Man; too bad he's on the CW now.

 

[Fourteen44]

Catching the game late. Not surprised Flip and Roach were the best players - Flip beasted, but I won’t get too excited as Hofstra is a very small team.

 

[pisgah101]

I really liked Fran Fraschilla calling the game tonight. He's a good commentator.

Give me Fran or Gman all day over bilas!

 

[jamsession2]

Bleed very good analysis. Defense still needs to improve, especially Duke’s defense on the 3 point line.

I agree with dukesince91 and Ghost though, this is the most complete Duke has looked offensively, in the game against Charlotte, Duke was not smooth in the 2nd half.

As of right now it looks like Duke will be 5 deep at the guard spot once Proctor returns.

Our bigs at the moment seem to only be Flip, Mitchell, and Power (in limited minutes).

Tonight was the best game offensively that Flip and Mitchell played cohesively and individually. Duke just needs to continue to move the ball like they did tonight and continue to make strides on the defensive end.

Hopefully, Power, Young, Stewart, and Reeves can catch up with the other 7. It would be nice for Duke to be a legitimate 8-10 deep heading into the back half of February and onward.

This game was not the best matchup for Young and Power. Reeves is hurt. I hope there is a redshirt for him. Stewart could've played, but it would've been Mitchell's role tonight.

 

[Dad2ze]

This may be the most out of shape team I have seen from Duke ever. At the first media timeout the team looked gassed. It took forever for Coach S to sub someone for Flip. I think it was around the 6:00 mark that happened. At the under 12 the entire team looked like they wanted to quit.

I’m sure it didn’t help that Hofstra probably had the best game ever since they’ve had a basketball team but it’s still no excuse to bent over with your hands on your knees at a timeout.

 

[Dad2ze]

Crazies are solid again tonight

Most of those Crazies…..were not college students. It was probably 75/25 regular folk over students. They had a small section for students and the rest were GA tickets to the public.

 

[AlanInNJ]

Good recovery last night to cruise to the win. I am not sure why the starters were still on the floor with 6 mins left and a 22 point lead. That seems like a K hangover IMHO. Why not get the fringe players some burn? I just don't understand that, never will really. You know the drill though.....I am not a D1 CBB Coach, but I DID stay at a Holiday Inn last night!

I still feel like Roach is the only player who can get to the rim for us.

 

[pisgah101]

Most of those Crazies…..were not college students. It was probably 75/25 regular folk over students. They had a small section for students and the rest were GA tickets to the public.

Ohhhhhhhh wow hahaha well the old people are better then the kids

 

[hart2chesson]

I'm watching TJ, he needs his position to be defined.

He looks lost on the offensive end, and probably feels on an island to himself. I agree jam. Perhaps move him to a wing?? OFC

 

[jamsession2]

He looks lost on the offensive end, and probably feels on an island to himself. I agree jam. Perhaps move him to a wing?? OFC

He's a wing.

 

[hart2chesson]

He's a wing.

Agree, plays in corner too much.

OFC

 

[Fourteen44]

Most of those Crazies…..were not college students. It was probably 75/25 regular folk over students. They had a small section for students and the rest were GA tickets to the public.

@pisgah101 wants to know if there were any Cowboy fans in the crowd? 😉

 

[bullcity gamer]

Fwiw, a Duke fan posted on a Duke fan group today that the offense Duke ran for 6 possessions last night was similar to the offense the Denver Nuggets run with Jokic, Murray, and Monte Morris.

Flip playing the role of Jokic, Foster playing the role of Murray, and Roach playing the role of Monte Morris. During these possessions, Duke inverted 5-1 pindowns. The point of this offense is to expose the size mismatches while practicing great floor spacing and screening. He had pictures on the post too which showed the similarities with pics from last night and pictures from the nuggets running the offense. Kudos to the coaching staff for making this tweak!!! Let’s see more of this please!!!