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Official game day thread- Duke vs Clemson

Duke does have to prove they can win one of these games down the stretch. All three of their losses have really came down to not making a bucket to win. I think they need one before the tournament to get this monkey off their backs.
 
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I disagree. A loss is a loss. It put our players in a dangerous situation
How . Mal, Brown or even big Pat couldn’t hold their seven foot Russian center . Who had I think 23 points . Look at their games and see how many times he’s scored even 20. Flagg shouldn’t have even been playing . Did you not hear he was under the weather . Yet Duke only lost by what six ? You build for March right ? Dukes front court needed this wake up on both defense and their low scoring .
 
How . Mal, Brown or even big Pay couldn’t hold their seven foot Russian center . Who had I think 23 points . Look at their games and see how many times he’s scored even 20. Flagg shouldn’t have even been playing . Did you not hear he was under the weather . Yet Duke only lost by what six ? You build for March right ? Dukes front court needed this wake up on both defense and their low scoring .


Sheyduke, they are talking about pulling the starters off the court so they don’t get hurt by the fans storming the court. Like Flip at Wake. The total loss differential doesn’t matter at that point and player safety is the most important.
 
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How . Mal, Brown or even big Pat couldn’t hold their seven foot Russian center . Who had I think 23 points . Look at their games and see how many times he’s scored even 20. Flagg shouldn’t have even been playing . Did you not hear he was under the weather . Yet Duke only lost by what six ? You build for March right ? Dukes front court needed this wake up on both defense and their low scoring .
I get what you're saying shey but nothing comes good from our guys getting trampled with 3 seconds left
 
I don’t care about seeding . Duke got out rebounded and out played in the front court. Who’s going to play two way ball between Mal, Brown and big Pat in the post ?
 
Tough loss, but it’s not a resume breaker. Clemson is an NCAA Tournament Team and were the more physical team tonight. All that said, Gillis was missed tonight. Duke played 9 guys tonight. Maluach fouled out. Had Gillis played tonight Flagg doesn’t play 38 minutes while dealing with cramping issues, also Maluach isn’t fouling out.

All this being said, Duke was still in position to win this game. Proctor played Great, Flagg put the team on his back the last 6 minutes of the game. Thanks to Duke’s Defense they were in the game the whole time.

Tonight’s loss doesn’t move Duke off the 1 seed line. The Blue Devils will learn from the loss, regroup, and Improve

Onto California
 
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There are at least 6-7 SEC teams better than Clemson. Maybe more. 10 are ranked higher than Clemson; although they will move up with this win. They have 10 teams in the top 25.
 
Did I hope we beat Clemson tonight? Yes. Am I shocked or mad we lost? Naaa

Teams that carry long winning streaks into the NCAA Tournament never win the title.

Flagg was sick, Gillis is sick and I’m sure others are sick too. Best to get the flu bug now than in the tournament.

Let’s see how we respond to adversity!
 
This. Thank you for explaining
So who got hurt because I saw a bunch of security and a line so they could get off the court . You guys are missing the point . It ain’t the court storming ! It’s the lack of defense and scoring off Duke fronts court that was exposed in this game . Chase Hunter had like what ? Ten points ? It’s their centers points that cost Duke the game . No one stopped him .
 
Did I hope we beat Clemson tonight? Yes. Am I shocked or mad we lost? Naaa

Teams that carry long winning streaks into the NCAA Tournament never win the title.

Flagg was sick, Gillis is sick and I’m sure others are sick too. Best to get the flu bug now than in the tournament.

Let’s see how we respond to adversity!

All of this and they were still in the game until the very end

I Love These Blue Devils
 
We'll be fine. February losses happen. I do think we need to beat Illinois to keep that 1 seed. You can't lose to the only 2 top 30 teams you play in 6 weeks.
 
This is simply not true. Auburn and Duke are both great teams. Alabama can be and Florida, when they are hitting their shots is also a great team.
Thank you. People acting like one loss to Clemson proves this team isn’t any good. It’s bull crap. We lost to a TOUGH team with everything against us. Means nothing. Auburn and Duke are still great
 
Huh? Come on. If you would have told any one Reeves wouldn’t miss a free throw or Cooper wasn’t 100 percent Clemson would win they wouldn’t take it . Meet this Duke team again and we crush Clemson by ten or more . Mal, Brown and big Pat needed this loss to see they need to hold down the front court . I don’t want to be number one . I want to be the last team standing in March .
Call me crazy, but I'd like to be the last team standing in April.
 
Some of our guys were just a step slower than usual tonight. It makes you wonder how widespread this flu is on the team. We didn't switch nearly as well as we usually do.
 
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I think his biggest issue is that he hasn’t gone up against too many teams that are big, physical, and decent.

He’s got to play a little meaner.
I agree. I want to see him take it to everyone down low in the post. Several times tonight he was out of position too.
 
Why does Maluach even play on this team?

He gives us absolutely nothing on either end!

He can't score unless you give him a wide open dunk...

He is not that active on the board...

He is not much of a shot blocker!

Literally; "he alters shots" is the best thing you can say about him!
In the 19:42 Maluach was on the court, Duke outscored Clemson by 10 points.
 
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