Official game day thread- Duke vs George Mason
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Just not sure two games in a row with Dukes lowest scoring half’s is the thing to make any fan get out and shout . Especially against Word and George Mason. ( 28 and 25). Think it’s time to play some sort of offense .
Kon is in a shooting slump and is Dukes rotation locked up now ? No Harris yet Flag played most the game against George Mason .
Kon is in a shooting slump and is Dukes rotation locked up now ? No Harris yet Flag played most the game against George Mason .
Whatever happens to Harris, hope it doesn't affect us with the Paul VI pipeline especially with Smith in the 2026 class.
I’ll say it again, I like Cooper. The kid plays hard. I just think we rely too much on him on offense. Kon has to shoot better, but he doesn’t need to be benched as a starter. He does so many things well. On Evans? He’s a great weapon off the bench.
We need better out of our guards too. There’s no reason Maluach can’t get a few easy dunks.
We need better out of our guards too. There’s no reason Maluach can’t get a few easy dunks.
It makes sense. The half court offense plays like the 246th fastest tempo in the nation too. They take forever to do anything and most of the time we barely have 1-2 guys in motion. Our offense is so simple it’s easy to guard imo
Foster is playing himself out of the 6th men position. No idea what's going on with him lately
He’s borderline unplayable right now. I just don’t get why he gets more pt than evans and kon has such a long leash to throw bricks up the whole game. Evans deserves more time
So much for shooting fewer threes. 
In the end it was 33%, but for the first 30 minutes it was 20ish. Why shoot 27 of them when they aren't going in and we have big men inside??
I agree that our guard play seems to be regressing. We do not seem to have any guard who can penetrate and dish, and when they are not hitting threes, many of them open looks at home (BTW), it's not a good look. I do think we see Foster slide down into the 8-9 spot on the bench. I wonder if he's still feeling the effects of his injury? Kon definitely is in a slump, and yes, I agree he gets a very long leash. He plays hard and does good things on the floor, but it sure would be nice if he starting hitting shots at a better clip.
Anyway, a 20 point win. Next!
In the end it was 33%, but for the first 30 minutes it was 20ish. Why shoot 27 of them when they aren't going in and we have big men inside??I agree that our guard play seems to be regressing. We do not seem to have any guard who can penetrate and dish, and when they are not hitting threes, many of them open looks at home (BTW), it's not a good look. I do think we see Foster slide down into the 8-9 spot on the bench. I wonder if he's still feeling the effects of his injury? Kon definitely is in a slump, and yes, I agree he gets a very long leash. He plays hard and does good things on the floor, but it sure would be nice if he starting hitting shots at a better clip.
Anyway, a 20 point win. Next!
Yeah, Kon needs to shoot better, and our guards need to get their feet in the lane more. But, I think our offensive struggles are more due to Cooper. I'm not blaming him, but I am blaming him, if that makes sense. When he's on the court, which is 97% of the time, it's like the others look to him first, and if he's not available, then they'll go to another teammate. I'm sorry, but his offense isn't anything to brag about. His defense and rebounding are though.
The sample size is small, but go back to the Louisville game. Think we had a 2 point lead, with roughly 10 or so minutes left in the game. He picked up his 4th foul, went to the bench, yet suddenly the lead grew to double figures. I think that's because the ball moved better, and more people touched it. It's as if each guy on the court was looking at all their options.
This falls on Jon.
The sample size is small, but go back to the Louisville game. Think we had a 2 point lead, with roughly 10 or so minutes left in the game. He picked up his 4th foul, went to the bench, yet suddenly the lead grew to double figures. I think that's because the ball moved better, and more people touched it. It's as if each guy on the court was looking at all their options.
This falls on Jon.
Not sure why some folks keep labeling Evans as being better coming off the bench. Just because thats been his role, doesn’t mean it’s best for him to remain there. I could see if those ahead of him were playing in such a way that it warrants it but this is not exactly a 1999 situation with Corey Maggette coming off the bench.
Duke’s last three games have been brutal offensively. Maybe it’s the breaks between games, Finals or whatever. But they need to figure this out because they aren’t playing good ball right now. Thankfully the competition has been down and they have one heck of a good defense. Still time to fix this and right the ship but can’t afford any letdowns in ACC play. Onto GT this weekend. Hopefully Coach Scheyer has some tough practices scheduled because they need it.
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