Official game day thread- Duke vs ND

[Mac9192]

Cooper was fantastic, but we went to bird watching, resulting in the others playing defensive. Hope they learn from this because early on our ball movement was almost as good as theirs.
Notre Dame had to play out of their mind just to have a chance.

I didn’t have a problem with the double tech with Maluach. Either it’s a total no call, or that.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Jon is concerned about Maliq's injury. Shit. That is a nut punch.

 

[sheyduke]

Jon is concerned about Maliq's injury. Shit. That is a nut punch.

Could it be on the same leg as the toe injury? Big Pat didn’t look to bad when he got in but he’s not Brown .

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Could it be on the same leg as the toe injury? Big Pat didn’t look to bad when he got in but he’s not Brown .

Not sure. But our FF/NT chances take a significant hit without Brown.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Jon is concerned about Maliq's injury. Shit. That is a nut punch.

Wow. It didn’t look bad at all and he didn’t even have ice on it. Looked in good spirits so this is odd. We all know he will miss some time though when Jon is vague with these kinds of things.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Wow. It didn’t look bad at all and he didn’t even have ice on it. Looked in good spirits so this is odd. We all know he will miss some time though when Jon is vague with these kinds of things.

Yeah, I thought he was being held out as a precaution. But if it's something more serious then I hope Big Pat is ready for some burn. Our bench has regressed of late outside of Gillis. Foster is a shell of himself. Brown's toe was clearly bothering him even before this happened. And Evans has come back down to earth. So my biggest concern about this team is depth and Brown's health. People said Brown was walking around the locker room and seemed fine though. So maybe Jon is being cautious with his words before there's anything official.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Yeah, I thought he was being held out as a precaution. But if it's something more serious then I hope Big Pat is ready for some burn. Our bench has regressed of late outside of Gillis. Foster is a shell of himself. Brown's toe was clearly bothering him even before this happened. And Evans has come back down to earth. So my biggest concern about this team is depth and Brown's health.

Brown being out for an extended period would not be good, but if it’s a few games we should be okay. Gillis has played well and I still like Evan’s to get minutes. If he’s on, he’s an automatic 3 waiting to happen.

By far the biggest concern is Foster. Like wtf happened to him? Big time regression that’s for sure.

 

[bullcity gamer]

Hope Brown has a Quick and Full Recovery. More reps for both Gillis & Big Pat in the meantime.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Brown being out for an extended period would not be good, but if it’s a few games we should be okay. Gillis has played well and I still like Evan’s to get minutes. If he’s on, he’s an automatic 3 waiting to happen.

By far the biggest concern is Foster. Like wtf happened to him? Big time regression that’s for sure.

Duke beat reporters said Brown seemed fine. So I'm hoping Jon is just being cautious and this ends up not being that bad. We need him. Gillis has become who we all expected him to be. Evans is streaky, but need him. I'm also very concerned about Caleb. I think his confidence is broken at this point.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Just watched the presser and I am concerned about Brown more now just from what Jon said.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Maliq Brown injury vs Notre Dame: Latest news on Duke forward

Here’s what Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer had to say about Maliq Brown’s knee injury after Saturday’s game.

dukewire.usatoday.com

 

[BNM79]

Yeah, I thought he was being held out as a precaution. But if it's something more serious then I hope Big Pat is ready for some burn. Our bench has regressed of late outside of Gillis. Foster is a shell of himself. Brown's toe was clearly bothering him even before this happened. And Evans has come back down to earth. So my biggest concern about this team is depth and Brown's health. People said Brown was walking around the locker room and seemed fine though. So maybe Jon is being cautious with his words before there's anything official.

I thought foster turned a corner in the smu game. He was attacking and playing instinctively. Hope that comes back soon. I sometimes wonder if he has trouble balancing looking for his shot vs setting up the offense. And today the offense was set things up for cooper. He was the hot hand but as others have said that can hurt an offense.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I thought foster turned a corner after the smu game. He was attacking and playing instinctively. Hope that comes back

We need that Foster to cut them down.

 

[sheyduke]

Duke will be fine as long as they remain focused.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Not sounding good for Brown. MCL sprain is the word. But nothing is official.

 

[dukesince91]

All the talk on here about Duke going to Cooper too much today is crazy. He was in the zone today (11-14 from the field and 16-17 from the line). Do we want to move the ball and look pretty, but have more empty possessions? Our perimeter defense was the issue, but you have to give ND credit. They just wouldn’t go away and not many teams will shoot that well from the 3 pt line.

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Ugh. Hopefully it's very minor. We have Miami at home next then at BC. After BC we have a week break and play at Wake on the 25th. Lucky we have capable backups compared to years past. Time for them to step up

 

[denverexpat]

Tuned out with a 16 point lead only to see we had to hang on....what the heck happened?

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Ugh. Hopefully it's very minor. We have Miami at home next then at BC. After BC we have a week break and play at Wake on the 25th. Lucky we have capable backups compared to years past. Time for them to step up

I think it's 2-4 week thing. But again, nothing is officially out there yet.

 

[dukesince91]

Ugh. Hopefully it's very minor. We have Miami at home next then at BC. After BC we have a week break and play at Wake on the 25th. Lucky we have capable backups compared to years past. Time for them to step up

I’ve been impressed with Big Pat. I think he can give Maluach a break without hurting us.
He plays within himself and knows his role well.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Not sounding good for Brown. MCL sprain is the word. But nothing is official.

If that’s the case, he will be out at least a month. Have to think we will be okay and as long as he’s healthy for a run in march, that’s what matters.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

I say our defensive efficiency drops over the next month with Brown out. And I think the dream of finishing undefeated in conference play died today. But again, as long as he's back in a month and everyone else stays healthy we have a shot in the Big Dance.

 

[pisgah101]

I say our defensive efficiency drops over the next month with Brown out. And I think the dream of finishing undefeated in conference play died today. But again, as long as he's back in a month and everyone else stays healthy we have a shot in the Big Dance.

Nah it won’t. He’s great at what he does and I want him back fully healthy but we’ve already went up with him playing less minutes

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Nah it won’t. He’s great at what he does and I want him back fully healthy but we’ve already went up with him playing less minutes

I hope you're right.