Official game day thread- Duke vs UNC III ACC quarters

[pisgah101]

📍 Queen City
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Do we have to listen to Corey Alexander again? Man I hope not. He and bilas are so bad it makes me miss Elmore and Packer and that says a lot.

Duke will be without Brown and probably- potentially- most likely Cooper Flagg. We still have enough to win the ACC and I’ll be honest.. the whole thing. I like Kon leads us strong with slim having a monster game. Carolina is in win or lose btw. We are currently a 7.5 point favorite

Duke-78
Carolina-64

 

[timo0402]

JFW

 

[christophero]

Idk
Down Cooper and Brown it's a coin toss.
Cooper is worth 10 points imo.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Duke, but I'm not confident.

 

[bullcity gamer]

I feel good. Sallis did an admirable job on Davis for the most part today. Both Proctor and James are better defenders than Sallis.

Close game for the first 30 minutes, Duke wins by 8. Balanced attack by the Blue Devils. They cannot stop James and Knuepple

 

[The_Only_Blue]

Small ball and Foster will have to lock down Davis.

Let's go Duke.

 

[pisgah101]

Idk
Down Cooper and Brown it's a coin toss.
Cooper is worth 10 points imo.

analytics say he’s worth 3

 

[Dahntay#1]

I say we take it. Kon will lead us again. I think we get a good game out of Caleb as well. 79-75 good guys.

 

[JimboSlice00]

All that matters is Coop is better in a week.

Duke 80
Cheats 77

 

[LetsGoDuke83]

With our two best defenders out, just don’t see it. We haven’t played without Flagg all year. Hope to be wrong

 

[AlanInNJ]

I think we see UNC take a small lead into halftime and a tight first 10 minutes of the second with Duke pulling away in the final 10. Say what you will, but Davis has been playing very well recently. But, even without Brown and Cooper, UNC doesn't have the horses to run 40 minutes with us. We can't come out 0-14 from 3 again tho, and we need some good production out of Proctor and Sion. Maybe this is a breakout opportunity for Foster? Kon is gonna put us on his back just like he did yesterday. On any other team that doesn't have Cooper Flagg, Kon would be an ACC POY candidate IMHO.

Duke 85
UNC 77

 

[sheyduke]

I’m going with Duke but it will be a fight .

I’d look for Davis to put Powell on Kon to try and generate the early success he had with getting Flagg in foul trouble last game . Gillis will be needed and So will Big Pat and Man Man . I’d like to see Kon and Mal stick to the pick and roll again. The entire bench will be needed and can’t afford for proctor to disappear this game .

 

[Mac9192]

Other than needing to shoot better, defend better, and staying out of foul trouble, things are the same as any other game.

 

[Th0r]

I think Duke wins this. This team is simply better than UNC, and while it sucks to lose guys to injury, this team has the tools to stick it to them again. Kon’s legacy game is incoming.

 

[DukeDallas9192011015]

Honestly, this is the least excited I have ever been for a Duke UNC game. This game will have ZERO consequence on our NCAA tournament seed as that is locked up. We win and we have to play our 3rd game in 3 days which could lead to another injury.

I want to win the NCAA tournament, that is all. I do not care if UNC makes the tournament or not, they are not on our radar, they will be no threat in the NCAA's.

 

[Mac9192]

Honestly, this is the least excited I have ever been for a Duke UNC game. This game will have ZERO consequence on our NCAA tournament seed as that is locked up. We win and we have to play our 3rd game in 3 days which could lead to another injury.

I want to win the NCAA tournament, that is all. I do not care if UNC makes the tournament or not, they are not on our radar, they will be no threat in the NCAA's.

I agree with your overall post, but you must not live in NC. No Duke fan that lives here looks at it that way.