Official Gameday thread- Duke vs State II
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Best guess is cheats will be 3 point favorites according to Vegas.
I think with them playing at home, and on a winning streak, they'll be favored by -1-1.5. It will be a toss-up. If we beat them on Saturday, they probably have to go deep in the ACC tourney to get in. We need to do to them what we didn't last year. Let's break their whiney weak-ass blue hearts.
Query, if Duke sweeps them and they bow out early in the ACC tourney, do they still put the bastards in?
They need to beat us, or go to the ACC championship game imo. Michigan State has gotten in with 14 losses. They need a few more quality wins, like us and Miami or NC State or Pitt.
Just caught up and watched it. Good balanced scoring, overall good D, but 2-19 from 3 will get you beat in the tourney. Gotta fix that….
That was my thought too, but I didn't want to be a Debbie Downer after a win.
Ps I like grandison but man he isn’t very strong or a great shooter. Let’s grab some better portal guys next year!
Defense, rebounding, paint play, and free-throw shooting will win you many games when you shoot 2-19 from downtown.
We are finding different ways to win these games. Most importantly, the turnovers have been significantly cut down. Lets go baby! We peaking!
Best part about tonight is that every time State got close to us we didn't panic and made another run. Think earlier in the season we would have folded. Worst part was the 3 point shooting, 2-19 sheeeeesh
True. I like the way this years team carry themselves. Respectful to the uniform, the coaches, and themselves. Even though we may not get to know them as long as we’d like they seem like a good bunch of guys
My worry about Saturday is UNC’s three point shooting . I watched them hit 11 three’s in the first half against FSU. I know they are down but we can’t afford to let them hit that many and a lot were contested three point shots .
Sure Davis is going to tell them the same about us and not getting hot from three.
Good game over all.
Sure Davis is going to tell them the same about us and not getting hot from three.
Good game over all.
35 year old first time coach goes undefeated at home with a freshman heavy team that got better down the stretch. That got screwed two games (@vt , @uva). Not too shabby for year one Jon
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And overcame injuries to 3 of the major players on the team. Jon, staff and team have done a great job of continuing to fight & continuing to grow. As a fan, that's really all we can ask for.
A win against a pretty good NC state game. I just hope the poor 3-point shooting doesn't carry over to the Cheat game. I feel good about that game with even average 3-point shooting. For the Cheats, Love and company seem to either be red hot from outside or shoot themselves into oblivion with no middle ground. You never know whether Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde is going to show up.
Someone posted last spring that Jeremy was our most important recruit for this year. He’s showing why.
Roach has just a little bit of Kyrie in him around the basket, doesn't he? Kyrie might be the best finishing guard on the planet near the basket and Roach has been showing a little more of that ability the last few games.
Dariq once again has me scratching my head. No way he should only get 2 shots up in that game. He's very talented. I love his game. We need a lot more out of him.
Good win. Nice to see them take care of business at the end. They had some problems finishing games this year.
Dariq once again has me scratching my head. No way he should only get 2 shots up in that game. He's very talented. I love his game. We need a lot more out of him.
Good win. Nice to see them take care of business at the end. They had some problems finishing games this year.
It looked like State was determined that Duke was not going to finish at the basket even if they had to foul. There was body contact every time Flip went up inside. Having said that, he will learn eventually to be stronger with the ball.
I loved Whitehead diving for a loose ball. I have criticized other players for not diving and it's nice to see a guy who is struggling offensively to give up his body like that.
As badly as we shot from 3, we did get a few offensive rebounds off of them so they weren't lost possessions.
As much as I hate the team taking bad shots, I laughed when Lively put up that 3 from the corner. My feeling is, he works so hard on defense and the boards, if he wants to take one of them a game, let him. Especially when the rest of the team is shooting 10%.
I loved Whitehead diving for a loose ball. I have criticized other players for not diving and it's nice to see a guy who is struggling offensively to give up his body like that.
As badly as we shot from 3, we did get a few offensive rebounds off of them so they weren't lost possessions.
As much as I hate the team taking bad shots, I laughed when Lively put up that 3 from the corner. My feeling is, he works so hard on defense and the boards, if he wants to take one of them a game, let him. Especially when the rest of the team is shooting 10%.
Overall agree. I’ll give Lively a pass on that airball corner 3. Mitchell shouldn’t have put him in that position with the shot clock expiring.
This team flight really hard and that was a chippy game. Loved Riq diving for that ball and refusing to give it up.
agree on riq, but he only played 17 min....at least he wasnt out there forcing
iirc wasnt that shot attempt late in the shot clock?...seems MM iirc shouldnt have passed to him in that situation...i could be wrong about the shot clock, but i think thats the case in that attempt
It is. Lively to his credit didn’t even think about launching some of those open looks they clearly were giving him. He’s gotten so much better. We are night and day better when he’s on the floor playing like he is on defense and grabbing offensive boards.
Proud of our grit to carve out a
win over a tough State team!! IMO, we shot more free throws because our offense is predicated on doing much more of our work at the rim on offense.
State fans are crying all over Twitter about the FT discrepancy, and tech on Smith. Much DESERVED TECH BTW! Smith was a real jerk last nite.
OFC
win over a tough State team!! IMO, we shot more free throws because our offense is predicated on doing much more of our work at the rim on offense.
State fans are crying all over Twitter about the FT discrepancy, and tech on Smith. Much DESERVED TECH BTW! Smith was a real jerk last nite.
OFC
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Ryan Young confirmed he will be back at Duke next year.
Yes, agree with KD, please remove the post.
not much to worry about end of game. We only missed the front end of a one and one, Roach too early in the shot clock shot and State was burying tough threes. Not much you can do when a team hits those.
Coach said Whitehead is two weeks from rounding into form.
State played the classic Pitino and Huggins “I will foul you 10 times, hope they only call half, and b**** when my team has less free throws and more fouls.” But a stupid, clear tech on State ruins that thought…
Coach said Whitehead is two weeks from rounding into form.
State played the classic Pitino and Huggins “I will foul you 10 times, hope they only call half, and b**** when my team has less free throws and more fouls.” But a stupid, clear tech on State ruins that thought…
Whitehead doesn’t get many shots because he rarely drives the ball. He also doesn’t cut as much as our other wings.
When you stay behind the 3 point line you’re pretty easy to defend.
When you stay behind the 3 point line you’re pretty easy to defend.
Removed the post in question and the poster has been banned.
DBR said he confirmed it after the game.
Does that mean his stupid UNC=NIT thread disappeared too?
Nah. In all honesty. It’s been there too long. It’s been seen. Need to overcome the stupidity of one.
