The Bagley recruitment is going to take precedent the next couple of days, but I wanted to break up the "will Alex O'Connell play" monotony a little bit. Found some old Duke games on YouTube and wanted to post the games for some nostalgia, but also wanted to talk about some topics associated with those games. I'll post games every couple of days so the conversation doesn't get stale. If you come across some games that you want to post, please feel free to add. This isn't my show haha.
The first is Duke vs Wake 2004. I noticed something interesting about that team. Statistically, number of pros, and number of retired jerseys, they equaled or bettered the '99 team that is largely considered one of the best, if not the best college basketball team to not win a title (UNLV is also thrown in even though they won one with the same squad).
So I say to you if you decide to watch a little of the game, or you just go off of memory, I propose that that '04 Duke team was actually better than the '99 team. They had more experience, better college players (pro success notwithstanding) and they played tougher teams. Not to mention the '04 UConn team was better than '99 and '04 Duke had them on the ropes until the refs and Vegas got involved. So let's talk and debate a bit and see where this goes. Enjoy the games.
The first is Duke vs Wake 2004. I noticed something interesting about that team. Statistically, number of pros, and number of retired jerseys, they equaled or bettered the '99 team that is largely considered one of the best, if not the best college basketball team to not win a title (UNLV is also thrown in even though they won one with the same squad).
So I say to you if you decide to watch a little of the game, or you just go off of memory, I propose that that '04 Duke team was actually better than the '99 team. They had more experience, better college players (pro success notwithstanding) and they played tougher teams. Not to mention the '04 UConn team was better than '99 and '04 Duke had them on the ropes until the refs and Vegas got involved. So let's talk and debate a bit and see where this goes. Enjoy the games.