Sometimes, it's just not your night.
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Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the fire hydrant.
There isn't one statistical category where NCSU wasn't significantly above their season average. They weren't losing tonight, and I'd be shocked if they hit this level of execution again.
I don’t think any of the top 5 team this year has lost by 20 to an unranked team.
If it was anyone but State, I would be worried a little more. Whatever reason it is, we just can't seem to win in Raleigh. As Sky said, on to the next one.
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This is the worst loss in the Coach K era for a top 10 Duke team losing to an unranked opponent...1979 was the last time we lost by more than 20 in that scenario. Anything that's a worst in the Coach K era is unreal bad.
I’ll take the UNC comeback for this loss. We owed a loss to the basketball gods. Now let’s finish the season strong!
I don't know. Duke lost by 20 to a team that lost to unc. But yeah, rather beat unc and lose to state. But rather beat both. Damn I want to punch a donkey.
As a wise man once said.....
One of those nights. Had to work, we had inventory at my job. Several nights straight of 12 hour shifts and I was hoping for another win. Alas, it was not to be. However, all is not lost ladies and gents. Guess what? There's still 5 games left in the regular season. We're in second place with a chance to still win the ACC regular season and a shot at a #2 seed in the big dance. I think the loss tonight all but eliminates the possibility of a #1 seed at this juncture. Though that could change as well. We have the best point guard in America. We also happen to have the best coach in America as well. Something tells me this team comes out firing after this humbling defeat. I love this team and our coach. Wouldn't trade a single person on the staff or the team for any other in the country. Don't give up on these fellas just yet. I believe there are still better things on the horizon for this group and us fans.
One of those nights. Had to work, we had inventory at my job. Several nights straight of 12 hour shifts and I was hoping for another win. Alas, it was not to be. However, all is not lost ladies and gents. Guess what? There's still 5 games left in the regular season. We're in second place with a chance to still win the ACC regular season and a shot at a #2 seed in the big dance. I think the loss tonight all but eliminates the possibility of a #1 seed at this juncture. Though that could change as well. We have the best point guard in America. We also happen to have the best coach in America as well. Something tells me this team comes out firing after this humbling defeat. I love this team and our coach. Wouldn't trade a single person on the staff or the team for any other in the country. Don't give up on these fellas just yet. I believe there are still better things on the horizon for this group and us fans.
Very confusing to say the least. K walked right by Keats during the post game hand shake. The whole game had a weird vibe, hopefully K did not talk about "verve" in the post game because I dont think he had it either.
K addressed this in the press conference. He said earlier in the week he read O'l Roy's new book, "Coaching and Time Outs". He said he figured he should try the logic of taking 3 timeouts home with him. Now he can turn these in for a future Wendy's Carolina Classic combo.
I didn't expect a whipping like we got but knew it would be possible loss. We are a young team still and hopefully this is a growing pain for us which will make us better.
Losses this bad, this late in the season are rarely a good thing...these guys aren't freshmen anymore.
Very disappointing considering it seemed we had turned a corner and were priming for the home stretch.
What I hate is we held our ACC regular season championship fate in our hands with the relatively easier part of our ACC schedule ahead of us and let it slip through our fingers.
Good Press conference by Coach. Think he sums it up nicely with this quote - "This happens. It happens to good teams. This time of the year in conferences you're playing against really good teams that need wins. Our team obviously felt tonight they didn't need the win." - Coach K
What is it with state! When that other team from the Triangle shows up wearing those baby blue unis, State goes straight into turtle mode and UNC walks away with double digits wins all the time. Yet if Duke walks onto the Court, State plays like they are defending national champions! Someone please explain this to me??
Matchups. The way State plays, combined with the way we play defense. They kind of play offense out of control, with a lot of attacking the lane. We have too many gaps, struggle to keep guys in front of us, and we are really bad at defending ball screens. Other than that, we were sharp.
That game was pretty comical. They literally did nothing right and didn’t look like themselves at all. Meanwhile State played the game of their lives. It’s truly amazing how when a team plays Duke at home they look like title contenders. It’s just crazy to me how consistently it happens. Plus we have been starting slow almost every game in that winning streak. Hell on the road it looks like we go down double digits early every time. We need to try a different lineup or something to see if that brings early energy
Yeah when he made that half court shot, I was like nope it’s not our night.
Regressed back to missing FT’s and no offensive flow.
We still have a shot at a 1-seed in the ACCT and we play NC State in Cameron in a few weeks! We need to blow them out of the water!
I'm willing to excuse the performance last night if we never see anything like that ever again. Road games in February can be tough, we all know that.
Remember the 2015 team had to survive in OT against a TERRIBLE (2-16 ACC record) Virginia Tech team in late February. The energy that Duke team played with was very similar to last nights Duke team, NC state is just much much better than the 2015 VT team, hence the blow out.
That was a 1-time thing in 2015, after that game we went right back to dominating teams again. I hope I can say the same for 2020, if VT plays us tight at home on Sat, or if we go down to the wire at Wake, I'll then be very worried.
Remember the 2015 team had to survive in OT against a TERRIBLE (2-16 ACC record) Virginia Tech team in late February. The energy that Duke team played with was very similar to last nights Duke team, NC state is just much much better than the 2015 VT team, hence the blow out.
That was a 1-time thing in 2015, after that game we went right back to dominating teams again. I hope I can say the same for 2020, if VT plays us tight at home on Sat, or if we go down to the wire at Wake, I'll then be very worried.
