MBB: Duke 70, Georgia Tech 56

[SupaDave]

And accurate, at least as far as the sub-par performance against FSU is concerned. He had possibly the worst offensive game of any of our starters (which, given that Nolan had 7 turnovers, is saying something), and certainly was well below the level to which we have become accustomed. Which suggests that he will bounce back - games like FSU will be the exception, and not the rule, as far as his season is concerned (at least IMO).

His defense was excellent, he drove the lane and dished, helped run the offense and had three assists, and somehow didn't foul anyone in 38 minutes. I don't know if I would call it a sub-par performance but an off-shooting night for sure.

[SupaDave]

Bottom line - this team can be beat by shutting down their guards...

[MChambers]

Bottom line - this team can be beat by shutting down their guards...

Which you apparently are not able to do!

[SupaDave]

Which you apparently are not able to do!

Ha ha! There's a reason I wrestled in high school.

I'd have to compare my game to Steve Kerr. I idolized him growing up (in my eyes only JJ compares) and damn near refuse to shoot anything but a three-pointer during any basketball function. Defensively I'm scrappy but if you really know what you're doing and you're an athlete then I'm pretty much toast.

We've got some good guys in the gym at Tech, even a couple of walk-ons from the team that had to make room for Thad and Javaris BUT compared to us Clinch is an elite athlete. He'll go pro - somewhere...

Oh! The game has started!!

[SupaDave]

Oh yeah - don't be surprised if Tech's 'bigs' shoot some three balls!

[SupaDave]

By the way - the Tech crowd isn't very crunk.

[ChrisP]

Home cookin + Bad shooting = I don't like it at ALL so far...

[Oriole Way]

Damn it why do we shoot so many 3's??

[ChrisP]

I just wish we'd PASS the ball a bit more and look for better shots rather than settling for the first bad shot we can find. And what is UP with Scheyer's FT shooting?!

[ice-9]

When Pocius is playing in the first half, you know we're not shooting well.

[Coballs]

I guess "palming" is the point of emphasis for tonight's officiating crew.

[ChrisP]

Finally...a lead! I'm encouraged because I don't think we can be much worse offensively. Thank goodness for Greg P!

[loran16]

I'm very happy by Paulus' play tonight, because smith seems to have disappeared in the last 2 games.

Smith's clearly a better defender, but his ability to create recently has been suspect, and he's really not putting up points at a high enough clip.

[pfrduke]

Defense turned it up at the end of the second half - just 3 points in 13 possessions over the last 7:07 for Tech.

[loran16]

Incidentally, two things:

1. They're having trouble getting the ball in inside...this is anyone really, paulus or nolan or whoever is on the outside.

I'd like to see a few plays of pass to Zou inside and let him post up on a player to try and score.

and 2. When he's been near the ball, Zou's looked mediocre through the last 2 games. This game taht turnover on our own end by him after a rebound was just a bit much.

Zou's D is still far better than lances', mainly due to his size, but we're basically using him like Mcclure right now, which is really hurting our offense.

[grossbus]

i don't understand how we are ahead. i keep waiting for us to play more than 20 min of good ball. i think we have maybe 3 minutes tonight. tech is helping us a lot.

[Diddy]

Frankly, I am glad we are no playing a great game right now. GT is a team that we should be able to beat on a bad night. A great team has to be able to look past a mediocre team and still beat them, and that is what we are doing.

Our O is a work in progress, but it is good enought most nights to keep us in it, especially when our D is nasty.

[ice-9]

Scheyer not showing very good shot selection...

[loran16]

i don't understand how we are ahead. i keep waiting for us to play more than 20 min of good ball. i think we have maybe 3 minutes tonight. tech is helping us a lot.

Well offensively, I agree. Defensively though, we got more solid in the last half of the first half and thus their offensive mistakes have looked a lot worse.

(Notice the lack of offensive boards since a while ago?)

Sigh, now if our offense could pick it up.

[Karl Beem]

Scheyer not showing very good shot selection...

You mean he keeps taking the ones he's going to miss?