MBB: Duke 66, Boston College 65 (ACC Tournament) Post-Game Thread

[MulletMan]

Deep breaths...

[Jumbo]

Phew!

[_Gary]

Phew to say the least!

[roywhite]

Really good game in the second half.

We made enough key plays to win it. Great game by Kyle!

[DevilYouthCoach]

I think Coach K made a calculated gamble bringing the team late to Atlanta, which gave them rest but not much shooting practice, and it paid off! Like it usually does with Coach K. I am, therefore, expecting them to shoot really well tomorrow and bury the Terps.

[House G]

I would just as soon not play them again.

[bird]

KenPom - Duke 7, Wake 17
RPI (Palm) Duke 3, Wake 10
SOS (Palm) - Duke 3, Wake 53
Sagrin - Duke 4, Wake 8

Wake out in the second round, and Duke goes to semis.

I think the SOS and ACC tourney win gives Duke the advantage over Wake.

[Jumbo]

KenPom - Duke 7, Wake 17
RPI (Palm) Duke 3, Wake 10
SOS (Palm) - Duke 3, Wake 53
Sagrin - Duke 4, Wake 8

Wake out in the second round, and Duke goes to semis.

I think the SOS and ACC tourney win gives Duke the advantage over Wake.

I'd rather talk about the game here and seeding elsewhere, but why do you want to go to Greensboro with 10,000+ UNC fans? I'd much rather have, say, Philly.

I'm happy that Duke won. Where Duke might play in the NCAA Tourney has nothing to do with that. We're trying to win a conference title here. These games matter.

[RepoMan]

but why do you want to go to Greensboro with 10,000+ UNC fans? I'd much rather have, say, Philly.

At least it ain't Charlotte

[dukefanSD]

I love this team. I just about lost it. I'm glad the Upset Fairy was up REALLY late last night and left today alone. I hope she shows up for the FSU game tomorrow.

[loran16]

Of Note, Smith looked a lot better than he had in the few games pre-concussion, but seemed slightly overeager.

His miss on the easy breakaway lay-in led to BC's huge run at the end of the first half.

Ah well, good to see him seem all right.

[roywhite]

After BC scored on several possessions to get back into it, Duke played very good defense on the last two possessions in the last minute. Got the steal off the inbounds pass on a great play by Kyle, and then didn't give BC much of a look at the end.

[mgtr]

What a great win! Happy to see Smith back, but have to love Williams and his defense. Singler, according to one poster, is iron. I think more like titanium, or carbon fiber. What a guy. Williams needs to shoot a little more, then we could have four cylinder engine!

[devildownunder]

This was my first chance to sit and watch all (or almost all anyway) of a game from start to finish in a while. It's tough following college bball from Oz, let me tell ya. Anyway, love Ewill brings to the lineup. Love Singler's energy holding up. Scheyer is great at the point in terms of not committing turnovers. He could use some polish with decision-making on the break, however. G is the man. Loved this win. Looking forward to battling the Terps tomorrow.

And last, here's to the team of the decade! Tonight's win gives the Blue Devils more victories than any other team in division one for the first decade of the 21st century!

[77devil]

KenPom - Duke 7, Wake 17
RPI (Palm) Duke 3, Wake 10
SOS (Palm) - Duke 3, Wake 53
Sagrin - Duke 4, Wake 8

Wake out in the second round, and Duke goes to semis.

I think the SOS and ACC tourney win gives Duke the advantage over Wake.

Be careful what you wish for. Duke would be better off in Philadelphia sans the UNC hoard than Greensboro IMO.

[BlueintheFace]

Be careful what you wish for. Duke would be better off in Philadelphia sans the UNC hoard than Greensboro IMO.

what would happen if we could requested it... If top teams could request their region on Sunday in order of the selection committee's rankings.

[bird]

Be careful what you wish for. Duke would be better off in Philadelphia sans the UNC hoard than Greensboro IMO.

I respectfully disagree with the seeming concensus that Greensboro is a worse draw than, say, Greensboro. I've been to first round games in Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro. Charlotte was bad, I'll give you that. But I didn't think there was any real problem with in Greensboro or Raleigh. Anyway, I look forward to Duke forcing the opposing fans to sit there and watch Duke win. In fact, one of the sweetest years was when Duke got the Dean Dome and UNC had to travel.

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

What a day of great games in The Tournament! A spectacular finish to a full day! The grit and tenacity of this Duke team carried the day.

You know this is the beginning of a series of tough games, the real March Madness.

[obsesseddukefan]

What a game! But I think when he made that statement at the end of the half, that just lit a fire in us. Now lets shut Vasquez up tomorrow.

[roywhite]

What a game! But I think when he made that statement at the end of the half, that just lit a fire in us. Now lets shut Vasquez up tomorrow.

Certainly have to respect Rice's ability, but he's one of those guys you kind of enjoy beating.