Page 4 of 7 FirstFirst ... 23456 ... LastLast
Results 61 to 80 of 136
  1. #61
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Top two toughest loses, 1999 to uconn in championship game (best team ever assembled in college BB and Kyrie Irving to injury 2010 (best point guard ever to play for K), IMHO.

  2. #62
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    San Francisco

    Wow

    Duke 79, UNC 73. We may have our first candidate of this year for Coach K's best wins list. This was a defining win for this year's team.
    "I don't like them when they are eating my azaleas or rhododendrons or pansies." - Coach K

  3. #63
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Seattle, WA
    Quote Originally Posted by gam7 View Post
    Duke 79, UNC 73. We may have our first candidate of this year for Coach K's best wins list. This was a defining win for this year's team.
    Amen. Let this one forever go down in history as the "Nolan Smith" game. Because that man was ballin.
    Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.

    You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner

    You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke

  4. #64
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    Mobile, Al
    Duke vs Butler in the Title game last year is definitely my favorite win. That last minute still makes me nervous when i watch replays of it just think what if Hayward had hit that shot...

  5. #65
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    San Francisco
    Duke 68, Kansas 61. I think this one belongs on the list.
    "I don't like them when they are eating my azaleas or rhododendrons or pansies." - Coach K

  6. #66
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Lompoc, West Carolina
    Rolling Stone's greatest guitarists is one that a lot of folks don't like.
    Myself included.

  7. #67
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Shaker Heights, OH
    The win over Kentucky in the 1998 Jimmy V Classic (at the Meadowlands in Cameron North) should be on the list somewhere -- seemed to take at least a little of the sting out of losing to them in the Regional Final the previous year.

    I agree with adding the Kansas win in the Maui this week as well.

  8. #68
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Undisclosed
    Quote Originally Posted by captmojo View Post
    Rolling Stone's greatest guitarists is one that a lot of folks don't like.
    Myself included.
    If SRV isn't in the top ten, the list is bogus.

    Carlos and Jerry better be in the next ten.


    As far as K's wins are concerned, there are so many great ones over so many years that it is hard to see where this one fits in. The emotion K showed during and after the game was wonderful and (no doubt) genuine. I have no doubt that K is enjoying his job as much, if not more, than he ever has.

    May we all find that in our own lives.

  9. #69
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    San Francisco
    Quote Originally Posted by Nugget View Post
    In honor of his tying Dean, I put together a list of what I would rank as Coach K's top wins at Duke, based on my personal views that placed most significance on:
    (i) the importance of the game,
    (ii) the game's importance to Coach K's career,
    (iii) the quality of the opposition, and
    (iv) the quality of Duke's performance.

    Happily, and as a sign of how blessed Duke fans have been over the past 30 years, I was able to recall at least 100 memorable Duke wins under Coach K.

    Take your best shot.

    Coach K's Top 100 Wins at Duke:

    (1) UNLV, 1991 NCAA Final Four (79-77)
    (2) Kansas, 1991 National Championship (72-65)
    (3) Kentucky, 1992 NCAA East Regional (104-103) (ot)
    (4) Michigan, 1992 National Championship (71-51)
    (5) Arizona, 2001 National Championship (82-72)
    (6) Butler 2010 National Championship (61-59)
    (7) Georgetown, 1989 NCAA East Regional (85-77)
    (8) Maryland, 2001 NCAA Final Four (95-84)
    (9) U.Conn, 1990 NCAA East Regional (79-78) (ot)
    (10) Navy, 1986 NCAA East Regional (71-50)

    (11) North Carolina, 1984 ACC Tournament Semis (77-75)
    (12) Purdue, 1994 NCAA Southeast Regional (69-60)
    (13) Kansas, 1986 NCAA Final Four (71-67)
    (14) @ North Carolina, 2001 (95-81)
    (15) North Carolina, 1998 (77-75)
    (16) Temple, 1988 NCAA East Regional (63-53)
    (17) Indiana, 1992 NCAA Final Four (81-78)
    (18) North Carolina, 1986 (82-74)
    (19) North Carolina, 1988 ACC Tournament Final (65-61)
    (20) Arkansas, 1990 NCAA Final Four (97-83)
    (21) North Carolina, 2001 ACC Tournament Final (79-53)
    (22) Baylor, 2010 NCAA South Regional (78-71)
    (23) Michigan, 1992-1993 (79-68)
    (24) Georgia Tech, 1986 ACC Tournament Final (68-67) (ot)
    (25) North Carolina, 1997 (80-73)

    (26) @ Maryland, 2001 (98-96) (ot)
    (27) @ LSU, 1992 (77-67)
    (28) @ North Carolina, 1985 (93-77)
    (29) @ Wake Forest, 1997 (73-68)
    (30) West Virginia, 2010 NCAA Final Four (78-57)
    (31) LSU, 1991 (88-70)
    (32) North Carolina, 1981 (61-60)
    (33) North Carolina, 1992 ACC Tournament Final (94-74)
    (34) Maryland, 2001 ACC Tournament Semis (84-82)
    (35) @ North Carolina, 2008 (89-78)
    (36) @ North Carolina, 1989 (88-86)
    (37) Arizona, 1990 (78-76)
    (38) @ Michigan, 1991-1992 (88-85) (ot)
    (39) @ North Carolina, 2000 (90-86) (ot)
    (40) North Carolina, 1988 (96-81)
    (41) Arizona, 1997-1998 Maui final (95-87)
    (42) @ North Carolina, 1991 (83-77)
    (43) North Carolina, 1993 (81-67)
    (44) @ Kansas, 1988 (74-70)
    (45) St. John’s, 1991-1992 @ Greensboro (91-81)
    (46) @ Oklahoma, 1990-1991 (90-85)
    (47) North Carolina, 1991 (74-61)
    (48) @ Wake Forest, 2001 (82-80) (ot)
    (49) Florida, 1994 NCAA Final Four (70-65)
    (50) Maryland, 2000 ACC Tournament Final (81-68)
    (51) Kentucky, 2001-2002 @ Meadowlands (95-92) (ot)
    (52) Texas, 2005-2006 @ Meadowlands (97-66)
    (53) @ North Carolina, 1988 (70-69)
    (54) North Carolina, 2005 (71-70)
    (55) Kansas, 2000 NCAA 2nd Round (69-64)
    (56) St. John’s and Kansas, 1985-1986 Pre-season NIT (71-70 and 92-86)
    (57) North Carolina, 1992 (89-77)
    (58) Texas, 2009 NCAA 2nd Round (74-69)
    (59) Boston College, 2006 ACC Tournament Final (78-76)
    (60) Xavier, 2004 NCAA South Regional (66-63)
    (61) @ North Carolina, 2004 (83-81) (ot)
    (62) @ St. John’s, 1999 (92-88) (ot)
    (63) N. Carolina, 1999 ACC Tournament Final (96-73)
    (64) N.C. St., 2003 ACC Tournament Final (84-77)
    (65) St. John’s, 1991 NCAA Midwest Regional (78-61)
    (66) Florida St., 2009 ACC Tournament Final (79-69)
    (67) Oklahoma, 1986 (93-84)
    (68) @ UCLA, 1992 (75-65)
    (69) Georgia Tech, 1990 (88-86)
    (70) North Carolina, 2010 (82-50)
    (71) Notre Dame, 1986 (75-74)
    (72) @ Michigan St, 2003-2004 (72-50)
    (73) N.C. St., 1988 ACC Tournament Semis (73-71)
    (74) Virginia, 2001 (103-61)
    (75) @ Purdue, 2008-2009 (76-60)
    (76) N. Carolina, 2000 (90-76)
    (77) Indiana and Iowa, 1995-1996 Great Alaska Shootout (70-64 and 88-81)
    (78) Washington, 1985 (71-59)
    (79) Marquette, 2007-2008 Maui Final (77-73)
    (80) Maryland, 2002 (99-78)
    (81) N. Carolina, 1999 (89-77)
    (82) @ North Carolina, 2002 (87-58)
    (83) U.Conn, 2009-2010 Pre-season NIT (68-59)
    (84) @ N.C. St., 1996 (71-70)
    (85) @ North Carolina, 1999 (81-61)
    (86) N.C. State, 1990 (85-82)
    (87) @ Indiana, 2005-2006 (75-67)
    (88) Maryland, 2009 (85-44)
    (89) Georgia Tech, 1991 (98-57)
    (90) @ Georgia Tech, 1990 (96-91)
    (91) Maryland, 2010 (77-56)
    (92) North Carolina, 2002 (93-68)
    (93) @ Virginia, 1984 (78-72)
    (94) Wake Forest, 2009 (101-91)
    (95) Michigan, 2000-2001 (104-61)
    (96) UCLA, 1996 (85-66)
    (97) @ N. C. St., 2008 (87-86)
    (98) Gonzaga, @ at MSG 2009-2010 (76-41)
    (99) Florida, 1998-1999 (116-86)
    (100) Maryland, 1986 (80-68)
    As K approaches 1K, it's time to bump up one of the best threads ever started on DBR. We've got about 110 more wins (and 4 more years of retrospection) to consider for this list since Nugget posted this. I don't know Nugget, but I would love to see him (or someone else who has the knowledge and inclination) update the list. Frankly, I don't think there are too many candidates for the list from the past 4 seasons.

    Without looking into it too deeply, the top candidates from the last four years (and not sure they even crack the official list) in my mind are:

    Michigan State, 84-79, 2010 (Kyrie signature game)
    N. Carolina, 79-73, 2011 (Nolan Smith masterpiece)
    Kansas, 68-61, 2011 (Tyler Thornton game; Maui Invitational Championship)
    @ N. Carolina, 85-84, 2012 (Austin Rivers game; down by 10 with 2 mins. left)
    Louisville, 76-71, 2012 (Battle for Atlantis Championship)
    @ Wisconsin, 80-70, 2014

    Near miss: the game that had all the makings being pretty high on the list would have been @Syracuse 2014. This was the best we played all year; first 'cuse matchup in conference; K-Boeheim; so so much buzz around that game.
    "I don't like them when they are eating my azaleas or rhododendrons or pansies." - Coach K

  10. #70
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Toledo, OH
    Miami, 79-76, 3/2/13 (Ryan Kelly comeback)

    Actually got to be in attendance for this one. Only my second game ever in Cameron!

  11. #71
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Baltimore
    Quote Originally Posted by gam7 View Post
    @ Wisconsin, 80-70, 2014
    I think the Wisconsin game's place on the list will be more apparent at year's end...I do think that how the team does for the year plays a role, as it sets the tone for the importance of the game overall. ie: a great win in a poor year doesn't mean as much as a great win in a NC year, as you can argue that the win helped establish the team's dynamic etc. In fact, a loss in a great year may be more meaningful than a win in a bad year.

    I'm getting away from the point. Right now, the Winsconsin win feels pretty big, and may crack the list. I think a good postseason run from this team would make me say it solidly cracks the list for sure.
    Duke '03
    Tent 1 '99/'00

  12. #72
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    San Francisco
    Quote Originally Posted by DukeDevil View Post
    I think the Wisconsin game's place on the list will be more apparent at year's end...I do think that how the team does for the year plays a role, as it sets the tone for the importance of the game overall. ie: a great win in a poor year doesn't mean as much as a great win in a NC year, as you can argue that the win helped establish the team's dynamic etc. In fact, a loss in a great year may be more meaningful than a win in a bad year.

    I'm getting away from the point. Right now, the Winsconsin win feels pretty big, and may crack the list. I think a good postseason run from this team would make me say it solidly cracks the list for sure.
    Here are Nugget's criteria:

    (i) the importance of the game,
    (ii) the game's importance to Coach K's career,
    (iii) the quality of the opposition, and
    (iv) the quality of Duke's performance.

    The Wisconsin game rates extremely highly on (iii) and (iv). I think all late-career regular season games for Coach K are going to suffer on (ii). I think (i) can really be divided into at least two sub-categories: (i)(a) importance at the time of the game; and (i)(b) importance in light of that particular team/season. Agree with you that you can't tell the value of the game on (i)(b) until you see how things develop. I agree that it feels like a game that belongs on the list. The problem is that so do the 100+ games already on the list (and probably a couple dozen others)...

    The Ryan Kelly game brings up an interesting point. There are a bunch of games that are huge, signature games for a particular player and therefore stick out in the Duke consciousness. I'd have to do more research on that particular game...
    "I don't like them when they are eating my azaleas or rhododendrons or pansies." - Coach K

  13. #73
    Lord a mercy, this is one wearying thread. Thank heavens K has the strength to never dwell on the losses.

  14. #74
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Undisclosed
    Quote Originally Posted by weezie View Post
    Lord a mercy, this is one wearying thread. Thank heavens K has the strength to never dwell on the losses.
    Fwiw, Dan Patrick asked K this week what loss in his career hurt the most. He said the NC games we lost, especially the ones that were only by a possession or two because you keep wondering what you could have done differently.

  15. #75
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Washington, DC area
    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    Fwiw, Dan Patrick asked K this week what loss in his career hurt the most. He said the NC games we lost, especially the ones that were only by a possession or two because you keep wondering what you could have done differently.
    '86. <sigh>

  16. #76
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Undisclosed
    Quote Originally Posted by -jk View Post
    '86. <sigh>
    I was on West Quad in front of the Jumbotron. Still hurts.

  17. #77
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Toledo, OH
    Quote Originally Posted by gam7 View Post
    The Ryan Kelly game brings up an interesting point. There are a bunch of games that are huge, signature games for a particular player and therefore stick out in the Duke consciousness. I'd have to do more research on that particular game...
    The Wisconsin game this year was Coach K's 38th game facing a top-5 opponent when Duke was also ranked in the top 5. During the Miami game, Duke was ranked 3rd while Miami was ranked 5th. Also remember that earlier in the year Miami stomped Duke 90-63 in Coral Gables.

    As far as Nugget's criteria:
    i) It proved how important Ryan was to this Duke team. With him back in the lineup it showed that Duke was a team that was going to compete for a national title. We ended up losing in the Elite 8 to Louisville, the eventual national champion.
    ii) Not sure how to tackle this one. After all Coach K has accomplished, only games during March, the first weekend in April, and against UNC-CH will probably be important to his career.
    iii) Miami went on to win the ACC regular season and tournament title. They were also a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
    iv) Coach K said "We were all privileged to see one of the performances of the ages, I think, by Ryan Kelly." Sure it doesn't say much about the whole team. But an individual performance like that justifies a spot in one of Coach K's top 100 wins. It's crazy to even think that this would be up for discussion. It just shows how amazing Coach K's career has been. At most programs, a win like this would easily be top 5.

  18. #78
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Seattle, WA
    Quote Originally Posted by gam7 View Post
    As K approaches 1K, it's time to bump up one of the best threads ever started on DBR. We've got about 110 more wins (and 4 more years of retrospection) to consider for this list since Nugget posted this. I don't know Nugget, but I would love to see him (or someone else who has the knowledge and inclination) update the list. Frankly, I don't think there are too many candidates for the list from the past 4 seasons.

    Without looking into it too deeply, the top candidates from the last four years (and not sure they even crack the official list) in my mind are:

    Michigan State, 84-79, 2010 (Kyrie signature game)
    N. Carolina, 79-73, 2011 (Nolan Smith masterpiece)
    Kansas, 68-61, 2011 (Tyler Thornton game; Maui Invitational Championship)
    @ N. Carolina, 85-84, 2012 (Austin Rivers game; down by 10 with 2 mins. left)
    Louisville, 76-71, 2012 (Battle for Atlantis Championship)
    @ Wisconsin, 80-70, 2014

    Near miss: the game that had all the makings being pretty high on the list would have been @Syracuse 2014. This was the best we played all year; first 'cuse matchup in conference; K-Boeheim; so so much buzz around that game.
    11/15/11 - Duke 74, Michigan St. 69 (#903) has to go somewhere on the list
    3/9/13 - Duke 69, UNC 53, in Chapel Hill - yes, the Heels weren't as good, but K doesn't have many wins in Chapel Hill by a greater margin (as an aside, and this is a sure sign of aging, I have no memory of this game and it was barely 18 months ago - I'm very troubled by this. I remember the Miami game from the week before vividly; I remember all of the tournament games (can even picture where I was and what I was doing for them), but this is a complete zero. I should go find a tape and watch it again to refresh.)

    Maybe the UNC game last year?
    Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.

    You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner

    You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke

  19. #79
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Atlanta, GA
    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    Fwiw, Dan Patrick asked K this week what loss in his career hurt the most. He said the NC games we lost, especially the ones that were only by a possession or two because you keep wondering what you could have done differently.
    I always thought Trajan should have gotten the ball to Avery. I think he would have knocked down a three on the wing. Will was a little rattled from the whole Ricky Moore thing, but he was the kind of player that can hit a big playground shot. He'd missed the previous year, barely, against Kentucky. I thought he might have come through for us that season.

    Say what you will, but that team had many weapons and a Langdon drive was not the strongest of them.

    That one will never stop hurting. Can't imagine what it's like for Coach K. I still think it's the best team ever not to win an NC.

  20. #80
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    Hudson Valley, NY
    Now a really great project would be a TV mini-series based on this list with highlights and historical perspective narrative and interviews of the players, coaches, fans and announcers.

    THAT I would watch again and again.

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 16
    Last Post: 04-06-2016, 12:36 PM
  2. Toughest matchup for this Duke team?
    By FishStick in forum Elizabeth King Forum
    Replies: 31
    Last Post: 11-27-2010, 02:35 PM
  3. Coach K's total wins and challengers
    By JasonEvans in forum Elizabeth King Forum
    Replies: 42
    Last Post: 04-08-2010, 06:10 PM
  4. Duke Love Wave for Coach K
    By Lavabe in forum Elizabeth King Forum
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 02-17-2008, 06:27 PM
  5. I love Coach P
    By 365Duke in forum Elizabeth King Forum
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 01-18-2008, 01:58 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •