CJ Mccollum is a heck of a player....he could give us a run for our money if we aren't ready for it/looking ahead to the next round
Discuss our Round of 64 matchup with the LehighEngineersMountain Hawks here.
CJ Mccollum is a heck of a player....he could give us a run for our money if we aren't ready for it/looking ahead to the next round
April 1
Maybe this was the more appropriate place to ask this (but I'm not sure how to delete my post in the other thread). Anyone have any idea when we'll find out the game time? Thanks, and Go Duke!
T '05, SOM '10
It appears Duke and Lehigh have two common opponents: St. John's University and Michigan State. Duke beat both while Lehigh lost to both:
Duke 83, St. John's 76
St. John's 78, Lehigh 73
Duke 74, Michigan State 69
Michigan State 90, Lehigh 81
Bob Green
I expect a good game. Everyone gives Duke their best shot, right? I just hope Duke can do the same. If Duke doesn't play well, we could see a similar game to the one against Belmont in 2008
Agreed that nothing should be taken for granted with this team, and definitely not this time of year. Lehigh may have lost to our two common opponents, but, at least by the final score, they didn't get blown out by either. Our guys need to focus on their defense, owning the glass, and good, patient offense. If we do that we should move on.
Looks like their starting line-up is 6'0, 6'3 (McCollum), 6'6, 6'8, and 6'9.
Mason and Miles need to take it to 'em.
According to Pomeroy, Lehigh is basically the equivalent of Virginia Tech. So keep that in mind - VaTech was a team that gave us some issues, but never truly seemed to be better than us.
Without RK, there might be some annoyances. With RK, we should be fine.
<devildeac> anyone playing drinking games by now?
7:49:36<Wander> drink every qb run?
7:49:38<loran16> umm, drink every time asack rushes?
7:49:38<wolfybeard> @devildeac: drink when Asack runs a keeper
7:49:39 PM<CB&B> any time zack runs, drink
Carolina Delenda Est
This is the only game that matters right now.. ok , I grant a little look ahead to X vs ND but beyond that really is pointless as (hopefuly !) a lot of upsets will occur and no tellin' who will be out there - IF we are even still in the thing. Go underdogs ! (escept when we play)
They have bodies, but that's about it. They mostly shoot 3s. They average over 20 attempts per game and make just over 7 of them (35.7%). 10 different guys are at 29.8% or better from 3, with 8 guys shooting 33.8% or better.
Their leading rebounder is a guard (McCollum). They run a ton of bodies out there, but not many of them are very good.
KU played Lehigh in the 1-16 game in 2010, when McCollum was a freshman. They gave us all we could handle for the 1st half and the first 7-8 minutes of the 2nd. McCollum ended up with 26 against a really good defensive KU team (#1 or #2 in Kenpom).
I see they have a number of 6'6 type guys but not much real size. I hope we emphasize the bigs in this game, contain their stud guard and not let them spread us out with all those mid-sized players.
Lehigh's strength is our strength defensively: the 3 point shot. They shoot a bunch of them, and they shoot it reasonably well. They don't have much of an inside game. Even their bigs (who aren't that big) are perimeter shooters.
We have to work hard to contain McCollum while not allowing wide open looks for their shooters, and defensive rebounding is a must. And on the other end, we need to dominate the glass whenever we miss.
We're much better than them, but they shoot the 3 and they have a star player and that makes them dangerous.
Seeing their results against Mich St and St Johns makes me nervous. Neither team blew them out. Good news is, this weekend notwithstanding, this Duke team plays better on the road. I kind of half hoped that Duke would choose to wear Blue every game in the ACC Tourney, just to keep the road game mindset.
If we play defense the way we did in Atlanta, and make shots, we should be ok. Regarding Kelly, Vitale stated on ESPN's Bracketology show, that the Duke staff indicated Ryan will be ready to go on Friday. That is great news if accurate.