When we beat Kentucky maybe Mason can shave a "D" and an "E" in Nerlens haircut.
One of my favorite off-season threads. Inspired by the Delaware item on the front page, here's what we (well, at least I - others may know more) know so far:
[updated 5/9]
pre-season - Western Washington (DII champs) in Cameron
November 13 - Champions Classic - against Kentucky in Atlanta (Georgia Dome, not Phillips Arena).
November 22-24 - Battle for Atlantis - a very strong field, with Missouri, Stanford, Louisville, Memphis, Minnesota, VCU, and Northern Iowa
November 27/28 (maybe December 4/5) - Home against Ohio State
December 1 - Delaware in Cameron
January 2 - Davidson in Charlotte
date TBD - Temple in East Rutherford
Any other intel, add it in here. Those 5 November games against major opponents in November will be quite a gauntlet.
As a related point, here's how I see the B4A brackets shaking out:
Duke and Louisville will be slated on opposite sides of the bracket, as the preferred finals. I think Memphis and Missouri will be split as the intended semifinalists. After that, it's a bit of a toss up, although I have to believe that if K has anything to say about it, Stanford will be on the opposite side of us. For the sake of running out a prediction:
Duke-Minnesota
Memphis-VCU
Louisville-Northern Iowa
Missouri-Stanford
Last edited by pfrduke; 05-09-2012 at 12:53 PM.
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
When we beat Kentucky maybe Mason can shave a "D" and an "E" in Nerlens haircut.
Thanks for starting this
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
Who we play is unimportant since we will...
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Minnesota would have been a possibility, but as fate would have it, Devils and Gophers are both in B4A.
My preference is Duke-Indiana in Indianapolis. The prospect of playing UK, UL, and IU, all away from CIS, delights me. Easy for me to say, of course. But that's what I hope for. Might lose all 3. But even 2-1 would lift Duke into top 4-5 pretty early.
Roll the dice. We're gold.
No chance. A primary purpose of the challenge is to create marquee match ups at the top. Duke, UNC, and NCSU will almost certainly get matched against top-tier Big Teneleventwelve squads. And given the Indiana, Michigan, OSU, and MSU all figure to be highly ranked (or, at the very least, ranked), I have to think that three of those teams will be playing tobacco road opponents.
Love the idea of playing Indiana at Conseco (although playing them in Bloomington would be pretty fun too).
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
Per BDN Twitter, Watzone tweeted tonight he has confirmed that Duke will be hosting OSU in the Challenge. That was my wish so I am stoked. One, to see a maquee game in Cameron (the MSU game with Kyrie was incredible!), and two, I wanted the rematch to avenge this past seasons debacle.
So pencil another one in, and get your tickets early!
Mark Watson @BlueDevilNation
Blue Devil Nation knows that #Duke will host Ohio State in Cameron in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge next season. Kentucky on the slate as well.
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
Duke will play Davidson January 2 at Bobcats Arena in Charlotte.
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
The following Katz blog includes an interesting ACC-schedule tidbit. Check out the last sentence in the first paragraph, on NCSt's schedule.
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...urney-matchups
Seems there are 3 possibilities:
1. The 18-game ACC schedule is finalized, and Katz has seen it. [I sure haven't seen it, and don't expect to for awhile. It's not on the ACC's official site.]
2. Gottfried has seen it, and revealed to Katz some of the Pack's key home-and-homes.
3. Katz thinks an 18-game schedule means full round robin; i.e., Katz can't count.
I think #3 is most likely. It is possible that the home-and-home partners have been decided but you would think that would leak quickly in this day and age. That being said, an 18 game schedule with 12 teams means 7 home and homes and only 4 teams that you play just once. Nice quirk in the scheduling before Syracuse and Pitt join. This year's "regular season champ" will be the truest regular season champ since the ACC expanded from 9 to 12.
Coach K on Kyle Singler - "What position does he play? ... He plays winner."
"Duke is never the underdog" - Quinn Cook
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