MBB: Duke 71, Sparty 61 Post-Game Thread

[pfrduke]

Go Duke!

[hurleyfor3]

Was that the 2010 team on defense?

[Gthoma2a]

Elite 8! Now, let's hope we come out ready for Louisville's best shot. They will want revenge.

[Newton_14]

ELite 8 bound baby! Go Duke!

[Chris Randolph]

Great team win. Very impressed with the defensive scheme and how the players performed it

[Gthoma2a]

Was that the 2010 team on defense?

That was our Bahamas defense! We don't have a Zoub.

[pamtar]

Thank god for Tyler Thornton!

[Les Grossman]

Man, can't argue with that tournament D!

[trinity92]

Think we've win by double digits in all three games so far. Tough and gritty win for our boys. On to Louisville!

[dukelifer]

Wow- That was impressive. Duke gutted it out and Rasheed was money from the line. Great team D- great effort for 40 minutes. Weathered a bad game by Cook and foul trouble to Mason. Still- this was as good a win I have seen Duke have in a while. This felt like a old time Duke game and Duke has not peaked. Lets hope they are loose and hitting on Sunday. Very happy with this team tonight - or morning!

[6th Man]

I'm proud of those boys tonight. Great effort. What a luxury to give Sulaimon the ball and let him go one on one. Made the free throws. Awesome!

[BlueDevilBrowns]

Was that the 2010 team on defense?

No. It was 2001 with Battier and Nate James-like Defense.

[Gthoma2a]

Thank god for Tyler Thornton!

Yes, but hopefully Quinn is back Sunday. He was a huge piece to the puzzle that beat Louisville the first time.

[wgl1228]

Ok where can I watch the post game presser?

[CDu]

To quote Doug Gottlieb: "that was championship-level basketball from the Blue Devils."

[Wildling]

Thank god for Tyler Thornton!

Amen!

[mcdukie]

So many people said that we would lose this game. Seth Davis said we could blown out! Did they forget we have a man named Coach K!

[gocanes0506]

Fantastic D. Great job by Sheed to make his free throws to seal this win.

It will be interesting to see how K and Co try and shut down the two guards for Louisville.

Thoughts for that game:

Going to have to have Kelly and Sheed making jump shots versus louisville.
Slow the game down and ensure we have enough guards back to not allow the guards to get into transition
The basketball gods will be a mix company for this game. Duke has played well in Indianapolis. The but is only 3 times has a number 1 seed not made it to the final four. It has happened but not a lot.

[duke96]

Wow- That was impressive. Duke gutted it out and Rasheed was money from the line. Great team D- great effort for 40 minutes. Weathered a bad game by Cook and foul trouble to Mason. Still- this was as good a win I have seen Duke have in a while. This felt like a old time Duke game and Duke has not peaked. Lets hope they are loose and hitting on Sunday. Very happy with this team tonight - or morning!

Yeah! Well said. If this team starts to hit on all cylinders, watch out. Lville will be a huge challenge.

[Les Grossman]

Oh, man, Charles Barkley just harshed my mellow