MBB: Duke vs UVA Pre-Game & In-Game Thread 1/13/14

[nyesq83]

...giving up conventional three point plays. Foul hard, if you're gonna foul, boys.

[Cameron]

I'm never sad when we lose.

Angry, maybe, but never sad.

I won't be angry, either. This team doesn't deserve to win any game playing like this. A loss at home might do them more good than any win could.

[DukieInBrasil]

What an absolute meltdown. How can Duke not get a better shot than that off a time out?

[Gthoma2a]

Are we insane? No rim protector or rebounder put in the game... We are just going to live and die with this lineup that has given up the lead.

[ChrisP]

We were up 56-43 with at least 2 chances to add to the lead. Offense has gone in the tank (along with defense)

[sporthenry]

Perhaps chicken little but this is going to be a tough game to rebound from for the team if they lose.

[Gthoma2a]

I went from being encouraged to discouraged. If we can't get a better performance than this at home, we are in trouble on the road all year long. Also, the substitutions stopped at the end of the game and it let them get their rhythm.

[arnie]

Utterly despicable

All on K - plays small ball we give it up.

[DukieInBrasil]

I cannot believe how poorly this team finishes games. I have never seen a worse Duke team in the clutch. Yet again, Duke has blown a lead with less than 10 minutes in the second half. They could still win, but they losing with less than a minute.

[NYBri]

Major meltdown. Began with QC missing front end of one and one.

[Cameron]

Everything's fine. We'll be ok. It's all starting to click. Right.

As others have stated, when Marshall was in the game, there was a passion in the paint defensively that had this team playing much better than at any point in recent games. Yet, he's been sitting down for the last five minutes. Utterly baffling.

[duke09hms]

Would like to see the +/- with Plumlee lineups. Also, why did K stop with the line changes?

Rasheed with the clutch 3!

[sporthenry]

We were up 56-43 with at least 2 chances to add to the lead. Offense has gone in the tank (along with defense)

Honestly, the fact that our offense can do this with two lottery picks, Sheed, and Cook. There is something wrong with here.

[NYBri]

Even if we win this, there is nothing to feel good about this game.

[Dukehky]

Everything's fine. We'll be ok. It's all starting to click. Right.

As others have stated, when Marshall was in the game, there was a passion in the paint defensively that had this team playing much better than at any point in recent games. Yet, he's been sitting down for the last five minutes. Utterly baffling.

Plus, it's nice to see that we're playing stall ball again. That has really proven to be effective in the past.

[DukieInBrasil]

All on K - plays small ball we give it up.

partly, but the players are the ones who absolutely fell apart. That 3 may have saved Sulaimon from being the goat. He nearly single-handedly gave the game to UVa.
Jefferson for player of the game.

[duke09hms]

Even if we win this, there is nothing to feel good about this game.

Plumlee fans feel vindicated? MORE PLUMLEE!!

[arnie]

Honestly, the fact that our offense can do this with two lottery picks, Sheed, and Cook. There is something wrong with here.

Need 1-got it

[DukieInBrasil]

Even if we win this, there is nothing to feel good about this game.

wrong. Amile Jefferson's play is to feel good about.