Offense was good but to me the defense really elevated to next level this game. Active hands and feet all game long. Best defense of the month. Hope to keep it up next week. We going to need to play elevated o and d to keep going.
Offense was good but to me the defense really elevated to next level this game. Active hands and feet all game long. Best defense of the month. Hope to keep it up next week. We going to need to play elevated o and d to keep going.
Sharp. Balanced. Great win.
25 point win and it wasn't even that close. I like that.
I think the one big takeaway I will have is the mature decision making for much of that game. The team really settled in after the first five minutes and except for a small stretch at the end of the first, they really made solid decisions on when to push, when not to push, and what shots to take. I think this was just a ridiculously good matchup for us, so I won't put too much stock into the interior dominance. Even on defense, I though Rhode Island's poor execution had as much to do with it as duke's good play. And don't get me wrong, I think Duke played great, but there were some missed opportunities that teams like MSU or Kansas will be more likely to take advantage of.
You can't have asked Duke to play any better, but the one big thing that I hope will translate is that mental aspect of playing in control and making good decisions.
"We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust
Too close for comfort...
I guess it's POSSIBLE, but much less likely than UMBC beating UVA. We all know Syracuse, and plain and simple, they aren't that good. Cuse was one of the last 4 in the tourney, I think. Michigan St. will win this game handily. I honestly don't mind playing all of the best teams they are throwing at us. It would be great to say we beat Michigan St. and Kansas on the way to the natty.
I am in a quandary: should the team eat at Chipotle before every game or avoid Chipotle before every game?
This is the new go-to college basketball cliche. We'd better get used to it. For the next 20 years, every dim sportscaster doing a mismatch game is going to whip this out. Then we'll have a documentary about the game.
Trust me; we're all going to get sick of this really quickly.
"We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust
We are peaking at the right time. They are playing on all cylinders.
I can't think of more cliches, but we are doing them.
~rthomas
As the native Pittsburgh people say " yinz are 3-0 in the Berg this year"
Kyle gets BUCKETS!
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