Duke visiting Canada!

[UrinalCake]

Hooray, the season is less than three months away!

[mattman91]

OPK, get to Banff as soon as you can. You won't be disappointed. The Canadian Rockies are a sight to behold. Bring your hiking boots.

I second this, I absolutely loved Banff.

[devildeac]

A suggestion where to eat if anyone attends the Duke games in Canada:

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[bluenorth]

Jordan Henry
‏ @Jor_Henry
1m1 minute ago

Confirmation from @DukeMBB via @stevewisemanNC:
Duke vs. @RyersonRamsMBB 7 p.m. Aug. 15

Duke vs. @Blues_Hoops 6 p.m. Aug. 17

Duke vs. @McGillMBB 3 p.m. Aug. 19

"Ticket and television information is still being finalized and will be announced at a later date, said Mike Cragg"

The two games in Mississauga (suburb west of Toronto) will be nasty to get to, especially the one on Friday at 6:00pm. Traffic is bad all the time in that area, but it gets worse on a Friday in the summer when cottagers flee the city in all directions (although mostly north). If you're planning on attending, choose your hotel carefully for location, and then leave extra time to make the commute.

[budwom]

The two games in Mississauga (suburb west of Toronto) will be nasty to get to, especially the one on Friday at 6:00pm. Traffic is bad all the time in that area, but it gets worse on a Friday in the summer when cottagers flee the city in all directions (although mostly north). If you're planning on attending, choose your hotel carefully for location, and then leave extra time to make the commute.

Yeah, Mississauga and Laval, I have to say from a visitation standpoint, they could have put the games in more desirable locations.

[sagegrouse]

Holy moly! At a restaurant named Bombay Bhel. Link.

[NSDukeFan]

Yeah, Mississauga and Laval, I have to say from a visitation standpoint, they could have put the games in more desirable locations.

Was there a concern that the team wouldn’t get to see enough Canadian suburbia?

[scottdude8]

Is there any news as to how to get tickets to the games? Particularly, the one in Toronto?

[TomJoad]

Goduke.com announcement here: http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200

ESPN in the US and TSN in Canada. Tickets on sale in June.

[budwom]

Was there a concern that the team wouldn’t get to see enough Canadian suburbia?

Afraid perhaps they'll all go nuts on St. Catherine St. Opportunity lost, Montreal and T.O. are so great, and Laval and Mississauga so aren't.

[NSDukeFan]

Afraid perhaps they'll all go nuts on St. Catherine St. Opportunity lost, Montreal and T.O. are so great, and Laval and Mississauga so aren't.

I completely agree.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

I took a few minutes to look at the rosters for the schools. Almost all of their players are Canadian - one would think they would raid the US more for players. Each school has a lot of coaches. Ryerson has a 7-2 player from Senegal who started 9 of 23 games and averaged 5.8 ppg. All teams have at least a few guys who are 6-8 or bigger. There is a player named Christopher Barrett on Toronto but I don't think he is related. No other names stood out.

Toronto was 13-11 last year. Ryerson was 17-6 and looks like they lost in the finals of two post season tournaments, though it looks like their leading scorer is graduating (hard to tell the class years). McGill was 26-12. McGill played a lot of exhibitions vs. American teams, losing to Alabama (96-57), SMU (86-83), Towson, Siena, Hofstra and Lamar and beating UTEP twice, Kent State and St. Francis of Brooklyn.

[Troublemaker]

I took a few minutes to look at the rosters for the schools. Almost all of their players are Canadian - one would think they would raid the US more for players. Each school has a lot of coaches. Ryerson has a 7-2 player from Senegal who started 9 of 23 games and averaged 5.8 ppg. All teams have at least a few guys who are 6-8 or bigger. There is a player named Christopher Barrett on Toronto but I don't think he is related. No other names stood out.

Toronto was 13-11 last year. Ryerson was 17-6 and looks like they lost in the finals of two post season tournaments, though it looks like their leading scorer is graduating (hard to tell the class years). McGill was 26-12. McGill played a lot of exhibitions vs. American teams, losing to Alabama (96-57), SMU (86-83), Towson, Siena, Hofstra and Lamar and beating UTEP twice, Kent State and St. Francis of Brooklyn.

Yeah, in the national semifinals this past season, Ryerson actually eliminated Carleton, the team that has won 13 of the past 16 national championships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_U...onship#Bracket

It's possible Ryerson will provide some good competition.

ETA: it looks like McGill was also in the Final Four and gave Carleton a good game in the 3rd place game.

[Bluedog]

Yeah, in the national semifinals this past season, Ryerson actually eliminated Carleton, the team that has won 13 of the past 16 national championships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_U...onship#Bracket

It's possible Ryerson will provide some good competition.

ETA: it looks like McGill was also in the Final Four and gave Carleton a good game in the 3rd place game.

I don't understand why Duke was not interested in playing Carleton...odd.

[hallcity]

I don't understand why Duke was not interested in playing Carleton...odd.

People will say Duke was ducking a team that might be able to give them a game. I'm afraid those people will be right.

[NSDukeFan]

I don't understand why Duke was not interested in playing Carleton...odd.

I was wondering the same.

[budwom]

I don't understand why Duke was not interested in playing Carleton...odd.

Playing Carleton in Ottawa would violate the evident Let's Play In Inferior Cities theme of this tour. Unless we played them in Chicoutimi.

[Troublemaker]

People will say Duke was ducking a team that might be able to give them a game. I'm afraid those people will be right.

Perhaps, but the fact that Duke scheduled two other Final Four teams (including one that eliminated Carleton) means we didn't load up on scrubs, either.

[NSDukeFan]

Playing Carleton in Ottawa would violate the evident Let's Play In Inferior Cities theme of this tour. Unless we played them in Chicoutimi.

Made me laugh. (Though probably few others).

[porkpa]

The last time I saw McGill University, who we are scheduled to meet in Montreal, play, they were not capable of giving an average US high school team a game.
Of course, that was almost 60 years ago.