MBB: Duke vs Notre Dame (1/29, 7 pm, ESPN) Pre-game and In-game Thread

[uh_no]

bolden Warming up again. hope we get him back tonight

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[wavedukefan70s]

Right, if there was to be a turning point, it would have to be the State game. Since then, our defense has played consistently well against a variety of opponents. Prior to that, the defense was playing badly.

Of course, at that point we were still a top-5 team. But we were trending in the wrong direction as of State, and since have played really well again.

I don’t think a close loss to another elite team is a turning point.

To where we play a full 40 minutes of elite basketball.instead of spurts.

[riverside6]

Live tempo-based stats for Duke/Notre Dame, starters posted...
https://www.scacchoops.com/notre-dam...stats-01292018

[BigZ]

Defensive rebounding has been poor lately

[wavedukefan70s]

bolden Warming up again. hope we get him back tonight

I hope so too.

[BigZ]

Duval needs to play calmly

[WHOneedsSOX]

Too bad Colson is out. Him going against Bagley and Carter would've been exciting to watch.

[BobBender]

Discuss the Notre Dame game here.

So Bilas keeps harping on how young we are, which means he is bringing nothing to the table as an analyst. Who does he think the audience is? Casual channel surfers? This is what we are, and have been for the last 4 years. We are ‘young’ this year, we’ll be ‘young’ next year, and we’ll be ‘young’ until K retires. The young thing is getting old

[gocanes0506]

Geez these refs are awful.

[jipops]

Geez these refs are awful.

Yea, the last 2 fouls on Carter were ridiculous

[wavedukefan70s]

Ok I'm crazy .no hand or wrist flex from Allen.k was limping though.im glad colson isnt in .we may be behind.

[duke4ever19]

Yea, the last 2 fouls on Carter were ridiculous

I thought Carter went straight up with his completely vertical on that one foul call, which he was trying to argue afterword. Can't do much as a defender when you get called for jumping straight up with your hands over your head. "Principle of verticality" as Coach K has been referring to it in post-game interviews.

[Dub]

Okay half but we’re up 8 against a severely undermanned squad. Feels like we should be up more. Grayson and Trent are hitting shots. And our bigs are playing solid. Wish we would try to get Bolden going a little bit. Marvin tried to on that one play. Our guards need to learn how to post pass more efficiently. FTs were meh again. I expect us to cover the spread as we typically hit 8th gear in the 2nd half.

[gocanes0506]

They have no one inside and we throw up terrible and contested jumpers. Give Bagley the ball until he begs to come out. Dudes just don’t look motivated to play. Same type play that lost the BC and State games. Ah the ups and downs of a freshmen laden team.

[PackMan97]

Come on guys... State needs a completely destroyed and disheartened y team to play this weekend.

[CDu]

Aside from Bagley forgetting to stay home on Mooney (one of Notre Dame's only 2 shooters), the defense has been solid. Offense has been sloppy. But, we're winning by 8. So can't complain too much.

[WHOneedsSOX]

They have no one inside and we throw up terrible and contested jumpers. Give Bagley the ball until he begs to come out. Dudes just don’t look motivated to play. Same type play that lost the BC and State games. Ah the ups and downs of a freshmen laden team.

Duke's post passing is awful. Has been all season.

[gocanes0506]

Duke's post passing is awful. Has been all season.

True that. Killed the chance to win against UVA

[gocanes0506]

They there is the motivation !