Better team won.
I think most all the problems on this team are fixable. Unfortunately it would likely require another year together to accomplish this.
Better team won.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Listening to Bilas explain that Berry holding Grayson’s arm was a foul on Grayson is my tap out moment on Jay. When you go that far to distort the truth, I cant respect you anymore.
Windy City Devil
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That's way too generic. Without Bagley's defensive effort in the last 8 minutes, we lose by 20.
I just don't see any evidence that "heart" was an issue in this game. The biggest issue to me was that UNC prevented us from getting good post touches in the 2nd half, which is largely (but not entirely) due to Duval's weaknesses.
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They just played harder than us. Theo Pinson has gotten mocked by some on this board. But I would kill to have a Theo Pinson type of player on this team. The guy can’t shoot a lick, but he just makes plays.
Frustrating to get outrebounded by a smaller team. That can’t happen. Especially when we can’t shoot.
Shots taken: 77 - 62. Says it all.
Why would changing to a zone be a bad decision when your m2m is getting strafed? I support him changing things up to see if he can hit on a solution. That's the whole point of practicing that zone!
I think we did make a mistake with the soft, lay-back, switching scheme in m2m. I think Duke plays better defense when we ball pressure and cut off sides of the court. And our bigs should not be switched onto smalls.
Couldn't agree more. He struggles at times but has also shown stretches of great play. I don't think he is any more responsible for this team's losses than the rest of the team. They struggle on defense and seem lost on screens, not only tonight, but in several other games. The PnR has been a major problem too.
I would like to see more of AOC because I think he has a great upside. I can't help but wonder if some bench time might help with what, at times, seems to be a lack of heart or engagement. I am not saying the starters don't care but their minutes seem almost guaranteed regardless of their on court performance.
Thank you. That gives me hope. 5 losses ain't too bad for Duke right now but still have two with Virginia Tech, at Clemson, vs UNC, and vs Louisville. Likely 1-2 more losses if Duke doesn't make some drastic strides defensively.
Duke really doesn't have too many "good" wins right now either. Michigan State on a neutral site in November was ok and at Miami was good - other than that? I don't see many. Maybe beating FSU at home 100-93? Duke is definitely an enigma this year. Just cannot figure them out.
The sky is falling.
Leave the starters in Durham for the GT game. Time for a major shakeup for the emotionless.
Well the clown from the ACC Network wasn't much better. When we attempted to tie up the Heel who was on the floor he made some dumb comment like, "This isn't football." Yet, when Javin reaches in to tie up the ball at the end of the game he gets the quick whistle. I saw Miami do that very same play against the Cards and the refs let Walker rip the ball away from McMahon.
Duval turned it over 4 times in limited minutes and each one of those turnovers was costly. Plus at least a couple of very poor jumpers that were almost the same thing as turnovers. I thought his play was the second biggest reason for the loss tonight - after the perimeter defense. A lot of the offensive rebounds we gave up were just random bad bounces that could have gone either way.