MBB: Duke v Auburn (Tue Nov 20, 8 pm, ESPN) Pre-Game and In-Game Thread

[AGDukesky]

Most frustrating 13 point lead ever

[AGDukesky]

If Barrett misses these FTs I might have to stop watching

[fgb]

phantom fouls and 5 missed fts

[arnie]

3 on 1 and you get a Goldwire 3? That's very poorly run. Reddish needs to just go 2 on 1 with Zion.

Reddish with 3 fouls is huge. He's been their 2nd best player today.

Yea very bad play by Goldwire - he doesn’t need to jack up 3s when playing with the big boys

[wavedukefan70s]

Offensive foul anyone.geez.
This team for being freshman actually have some defense.

[AGDukesky]

Auburn so lucky to be in this. We have missed a ton of wide open shots.

[slower]

Reality-check game, right here.

[uh_no]

Auburn so lucky to be in this. We have missed a ton of wide open shots.

they have a strong defense and most of the shots aren't especially wide open...they're pushing us into tough shots, on the move or challenged. Plus cam being on the bench hurts our spacing a bit.

[WHOneedsSOX]

Reality-check game, right here.

For Zion for sure. Teams are going to pack to paint against him and put quicker guys on him to keep him out of the paint. Going to be tough for him to get his points.

[uh_no]

Reality-check game, right here.

I think that's a bit premature. The adjusted efficiencies as of a minute or two ago are were 122-56. Auburn is a good team.

(Auburn is also fouling themselves out of this game)

[fgb]

Barrett playing like a freshman for the first time, really forcing the issue. he'll learn from this.

[uh_no]

89-111 efficiency

77-120 adjusted. It would have been nuts if we had kept on the pace we did for the first few minutes. Auburn has packed down and put themselves in foul trouble, and we're still having a good game. They can't keep fouling like this for another half.

[AGDukesky]

Team let Auburn back in with defensive breakdowns and then they started making some long 3s. Barrett took bad shots and even Jones was forcing things. We need Reddish back and Zion to be part of the offense- was glad to see him make those FTs and hope it gets him going.

[WHOneedsSOX]

Poor shot selection, bad transition defense, and lazy defensive rebounding let Auburn back in it. Going to need Reddish to stay out of foul trouble. Duke played well though. Just some mental mistakes near the end of the half.

[luvdahops]

Barrett playing like a freshman for the first time, really forcing the issue. he'll learn from this.

Agreed. A bad stretch of hero ball on offense and defensive lapses to close the half.

[ChrisP]

Barrett playing like a freshman for the first time, really forcing the issue. he'll learn from this.

Yes, several good learning opportunities for RJ. Love that kid but he's cost us about 6-9 points by forcing bad shots that have lead to open 3's on the other end.

[fuse]

RJ with some 1 on 3 decisions - ah, youth.

Here’s hoping Cam, Zion and Jack provide some offensive punch along with Tre.

[gocanes0506]

If Alex was decent at defense this would be the perfect game for him. Leaving the 3 pr line wide open.

Reddish would have more too if he didn’t have 2 silly fouls.

Either hit the threes or send guys through the lane without the ball. Need some more movement in the offense.

[arnie]

Poor shot selection, bad transition defense, and lazy defensive rebounding let Auburn back in it. Going to need Reddish to stay out of foul trouble. Duke played well though. Just some mental mistakes near the end of the half.

That’s it - Reddish I trust. If he can play 12-15 minutes in 2nd half we’re good.

[BandAlum83]

Yea very bad play by Goldwire - he doesn’t need to jack up 3s when playing with the big boys

It was a completely open 3 pt attempt. He has to take that and I'm sure he is told to take that. He's also forced 2 turnovers. We are playing a legit 9 deep.