MBB: Duke 87, Wake Forest 65 Post-Game Thread

[JBDuke]

Put your post-game thoughts here.

[weezie]

Happy Birthday to Tre!

[Faison1]

Since the Zags game, the guys have really focused on D. Color me impressed.

One question: Is Cam getting mental? Seems like he's starting to get frustrated.

[GGLC]

How many freaking blocks did Jack White have?

[slower]

How many freaking blocks did Jack White have?

Box score says 5.

[Dev11]

How many freaking blocks did Jack White have?

Blockadile Dundee. Am I funny or am I old?

[Steven43]

Blockadile Dundee. Am I funny or am I old?

Reasonably funny

[devildeac]

Blockadile Dundee. Am I funny or am I old?

That's even better than Basketball Dundee that someone coined a few weeks ago.

Makes up for your attempt at a 360 . Almost.

[uh_no]

Blockadile Dundee. Am I funny or am I old?

I turn old in june. it was a good run.

[budwom]

I turn old in june. it was a good run.

I just read that Americans' perception of what age is old has increased by about five years, so I have transitioned from old to not old, for the time being anyway. I used to think 30 was old.

[cato]

I just read that Americans' perception of what age is old has increased by about five years, so I have transitioned from old to not old, for the time being anyway. I used to think 30 was old.

What a coincidence! Old is always at least five years older than me.

I feel bad for my brother. He’s ten years older than me. Must be tough to be old like that.

[devildeac]

I just read that Americans' perception of what age is old has increased by about five years, so I have transitioned from old to not old, for the time being anyway. I used to think 30 was old.

You're old, budwom. Trust me.

[DrChainsaw]

Blockadile Dundee. Am I funny or am I old?

Yes.

[devildeac]

How many freaking blocks did Jack White have?

Espn box score has 5 to go with his 8 boards, 4 fouls, 2 TO (one was bogus, especially if Wake was often allowed to take 4-6 steps on some drives, including a blatant childress hook that went uncalled, 2 A and 0 points .

[CameronBlue]

Marques and White are going to get some votes for all-defensive team.

[BigWayne]

How many freaking blocks did Jack White have?

Seems like he wants to get in on the DPOY competition with Tre.
Best one was the one where is up against a 2 on 1 break and stuffs it.

Bolden/White combined for 12 points, 14 boards, 7 blocks off the bench to complement DeLaurier's 8 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks.

Good to see all three of these guys making an impact. Most impressive is that Jack White is consistently putting on a show in the first half when the rest of the team is not fully in gear and the game is still in question.

[CameronDuke]

Zion with 30 points on 13-16 shooting, 3-4 from deep, 10 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals. WOW.

Bolden/White combined for 12 points, 14 boards, 7 blocks off the bench to complement DeLaurier's 8 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks.

We are gonna do this to a lot of teams in the league, home and away, this year with our defense. 13 more blocks tonight for the good guys to 0 for Wake. That's total domination of the opponent defensively.

13-1, 2-0 and on to Tallahassee for an extremely tough road game.

[UrinalCake]

Sloppy game, but our overwhelming talent advantage was pretty clear. Zion was just on another level than anybody on Wake’s team. Bolden with a great game. Cam played a little better but still appears lost.

Both Javin and Zion appeared to turn their ankles, each left and later returned so I’m assuming no big deal.

[Ggallagher]

Something that hit me during the game tonight that I felt like needed to be mentioned...… One of the recurring themes of game threads last year was, "so what's the deal with Grumpy-faced Marques"?

He got questioned a lot for his attitude. But I feel like his dedication and perseverance have paid off - and it's really very nice to see him smiling in games this year. I've noticed it numerous times this year, and it's a very nice change.

[Neals384]

As usual, Tre displayed tremendous leadership on offense and pretty much shut down Childress at the other end - he had 12 points on 3 of 9 shooting and. 3 assists. Actually, Childress had 2 free throws and 2 assists during Tre’s brief visits to the bench so it even better than that.

Did anyone else notice Hoard’s Hanstravel imitation at 1:20 of the first half? Hoard made a very nice offensive rebound under the basket in traffic, and then took five steps - left, right, left right, left. No call, but it didn’t matter as White blocked the shot anyway. Next time, try six steps, that’s what it takes for a true Hanstravel!