Duke MBB: Duke at NC State (Sat Feb 13, 4pm ESPN) Pre-game and In-game Thread

[CameronDuke]

Hurt hasn’t missed yet today. 14 points

[peloton]

Hurt hasn’t missed yet today. 14 points

He has such a sweet stroke.

[CameronDuke]

Please be ok Mark Williams! The big man took a nasty fall there!

[devildeac]

Doing fine without me watching. Will try to keep it that way.

[CameronDuke]

Duke up 52-31 at the under 12 media timeout!

Keep it up boys!

[rsvman]

Wondering why Baker hasn't played....

[4Gen]

So much chattering about nothing. It's maddening

[rsvman]

So much chattering about nothing. It's maddening

To be fair, the game isn't offering a lot of material for them. It annoys me a lot more when the game is competitive and they are blathering on and on about nothing.

[YmoBeThere]

I'm going to be super excited to watch a junior Mark Williams play. Not knocking his play now, I think he could be a 18-10 and 4 blocks per game player for us.

[SavDukeGrad]

Wondering why Baker hasn't played...

Also, Johnson hasn’t played in this half. Do we think his injury may be affecting his play or playing time? I heard somewhere Coach K say they repeated an MRI on Johnson’s foot last Sunday, the day after the Carolina game.

[construe]

Yeah, interesting that with this big lead, very little JJ and no Joey. Not sure what that means for them. Guess K likes the energy that Brakefield (and Coleman) brings to the defense?

I'm loving how well Duke is playing today, but I have to say, both these teams are a big step down from what we usually expect of the ACC (well, at least for Duke). There was a sequence midway through the 2nd half where Brakefield missed two wide-open layups, only to have State simply throw the ball away to a Duke player on the other end. I felt like a parent at a elementary-school church league: lots of "Look, my boy's about to score!..." only to be followed by a collective groan and chuckle at the haplessness...

[indy1duke]

The team played well, but Matthew Hurt is the worst Duke defender I can remember.