MBB: Duke vs Syracuse (Sat, Jan 22, 12pm ESPN) Pre- and In-game Thread

[CameronDuke]

9 turnovers for Duke in 16:17 of action. On pace for 19-20 today. That’s a losing recipe.

[ChrisP]

What's the over/under on how many times we turn it over by simply stepping out of bounds today? 🙄

[rsvman]

What's the over/under on how many times we turn it over by simply stepping out of bounds today? 🙄

Hoping that the two we have so far will suffice for the day....

[heyman25]

This team may be leading , but I am amazed how careless they are with passes. This team has so many flaws, that unless they get lucky they will not go far in post season play.

[Music man55]

If our guys don’t stop turning the ball over, ‘Cuse is going to start making us pay. Good grief!!!

[Stray Gator]

Very fortunate that Syracuse is shooting poorly so far.

[arnie]

Our best 2 players so far are Griffin and Buddy Boeheim.

[CameronDuke]

Theo misses an open dunk alley oop pass from Wendell. Ugh.

[gumbomoop]

Feed PB at FT line, over and over.

Thunder dumb by John.

[heyman25]

Theo John what is this guy's problem. Missing a dunk.

[CameronDuke]

Good thing I took the under in this one!

Cuse can’t hit the broad side of a barn!

[CameronDuke]

Cuse is 2-15 from 3. That’s not all Duke being good at defense today. This is just an anomaly how bad they’re shooting.

They’re not a great 3-point shooting team - 35% this season.

2-15?!?

Will they revert to the mean the 2nd half?

[heyman25]

Can't use Covid 19 excuse. We are making 3's but we are only winning because Syracuse can't shoot.

[gumbomoop]

Theo John what is this guy's problem. Missing a dunk.

As with too many of today’s players, they prefer style points to 2 points.

Thunder dumbs are dumb.

[CameronDuke]

10 turnovers for Duke that half.

On pace for 20.

Woof.

[4Gen]

G G Jackson in the house.
Crazies-- how about--

GG UNC? Hell no, hell no

[CameronDuke]

Cuse is shooting 12.5% from 3.

I’m surprised. They’re shouting 22.5% below their season average. That number has to go up next half. It can’t go much further south.

[heyman25]

Glad we are winning,but fundamentally we are incredibly careless with the ball. We are not sharp in so many aspects of the game.

[arnie]

G G Jackson in the house.
Crazies-- how about--

GG UNC? Hell no, hell no

Like that.

We need to clean it up a bit cause Orange will shoot better 2nd half. I think our D has contributed to Orange poor shooting so far.

[CDu]

Good results, albeit several sloppy mistakes.

Moore has been really good at NOT driving today, and the result is no turnovers. The zone has forced him to be less aggressive, which has resulted in no reckless mistakes.

We have been fortunate to some extent that Girard and Boeheim have missed shots. They will probably start making. So we will need to avoid the sloppy turnovers in the second half.