Duke MBB v Clemson (1/25, 7:00 PM EST, ESPN2) Pre-game and In-game Thread

[rsvman]

Bates Jones played pretty well. Blake's seemed a bit over matched.
Offense has become a little stagnant with a lot of dribbling and iso stuff.

[arnie]

Waa I the only one yelling at the tv when they did the Bilas quiz during live game action?

Yea, can’t do this during a timeout cause some fans may miss it during bathroom break. It’s too important to miss.😡

[Music man55]

Thank God for Joey Baker and Bates Jones so far. I don’t like what I’m seeing from anybody else.

[ChrisP]

Joey has clearly been listening to me about being ready to shoot 😁

[Billy Dat]

Our defense is....

[MarkD83]

Is it my imagination or did Clemson just score on every possession where Duke was in the zone?

[-jk]

I loved how the ref told Paolo to tuck his jersey in on back to back plays.

-jk

[CameronDuke]

When does the “we had Covid and it affected us” reason for inconsistent play expire? Hopefully by March for Duke …

[Music man55]

We need to take our defense up about five notches or this might not be pretty. C’mon Devils, this is home court!!

[rsvman]

Is it my imagination or did Clemson just score on every possession where Duke was in the zone?

I think they had one empty trip, so yes, I guess it was your imagination. Or, maybe I'm wrong....

I think we agree that it worked much better at FSU than it worked against Clemson.

[SavDukeGrad]

Everything turned in their favor when Paolo picked up his 2nd foul. We are letting them dictate the game. Too many bad turnovers again. Where is Mark Williams? We have such an advantage inside.

[pfrduke]

The out of control version of Wendell Moore from the last two years is reappearing in a bad way

[Stray Gator]

What is wrong with Wendell Moore?

[Billy Dat]

Let's just get to halftime with it within 2 either way and hope for a halftime reset. That Wendell forearm shows that they are getting under our skin. They are playing really hard.

[ChrisP]

Stupid foul by Moore 🙄

[Billy Dat]

Mark has carried us this past few minutes, good end of the half for him.

[-jk]

Very physical game. Doesn’t usually favor us.

-jk

[YmoBeThere]

Not a single pass on that final shot other than the inbounds...

[rsvman]

We wasted a couple of seconds on that last possession that we could have used.

I hope there are some adjustments at halftime and that Paolo doesn't pock up an early third foul in the second half.

[sagegrouse]

Keep playing hard, and we will wear down the Tigers.