MBB: 2025 ACC Tournament general discussion

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Duke can beat UNC without Cooper and Maliq. It's not ideal but it is doable.

I'll be interested to see the spread.

 

[robed deity]

Duke is -7.5

Have to think that comes down.

 

[CameronBornAndBred]

Wake folded. No poise at the end of the game.

That's not going to happen with Duke. We might not start great, just like today, but this team will never wilt in the closing minutes. (I do remember that happening last Saturday to a certain group in Chapel Hill, though.)

 

[UrinalCake]

Reasons for optimism: we played really well in the first half against UNC when Cooper went out with his second foul. We also played really well today after he went out. Teams really have no idea how to prepare for playing us without Coop. I'm grasping at straws here...

 

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Wake folded. No poise at the end of the game.

That's not going to happen with Duke. We might not start great, just like today, but this team will never wilt in the closing minutes. (I do remember that happening last Saturday to a certain group in Chapel Hill, though.)

The game was chaos. There's no reason that Wake couldn't have won in the last minute when they literally wasted 30+ seconds on two possessions because they didn't foul.

 

[DonerKebab]

RJ is really getting into form since Feb 24. Hasn't shot 3pt less than 44%. Very impressive. Hope the streak ends tomorrow.

 

[jipops]

RJ is really getting into form since Feb 24. Hasn't shot 3pt less than 44%. Very impressive. Hope the streak ends tomorrow.

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He did go scoreless in the last 17:30 of the game in the Dean Dome - when we had Maliq hovering around the perimeter. Unfortunately that option won't exist tomorrow. So yeah, I expect him to go nuts.

 

[Indoor66]

Also FWIW, Lunardi is an outlier when it comes to UNC: just 22 Bracketologists currently have them in the field on Bracket Matrix.

There is only ONE bracketologist and he talks on Sunday evening.

 

[bda21]

Jalen Blakes and his (single) Cardinal (or Tree?) beating up the Loovull Cardinals. Ya love to see it!

 

[duke2x]

There is only ONE bracketologist and he talks on Sunday evening.

Cory Alexander talks 24/7, but that doesn't mean anyone puts any value in his opinions. Lunardi works for a network that bends over backward to promote UNC basketball and football.

 

[azzefkram]

When did Hannibal Lechter start suiting up for Louisville?

 

[cbarry]

Jalen Blakes and his (single) Cardinal (or Tree?) beating up the Loovull Cardinals. Ya love to see it!

Hope they can keep it up. I suspect Louisville will pull away with a fairly easy win though. Momentum has swung

 

[bda21]

Hope they can keep it up. I suspect Louisville will pull away with a fairly easy win though. Momentum has swung

feeling personally responsible for this jinx; oops. c'mon, Trees!

 

[cbarry]

feeling personally responsible for this jinx; oops. c'mon, Trees!

Trees are wilting. They will come close, but Cardinals will ultimately prevail.

Stanford really doesn’t have anyone they can count on beyond Reynaud and sellers (and sometimes Blakes). And Reynaud with 4 fouls is completely ineffective.

 

[cbarry]

Raynaud is so overrated. Missed a bunch of chippies, and couldn’t defend worth a darn.

 

[SlapTheFloor]

Wow! What a crazy ending to the UL-Stanford game.

 

[cbarry]

Ugh. What a sad loss for Stanford.

 

[sdwGT2]

What a tragic end of the Stanford game. Just needed to grab the rebound and couldn’t do it.

 

[Matches]

Stanford’s heart just laying there on the ground still beating. Durn.

 

[Kjeffrey]

Raynaud is so overrated. Missed a bunch of chippies, and couldn’t defend worth a darn.

It was so stupid of him to continue to set moving screens with 4 fouls. It was obviously a foul and yet he seemed surprised they called it.