MBB: Duke 84, Auburn 78 Postgame Thread

[scottdude8]

This is the Isaiah Evans game. But let’s not let some other stellar performances go unnoticed.

Caleb had his best game of the year.

Tyrese was CLUTCH down the stretch.

Maliq is otherworldly on defense.

This is starting to look like the team we want it to be…

 

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

In before the naysayers complain that we should have beaten the #2 team in the country by more than six points.

Love our defense. The offense has so many weapons. Just gotta get it dialed in.

This team is fun to watch.

 

[SlapTheFloor]

"I don't believe in the ACC. I just believe in Duke." - J. Lennon

 

[scottdude8]

Also shouldn’t forget Sion. FTs aside he made tough buckets at the rim, something this squad needs.

 

[dukelion]

Team still has room to grow....that's the scary part.

We'll look back in a month and all be shocked that Evans got zero minutes against, Kentucky, Kansas and Arizona.

 

[ChapelHillDevil]

Felt like Isaiah may have gotten cold waiting to come in the second half. May have inserted him 2 or 3 minutes in

 

[uh_no]

duke looked good.

 

[Alan_Wilson]

Excellent win. The team played with a lot more confidence (especially proctor) and cohesion.

 

[Chasentwo]

A really big win that was much needed.

Really head scratching and malpractice not to play Evan’s hardly at all in the second half.

It felt like we won a huge game despite Scheyer trying his best to blow it….

 

[bluedevilwildcats]

Team still has room to grow....that's the scary part.

We'll look back in a month and all be shocked that Evans got zero minutes against, Kentucky, Kansas and Arizona.

Indeed. I hope the folks who tried to rationalize Evans averaging 5 mins per game in the first month are less judgmental when the peanut gallery makes reasonable observations.

 

[proelitedota]

Felt like Isaiah may have gotten cold waiting to come in the second half. May have inserted him 2 or 3 minutes in

Everything in moderation. We can't grow without adversity.

 

[Sparky2004]

In before the naysayers complain that we should have beaten the #2 team in the country by more than six points.

Love our defense. The offense has so many weapons. Just gotta get it dialed in.

This team is fun to watch.

Imagine if Kon and Gillis find their outside shot, Maluach starts seeing the floor better, and we make free throws…

 

[SkyBrickey]

Our defense came up huge. Also Cooper refused to let us lose. This team has lots of offensive weapons. Congrats Isaiah!!

 

[bigperm13]

Fantastic win. SEC goes 14-2 with their top 2 ranked teams losing.

 

[LasVegas]

Indeed. I hope the folks who tried to rationalize that coaching malpractice are less judgmental when the peanut gallery makes reasonable observations.

I was one calling for Evans to get more time but we aren’t at practice and we have no clue what is going on or went on. I’ll give Coach Scheyer the benefit of the doubt on this.

 

[scottdude8]

A really big win that was much needed.

Really head scratching and malpractice not to play Evan’s hardly at all in the second half.

It felt like we won a huge game despite Scheyer trying his best to blow it….

Did you not see Isaiah in during the last 4 minutes for clutch minutes? This seems like an odd take after our best win of the season.

 

[SkyBrickey]

A really big win that was much needed.

Really head scratching and malpractice not to play Evan’s hardly at all in the second half.

It felt like we won a huge game despite Scheyer trying his best to blow it….

Hahaha. Just stop it. Maybe Jon knows 100x more about this team than you do. Hahaha.

 

[ArkieDukie]

Why do the refs love Baker-Mazara so much? He should’ve gotten at least 1 foul for his body slam of Sion.

 

[simplyluvin]

Isaiah was our first half MVP and Coop was our second half MVP.

Proctor’s long 3 from a loose ball at the 4:30 mark was so huge. That was a 5pt swing right there. What an amazing game.

 

[rifraf]

Really surprised we didn’t see Evans play much in the 2nd half. Almost makes his appearance in the 1st look like desperation. Glad he was on fire and hope it catapults him into regular minutes to extend the bench.

Great win, good game all around, our length is something else. Some big hits by Proctor I loved to see.

Huge question mark around Kon. We’ve now got 8 games, half are great and half are duds but rather than streaky it looks like a clear pattern that cuts across opponent quality.