MBB: Duke 88, BC 63 Post-game Thread

That and flies eyes soup.
Did he pluck the flies' eyes off with chopsticks, like a boss?
Changing the direction of the discussion, I am interested in, yet have no answer for, why two of our very good players had such wide swings in their performances. I am considering Tyrese Proctor and Kon Kneuppel. Tyrese nearly disappeared offensively in two games prior to playing BC where he then shown. Kon had a really big game and then disappeared in the BC game.

Was this situation the result of teams focusing their defense on either of these players?

Were the matchups a big problem for these players?

Were either or both of these players suffering from an illness when their performance tanked?

I wouldn't expect such wide swings in a player's performance would just be a random event.
yeah, from 0 to 20 points and 25 to 0 points doesn't seem like normal variation. As mentioned in the podcast, even when Kon is struggling with his shot he's usually still very involved, dishing out dimes etc., but he as largely ineffective at that too vs BC.
I don't think anyone has mentioned Khaman's air mailed 3-pointer to open the game.

Can't you hear Jon in practice? Ok, I'll let you shoot one, but if you miss it you've got to go get me rebounds and lob dunks.
I'd be fine if Khaman attempts 0 more 3s this year. Just being out around the 3pt line removes him from what he does best, score at the rim, rebound, and get Oboards.
 
My take on the Proctor/Kneuppel thing is it is highly impacted by the opponent’s defensive plan and roster. I remember a post game presser where one opponent coach said something to the effect of….Flagg will get his, so we put on emphasis on chasing Kneuppel around. Alternatively, not all players are equal defensively….could also be luck/unluck of who they draw to guard them. I have zero doubt either of P or K could bang 3 out of 4 threes in warm ups on every given night they suit up. But how well they are guarded no doubt changes that rate and what/how many plays Scheyer runs to set them up. The two of them, plus Evans, are all knotted up in the ACC 3 point stats, not too far from the top. In effect, they have become sort of an amorphous blob and their individual names are not important to me if that statistics stays as is. I’m just glad we have them all in one season.
This seems 100% correct. Opponents simply can't double team every Duke player. Clearly you start with concentrating on Flagg. But beyond that, if Flagg is on the perimeter, you can't cheat off of Kon. If you lock down on Kon (or Evans, or someone else) on the outside, you find yourself getting alley-ooped to death with lobs, or a little pick and roll to dump back outside to the now-open shooter.

Duke's defense is excellent. Our offense is clearly learning how to take advantage of what the defense chooses to focus on.

The future looks bright if we can continue to be reactionary.
 
Sion might be the best pure role player I can think of at Duke in decades. He can actually do every single thing on the court. He can morph into whatever the lineup on the court needs. It's amazing.

He sets screens, crashes the offensive glass, runs the offense as the primary handler, hardly ever turns it over, attacks the paint off the dribble, shoots pretty efficiently from 3, and plays smothering defense both on the perimeter and in the paint.

He can probably play the 1 through 4 on both offense and defense. The versatility is ridiculous. Obviously Cooper is even more insanely good at everything, but to have 2 of those guys is a luxury that nobody else has. Sucks both of them can only be here 1 year.
I liken him to Winslow although Winslow never ran the offense at point as I recall but to me pretty close to the glue like Sion is and to boot they look at alike and darn sure built the same
 
This seems 100% correct. Opponents simply can't double team every Duke player. Clearly you start with concentrating on Flagg. But beyond that, if Flagg is on the perimeter, you can't cheat off of Kon. If you lock down on Kon (or Evans, or someone else) on the outside, you find yourself getting alley-ooped to death with lobs, or a little pick and roll to dump back outside to the now-open shooter.

Duke's defense is excellent. Our offense is clearly learning how to take advantage of what the defense chooses to focus on.

The future looks bright if we can continue to be reactionary.

What is being described here sounds like “Whack-a-mole!”
 
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