MBB: Duke vs. Wake Forest (Saturday 1/25, 4:30pm ET, ESPN) Pregame and In-Game Thread

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Wake's best seasons over the last 40 years never saw a Final Four, which was last accomplished in 1962.

But their best season over the past 14 years resulted in a trip to the First Four! That’s only 3 letters away from the Final Four.

Reason #137 why the ACC ain’t what it used to be. In the 20 seasons between 1991 and 2010, Wake made the NCAA tournament 14 times. In the 14 seasons since then, Wake has made one NCAA tournament. That was 2017, when they proceeded to lose as an 11 seed in a play-in game in Dayton.
 
LOL at "Chief's refs" as if there is only one chief. English optional in W-S?
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I really hate away games at Wake. I can't remember the season, it wasn't terribly long ago. The refs fouled out Duke's entire starting 5 or 4 of the 5. It was insane.

I feel like Duke starts slow, locks in on D mid to late 1Q. Holds a small lead at HT. They come out in the 2nd locked in and hitting some 3's to extend. Wake makes a run late in the 2Q to close the gap. Duke locks down again, hit's a few timely shots and closes it out with FT's to pull away by 10.
 
I really hate away games at Wake. I can't remember the season, it wasn't terribly long ago. The refs fouled out Duke's entire starting 5 or 4 of the 5. It was insane.

I feel like Duke starts slow, locks in on D mid to late 1Q. Holds a small lead at HT. They come out in the 2nd locked in and hitting some 3's to extend. Wake makes a run late in the 2Q to close the gap. Duke locks down again, hit's a few timely shots and closes it out with FT's to pull away by 10.
It was when I was in college. And I’m 41
 
Yeah, there have been some lousy memories about LJVC. But, this year’s team has earned my optimism. Covering the spread won’t scratch my itch…it needs to end 20+ to send an adequate message.

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for Duke, ooh
And I'm feeling good
 
I really hate away games at Wake. I can't remember the season, it wasn't terribly long ago. The refs fouled out Duke's entire starting 5 or 4 of the 5. It was insane.
We committed ten more fouls than them, but I don’t know how much to attribute that to “home cooking” at Wake Forest. We shot 31 three pointers (making only 10 of them), while Wake took only 10 three pointers (making 3 of them)

As we frequently discuss on this board, the team that’s more aggressive (and by extension this oftentimes means taking a fewer pct of shots as three pointers) will draw
more fouls.

With that said, it does seem like WF does get a bit of home cooking. Their foul differentials at home v. away are not statistical anomalies.
 
Since fouls had such an impact in the Tuesday game with the Cheats, anyone know where the ACC referee assignments are posted and how soon before game time that is available? Thanks.

The live stats link will go active about 30 minutes before the game, and the Notes/Docs tab will list the officials.

As soon as it’s available, I post the info in DBR Chat, and let you know what Duke’s win-loss record is this season for each assigned ref.

Actually, it was an hour before tipoff. According to StatBroadcast, the officials for this game are Ted Valentine, Eric Lewis, and Matt Potter.

Valentine and Potter have not officiated any previous Duke games this season. The Blue Devils are 3-0 (Incarnate Word, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame) when Eric Lewis works a game.
 
Actually, it was an hour before tipoff. According to StatBroadcast, the officials for this game are Ted Valentine, Eric Lewis, and Matt Potter.

Valentine and Potter have not officiated any previous Duke games this season. The Blue Devils are 3-0 (Incarnate Word, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame) when Eric Lewis works a game.
Ted Valentine....oh boy....
 
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Let's Go Duke!

-jk
 
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