So are we.
NCAAM East Regional Thread (Duke, ɐɯɐqɐl∀, uᴉsuoɔsᴉM, ɐuozᴉɹ∀)
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How does it favor them? They’ll be in Newark a day before the game so their bodies have time to adjust. If they don’t adjust, it’s to our advantage to have their body clocks off. But really - these are college kids. You really think they’re gonna be tired at 10 PM? They don’t even start going out that early. This is a non-issue.
WHOneedsSOX
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I think dukes offense is way, way better than early in the season.
kAzE
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For sure. Just pointing out that this will most likely be the best team we have faced since Auburn in early December. Every team going forward has a chance to beat us if we don't bring it.
BrummieDevil
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Saw the Arizona-Oregon score upon waking up and was pleased to see that Love scored an efficient 29.
That means we can pencil him in for an inefficient 13 on Thursday.
That means we can pencil him in for an inefficient 13 on Thursday.
CrazyNotCrazie
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As I mentioned somewhere else, the good news is that they were playing until very late Sunday night/Monday morning in Seattle. I wonder if they even bother going back to Arizona or just hang out in Seattle and go to Newark (academics are so out of vogue these days). Otherwise they are spending half of today flying to Arizona then have to probably be on a cross country flight on Tuesday.
Meanwhile Duke bussed home after a game where our regulars didn't have to play huge minutes and were back in Durham for dinner, and have a short hop to Newark. The Thursday game really favors us as it is a very quick turn for Arizona which is far away. Agree with others that earlier on Thursday would be even better but I will take it. I don't think this is going to have a huge impact on the game, but every little bit helps.
Oregon shooting 12-22 from the FT stripe really cost them. Could have been a much different outcome otherwise. Zona shot 10-20 from 3 as well. Miss a couple of those and potentially different too but the way they were rebounding. I have confidence against Zona but would have preferred Oregon and Zona seems to have a higher ceiling in a single game even if they do dumb stuff. Still, let's just win baby!
BrummieDevil
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A couple efficiency ratings notes from my deep, exhaustive, minutes-long research on Torvik:
- Zona lost 57-54 to UCLA (in Phoenix) on Dec. 14 to drop to 4-5 after which they immediately figured things out and played well right off the bat in Big 12 play. Post-UCLA, they're 20-7 and rank #7 overall on Torvik (#9 O / #25 D)
- Since finishing off a 6-game win streak on Feb. 9, they're just 7-6 and rank #17 overall (#10 O / #59 D). That places them a couple spot behind UNC during that time and a just ahead of Tennessee & St. John's.
Indoor66
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But it wounds all heals. (Or is that heels?)
Well sure, what else is he going to say? No way he's allowed to go on national TV and say the refs screwed it up. Too much money involved to admit they're not great at their jobs.
To be honest, while he seems like a nice guy and knowledgeable, I think I'm getting oversaturated with Gene Steratore. He even made an appearance on the studio show yesterday. Enough. I don't think they should really even go to him on challenges unless it involves the interpretation or definition of a rule. Why do I need Gene to tell me if a ball hit a guy's foot before it went out of bounds or not? I can see that for myself. An obscure rule here or there, sure. But not every time there's a challenge. It's Gene Fatigue for me.
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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The SEC Tournament felt like each game from the quarters on was about four hours long, because (on top of "normal" reviews) EVERY time the ball went out of bounds in the last eight minutes of the game it triggered a review of somewhere between 90 seconds and ten minutes.
On top of being obnoxious for fans, it just decimates and sense if momentum or flow in the game.
