2014-2015 NC Hoops: Duke Rules the Road
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Duke's defense sucks. Saw it in person vs. Toledo. This team is headed toward a second round exit.
Yeah that was a pretty easy upset to see coming, I thought. Other than o/u I never bet on UNC, but occasionally I will throw a bit of money on ACC match ups because, watching this league year after year, some things stand out. These rivalry games are as much about where each team is at a particular point in the season. Duke was not playing well and looked like they were ready to get tripped up. NC State had to take one of the three from the brutal UVA, Duke, UNC stretch and had UVA in a game until the last seven minutes. With NC State's ability to get hot from three, at home, needing a big win desperately to have a chance to get in on the bubble again, and Duke playing poorly, this was not a shock.
Greg29fan said:Gott was a little handsy with K after the game
K's tailor has been doing a phenomenal job accentuating his strong points this year.
yeah, obviously a different team than we saw earlier this year, which K has been saying publicly the past few weeks. Same defensive issues as last year. Not sure if it's the freshmen starting to think towards the draft and various skills they think they should be showing off (and failing at this), or if the coaches/media have hyped up ACCACCACC so much that they're playing scared now.Greg29fan said:
the kyrie/rivers/jabari/jahlil one and done train isn't working so well when they're being integrated in to a mix of 2nd and 3rd year players.
Marshall Plumlee to commission into the U.S. Army upon graduation next year
http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2015/01/22/marshall-plumlee-be-sworn-us-army-friday#.VMLq04KCOnN
http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2015/01/22/marshall-plumlee-be-sworn-us-army-friday#.VMLq04KCOnN
Seriously though, look at this egregious home cooking for the Johnnies:
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400587943
Go to 0:20 (20 seconds into the highlight). The St. John's player releases a deep 3 like a third of a second after the shot clock expires (3 seconds before the half ends), K POINTS IT OUT to the refs, and somehow it stands - even though there was a 20 minute halftime to review it. WTF?!?!? Watching it live I could tell it was late, people around me were watching replays on their phone showing it was late, and yet the 3 points stood. Pretty meaningful error.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400587943
Go to 0:20 (20 seconds into the highlight). The St. John's player releases a deep 3 like a third of a second after the shot clock expires (3 seconds before the half ends), K POINTS IT OUT to the refs, and somehow it stands - even though there was a 20 minute halftime to review it. WTF?!?!? Watching it live I could tell it was late, people around me were watching replays on their phone showing it was late, and yet the 3 points stood. Pretty meaningful error.
Not a great game by any means, but this team did show some toughness there. The main issue is that without Winslow, they don't have much of a defensive identity, since Jahlil is pretty soft on D and their guards continue to get beat on screens. Not sure how to fix it but any type of deep run will need a healthy Winslow to provide some pressure on the defensive end. I did like the look with Plumlee and Jahlil in at the same time yesterday, but I don't know if you can do that regularly against smaller teams that will eat them up. Offensively, they're fine, but need a more consistent defensive effort to be where they need to be.
I don't disagree with any of that but what is up with Winslow on offense? Classic freshman hits ACC play slump?
Like this Tar Heel team a lot. They've developed toughness through the year and keep finding ways to grind out games and win even when things don't go perfectly like tonight when the Orange was forcing a bunch of turnovers. They go to Louisville and have Virginia at home Saturday and Monday...going 2-0 there would be awesome.
Yeah he's beat to hell. Having all kinds of shoulder and rib problems so he's just not useful right now. Tough week ahead, need to win at least one at UVA or ND.tims4wins said:
Over 50% in the second half too. This team can't defend. They might win a game or two in the tourney but this team is sweet 16 at best.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12249502/duke-blue-devils-dismiss-junior-rasheed-sulaimon
Will be interesting to find out how he wasn't conducting himself. No prior public disciplinary items to speak of.
He only played 12 minutes yesterday, i bet he went off at some coach after the game
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400587947
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400587947
This team is going down first round no matter what seed they end up with. Which will probably fall to a 4 or worse the way things are headed.
Chill your butt. They are in a stretch of playing top 10 teams on the road - few teams win those games no matter how good you are.
Duke's February schedule is much kinder, which should give them some breathing room to reinvent themselves without Rasheed.
Duke's February schedule is much kinder, which should give them some breathing room to reinvent themselves without Rasheed.
Not all that worried after that game as a UVA fan. Don't think most (any?) teams will be able to bail themselves out with a final 11 possessions averaging 2.55 points.
Duke had 34 points with 10 minutes to play and scored 35 in the final 10 minutes. Without any intentional fouling. Insane.
2nd half of UNC-UVA game tonight was what I expected 2nd-half of Duke-UVA to be. But UNC just doesn't have shooters to open up space in the paint like Duke did in the final 10:00. UVA is so good at wearing an opponent down with their defense. Having said that, they are starting to show holes in the D on the inside and need to tighten that up soon. They have a great coach and I expect that will be fixed.
UNC really doesn't do anything well offensively other than hit the glass and create 2nd-chance Pts. Would actually love to see them play Arizona in the tournament, a team that looks good on paper only because no Pac-12 team bothers to try to get offensive boards in any game ever!
UNC really doesn't do anything well offensively other than hit the glass and create 2nd-chance Pts. Would actually love to see them play Arizona in the tournament, a team that looks good on paper only because no Pac-12 team bothers to try to get offensive boards in any game ever!