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[Brian Fellows]

Both teams played pretty well I thought, fun game to watch!

I think we drop the next game against either Maryland or Purdue, but after that we should be in good shape. Our B10 schedule is extremely front-loaded.

Yeah we played pretty decent for a road game. It's just every time we started to get close someone would dribble the ball off their foot or throw it away and you'd come down and hit a big shot.

But we didn't rollover when you guys would go on a run which is big progress for us. Our other 4 losses were all blow outs. So I can at least be happy with that. The absence of Levert now should help us later on.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

Fran has Serv's team looking like legit contenders.

All of our revenue sports are ranked! Woo woo!

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Duke to start Okafor and Tyus Jones tonight. Winslow's en route.

Spoiler

Let me dream.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Tonight's a must win.

Not in the sense that it would save this season or anything, like I said this Duke team just isn't that good. That's OK, this is rebuilding for 2016.


But they HAVE to stay in the top 25. An unranked Duke team is just too shameful a thought

 

[truly101]

You know, you tell yourself..."hey, its a young team this year. We just won it all, and if this team struggles with games they'd normally win, its okay"

Then it happens and its not really okay. Just gotta deal with it. I'm too resigned to yell about anyone retiring.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Nah, it's legit ok.

Like now I can laugh at how hilariously stupid Duke's shot selection has been tonight instead of raging.

Thanks Tyus!

 

[truly101]

Nah, it's legit ok.

Like now I can laugh at how hilariously stupid Duke's shot selection has been tonight instead of raging.

Thanks Tyus!

You still have the Panthers to root for, I don't have shit. August is a long time away.

 

[Proelite]

You still have the Panthers to root for, I don't have shit. August is a long time away.

This team with Amile is top 5 in the country.
Without maybe only top 15.

You do realize we play in the toughest conference with only a 6 man rotation.

 

[Deleted member 12837]

This team with Amile is top 5 in the country.
Without maybe only top 15.

You do realize we play in the toughest conference with only a 6 man rotation.

That's a stretch, even with Amile back. 1 extra guy doesn't solve the underlying depth issues. It'll help, but I still think he only pushes us to Top 10 at best. Without we're barely scraping Top 25.

edit: oof this is painful to watch, and that's coming from someone who was a freshman at Duke in 06-07

 

[Randolph Freelander]

7 for 29 from 3. Can't rebound. This is going well.

 

[DominoKid]

my god we should ass fuck Duke on the glass.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

This team is going to finally turn K's hair gray.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Duke has the toughest schedule remaining in the ACC
And will be without Amile until late February


I want to see how bad this can actually get.
Like even making the NCAAT is not guaranteed at this point.

 

[Bowser]

Duke lost again.

Grova brother, this weekend has been amazing.

 

[Deleted member 12837]

There goes K's last chance at breaking Wooden's record for consecutive weeks in the Top 25.

 

[truly101]

Duke is CBC bound 2016! Time to find something better to do for the next 2 months

 

[Fjordson]

Wow. Duke's almost as bad as us!

 

[Talon]

Duke lost again.

Grova brother, this weekend has been amazing.

Mixed feelings here.

 

[Proelite]

Duke has the toughest schedule remaining in the ACC
And will be without Amile until late February


I want to see how bad this can actually get.
Like even making the NCAAT is not guaranteed at this point.

I want rephrase it.

We still have a shot at making the NCAAT.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Duke lost again.

Grova brother, this weekend has been amazing.

They started tenting for the UNC game yesterday.

Godspeed to those kids man, I saw 2012. I would not want to be out there for a month+ to see a repeat (or worse) of that.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Good half. Can we actually finish a game this time? Please...

 

[Silkworm]

Good half. Can we actually finish a game this time? Please...

Going to be a tight finish. All tied up.

 

[Bowser]

So UNC will be back in that cursed #1 spot provided the boys don't slip up at home vs. Wake and @ Va. Tech this week.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

If Duke doesn't win at NC State this Saturday, the streak might go to 5, as they're at Miami for another Big Monday game next week. Then they're at Georgia Tech before getting NC State (again*) at home.

3 straight road games after starting with 3 of 4 on the road prior to these past 2 home games. The solace is that 6 of their last 9 league games are at home, I guess.

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*In related matters, the league schedule is just stupid. Duke gets NC State twice within 4 games. They later have Louisville twice within 4 games, and they get Carolina twice within 6 games. Same thing happened to them in prior years with quick turnarounds between Syracuse and Carolina games. Space those things out.

 

[DominoKid]

So UNC will be back in that cursed #1 spot provided the boys don't slip up at home vs. Wake and @ Va. Tech this week.

im excited. lets get it and not lose it.

this team can do it. they seem to be a lot tougher mentally this year and more explosive with berry's emergence.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I have never seen a double inbound like that to trick into a technical. Hell of a play call.

 

[bronkonagurski]

Indiana is really playing some good basketball lately. I know the conference schedule has been on the soft side so far, but the last couple years I guarantee we would have blown at least a couple of these games already.

 

[Silkworm]

Indiana is really playing some good basketball lately. I know the conference schedule has been on the soft side so far, but the last couple years I guarantee we would have blown at least a couple of these games already.

Agreed.

The 11-game winning streak is the second-longest of Crean's tenure. Indiana started 2011-12 by going 12-0. The Hoosiers' longest winning streak since 2000 is 13, in 2007-08. If Indiana sweeps its final three games this month -- two at home and a trip to Wisconsin -- it would be the Hoosiers' first perfect January since the 1991-92 Final Four team went 7-0.

No jinx! :-D

 

[bucknuticus]

Man, this is the first year in a while where theres no great teams. You can literally look at the entire top 20 and say yeah, any one of thme have a chance.

 

[DominoKid]

and yet it'll still be UNC or Kansas that wins it probably

in other news both kentucky and duke are out of the top 25. wonder when the last time that happened

 

[Randolph Freelander]

and yet it'll still be UNC or Kansas that wins it probably

in other news both kentucky and duke are out of the top 25. wonder when the last time that happened

Hasn't happened this time yet. Duke is 20 in the AP, 12 in the SIDs. A win this weekend might keep them in the rankings, depending on how everything else shakes out. Kentucky is 23 and 19, respectively, as well.

 

[inm8num2]

Jesus, MSU might lose at home to Nebraska. Down 5 w/ 9 min to go.

 

[Proelite]

UK and MSU fans.

My arms are wide open.

 

[Kevtones]

Oregon
5th in RPI
4th in SOS
8-1 vs. the Top 50


Unranked?

 

[DominoKid]

the polls aren't based off that. it's just about the timing of your losses once the season kicks in. if they keep form their tournament ranking will be higher than expected compared to their poll ranking. and if they're still not ranked this week and they pull out a win @Arizona they will definitely get a rocket strapped to their back.

that said, i'm surprised Oregon isn't consistently good. i guess Phil Knight doesnt give a shit about their bball program. but they should be raking in the recruits with promises of fresh jerseys, special edition kicks and that sweet ass court they play on.

 

[Kevtones]

the polls aren't based off that. it's just about the timing of your losses once the season kicks in. if they keep form their tournament ranking will be higher than expected compared to their poll ranking. and if they're still not ranked this week and they pull out a win @Arizona they will definitely get a rocket strapped to their back.

that said, i'm surprised Oregon isn't consistently good. i guess Phil Knight doesnt give a shit about their bball program. but they should be raking in the recruits with promises of fresh jerseys, special edition kicks and that sweet ass court they play on.

Yeah I know it's just silly how it works. Two of their losses were without 3 starters.



And Oregon has been pretty good actually. They've lost closely to Wisconsin in the R32 the last two years and Louisville the year before when they won the title. Think they've been in 3-4 straight tournaments. Altman is getting there.

 

[inm8num2]

Let's find a way to make getting destroyed by Maryland more enjoyable.

https://twitter.com/MSU_Basketball/status/690634371573927937

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Let's find a way to make getting destroyed by Maryland more enjoyable.

https://twitter.com/MSU_Basketball/status/690634371573927937

Speaking of Oregon....

 

[Grover Cleveland]

PivotalDukePlayerFootInjuryWatch2016: Apparently Amile is out of the walking boot at the game today

Related: State about to kick Duke's ass

 

[thefro]

Impressive 32-point win for Indiana against NW with a healthy Alex Olah.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Still snowed (iced) in. Hurray, basketball. Hurry up, pizza.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I swear I hate local television. Their weather closings crawl is right over the game's score bar.

Edit: complaining has worked for now. It went away.

 

[ryseing]

How on earth did Cat make that shot.

 

[DominoKid]

I kinda wish K would just throw in the season and let Ingram do his thing so I could see what a future Laker god is capable of.

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

Holy hell my Horns came to play

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Duke looks like an actual Duke team in the second half

 

[truly101]

Duke looks like an actual Duke team in the second half

Then there's Matt Jones.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Duke finally gets a win. I believe some first place votes are in order.

 

[Deleted member 12837]

I'm so embarrassed to be this relieved by a win over NC State.

The more I think about this past year, though, and my frustrations, the more I realize we're hanging in there despite a lot of unexpected events:

- Semi transfers (he would be much better than Obi is for us right now)
- Sheed gets kicked off the team
- Tyus goes pro earlier than expected
- Obi not as good as expected
- Jeter not ready yet
- Amile injure his foot

I'm hoping this is a turning point for this year's team, and we can build on it leading up to Amile coming back.

 

[Brian Fellows]

A nice road win against a really hot Nebraska for Michigan today

Walton 19 pts, 12 boards, and 6 assists
Duncan Robinson 19 pts
Mark Donnal 14 pts 4 boards(all offensive)


4-2 now without Levert. Sure would be nice to get him back for the next game so we have two relatively easy games to settle him back in before we host the Hoosiers.