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[truly101]

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.

Jeter not being ready coupled with Amile's injury is a big one. DT and Luke also have some growing to do, not a lot of freshman are ready to do what those 3 did last year.
As far as Semi and Obi go, its a wash IMO. You had one player who left CUSA to go to Duke and one who left Duke to go to CUSA. I think Obi needs to play a little more, but all Semi did when he was on the court was shoot 3s. More telling is the teams that recruited him prior to him going to Duke, were not interested in him when he transferred. He just ain't that good.

Still, Amile's injury is the killer. Thats 10+ pts and 8+ rebounds, defensive awareness and leadership thats gone. Duke has nobody to replace that with. I know its hard in his position, but Tyus should have stayed one more year. He would have been the man on this team and would have gone higher in a really weak draft. K should have channeled his inner Huckleberry and tricked him into staying another season.

 

[Fjordson]

Nice big win for UK today. Our frontcourt continues to be shit, but Murray and Ulis are legit.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Any chance of Pac-12 getting a bunch of teams in the tourney? Conference looks very deep

 

[Brian Fellows]

Any chance of Pac-12 getting a bunch of teams in the tourney? Conference looks very deep

USA Today has 8 Pac 12 teams in at this point. CBS has 7 in.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Someone at Nike a fool for giving the go ahead to these Sparty alternate jerseys

 

[thefro]

Someone at Nike a fool for giving the go ahead to these Sparty alternate jerseys

The shorts and the fact that the jerseys clash with the court are what makes it really look like shit.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Fortunately, rivalry considerations won't allow Nike to outfit Duke in lighter shades of blue.

Unfortunately, they don't seem to be immune to other abominable schemes.

 

[inm8num2]

Finally, a win. I vote we keep the ugly ass bright green jerseys.

 

[sf2fanatic]

USA Today has 8 Pac 12 teams in at this point. CBS has 7 in.

That's some good news IMO. Hopefully all of them can stay in the tourney talk

 

[Silkworm]

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

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

Finally, a win. I vote we keep the ugly ass bright green jerseys.

Never doubt the power of ugly green uniforms! ;-) :-D

 

[Kevtones]

Another day, another Top 50 win.


9-1 against it. Go Ducks.

 

[inm8num2]

Never doubt the power of ugly green uniforms! ;-) :-D

I'm a full believer now.

 

[Kevtones]

@JeffBorzello After today's win over UCLA, Oregon now has nine top-50 RPI wins -- the most in the country.

.

 

[perfectchaos007]

USA Today has 8 Pac 12 teams in at this point. CBS has 7 in.

Make that 9 Pac 12 teams with ASU and Stanford in the first 4 out. 11 out of 12 Pac 12 teams could dance

 

[Servbot24]

Iowa playing poorly but still only down 2 at half. Between Purdue and Maryland I suppose I'll be happy if we win one of those games. After that the schedule gets significantly easier the rest of the way. We do have Indiana twice, but it's hard to tell how good they are.

Edit: Uthoff is so good.

 

[Servbot24]

The officiating in this game is remarkable. Refusing us timeouts for no reason, calling everything on us, allowing Purdue to travel and literally shove us into the ground. Don't wanna say the fix is in, but I don't know how this can happen in D1.

Win anyways though.

 

[DominoKid]

ESPN should be ashamed at the quality of this ESPN3 stream of the carolina game. Shit is behind as fuck and its skipping like 5 secs at a time.

UNC pissing away a 20 pt lead aint helping my mood here.

 

[HawkeyeIC]

The officiating in this game is remarkable. Refusing us timeouts for no reason, calling everything on us, allowing Purdue to travel and literally shove us into the ground. Don't wanna say the fix is in, but I don't know how this can happen in D1.

Win anyways though.

You'd think ranked top 10 we could get some calls at home...

 

[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.

Duke #24 AP, #20 SID. The streak is intact. However, they play at Miami tonight (#15/#13), so it could end this week.

Kentucky also hung in at #20 and #19, respectively.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Duke's magical run to back to back chips starts tonight.

They don't lose a game for the rest of the season.

Spoiler

Nah I'm playing, Miami by 15

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Miami chanting overrated when they're ranked higher than Duke? Ehh

Dickie V doing yeoman's work with the sell job tonight though. They're just not that good this year Richard

 

[Brian Fellows]

Miami chanting overrated when they're ranked higher than Duke? Ehh

Dickie V doing yeoman's work with the sell job tonight though. They're just not that good this year Richard

So Miami fans took the stupiest chant in sports and found a way to make it even stupider?

 

[Squirrel Killer]

All of our revenue sports are ranked! Woo woo!

Not only are they all currently ranked in the top 10, but they've all been in the top 4 this school year.

 

[truly101]

Well, at least Miami didn't need a botched ref call to win.

Duke is just not very good this year.

 

[reKon]

Finally, a win. I vote we keep the ugly ass bright green jerseys.

it worked

 

[DominoKid]

K barely playing 7 people 😂


damn i know the crew might be trash from 8 on but you gotta coach em up some. squad gonna be dead by postseason play.

 

[truly101]

K barely playing 7 people 😂


damn i know the crew might be trash from 8 on but you gotta coach em up some. squad gonna be dead by postseason play.

Gotta have fresh legs for that NIT run. UNC couldn't do it in 2010. UK couldn't do it in 2013. Duke's gonna do it in 2016.

 

[Broank]

I really wish Beilein would go with a 7 man rotation especially with Lavert and Spike out. Just play Dawkins and Wagner 20+ minutes a game because It's pretty much a minus 10 point swing every time he brings in the combination of Dakich, Chatman, Doyle and Wilson for those few minutes.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I really wish Beilein would go with a 7 man rotation especially with Lavert and Spike out. Just play Dawkins and Wagner 20+ minutes a game because It's pretty much a minus 10 point swing every time he brings in the combination of Dakich, Chatman, Doyle and Wilson for those few minutes.

Chatman definitely has no business being out there. He brings nothing to the table. We still need Ricky for his muscle from time to time. But having those two in at the same time really let Nebraska back into the last game.

I also want DJ to get as much experience as possible. He's still getting used to new positions. People seem to forget he was more of a 3 when we started recruiting him.

 

[Proelite]

K barely playing 7 people 😂


damn i know the crew might be trash from 8 on but you gotta coach em up some. squad gonna be dead by postseason play.

Teams have won titles with 7 man rotations in the past.

I think UK 2012 did it.

Anyways, I think it's time for K to retire. His team's since 2010 has been so shitty on defense. He gets less done with more than any other coach not named Roy Williams.

 

[Bowser]

Miami chanting overrated when they're ranked higher than Duke? Ehh

Dickie V doing yeoman's work with the sell job tonight though. They're just not that good this year Richard

Well, they ain't lying, seeing as y'all ARE overrated at 24 in the poll ;p

Enjoy the Panthers success brother Grova.

 

[Deleted member 12837]

Teams have won titles with 7 man rotations in the past.

I think UK 2012 did it.

We only had 8 last year, and Marshall and Grayson weren't exactly huge contributors in that group either.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Who had January 25th as the day someone said it was time for K to call it quits? Double bonus if you parlayed it with it not being Truly.


Nah, I'm not tripping over Duke right now. They're still the defending national champions for two and a half months damnit! I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. Plus, pretty much the whole squad minus Spiderkid, White Flash, Marshall, and Amile (who apparently is Basketball Jesus so we might be in trouble again next year actually) comes back in 2016 with Giles and Tatum.

They'll be fine

 

[Fjordson]

Duke will be fine next year with Tatum and Giles I think.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Tyus Jones still gets no run for the Wolves. :/

Though he did a stint in the D-League a few weeks ago. 6 games, averaged 25 points because apparently everyone can get buckets in that league. So I can't even (completely) say he should have returned to Duke just to get some playing time (forgetting for the moment that dude is getting paid better where he is).

The move was made Tuesday, after Jones averaged 24.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 35.2 minutes over six games for the Idaho Stampede. He shot 48.7 percent from the field, including 42.6 percent from 3-point range.

 

[Fjordson]

Jones is solid. In an ideal world he'd be getting run off the bench, but Sam Mitchell ain't exactly the brightest coach around.

 

[inm8num2]

it worked

MSU's lime uniforms are done, but others will come

Dammit, they should keep the lime uniforms. 1-0 in them!

 

[thefro]

I swear Troy Williams plays half the time like he's point-shaving.

 

[thefro]

It'd be nice if the NCAA actually would consistently call a hooking foul in the post the same way at home and on the road.

Oh yeah, fire Crean, hire Stevens. Back to the terrible in-game coaching now that we're in a close game again.

 

[Shrennin]

UVA had an amazing buzzer beater against Wake Forest today. I believe UVA was losing by 7 with 20 seconds to go AND Wake had the ball, but they come back to win on the road against Wake.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14655502

 

[TJ Verboten]

It'd be nice if the NCAA actually would consistently call a hooking foul in the post the same way at home and on the road.

Oh yeah, fire Crean, hire Stevens. Back to the terrible in-game coaching now that we're in a close game again.

The hooks by Happ were infuriating non calls.
IU never gets calls in Kohl.
It'd be more upsetting if Bo was there, dont have the animosity built up yet for Bo's assistant.

Crean needs a Final 4 appearance for me to consider bringing him back.
Maybe E8 if it's paired with a B1G title.

But year 8? Long since out of excuses despite the fact that this team has played the best Indiana ball since the 12-13' team.

Still, I thought IU played tough tonight, im more curious how they do at Michigan next week and then the first Iowa game to get a better gauge on IU's quality.

 

[bronkonagurski]

I swear Troy Williams plays half the time like he's point-shaving.

lmao

He really can be an infuriating player to watch. Super talented but man, sometimes you wonder.

 

[bronkonagurski]

The hooks by Happ were infuriating non calls.
IU never gets calls in Kohl.
It'd be more upsetting if Bo was there, dont have the animosity built up yet for Bo's assistant.

Crean needs a Final 4 appearance for me to consider bringing him back.
Maybe E8 if it's paired with a B1G title.

But year 8? Long since out of excuses despite the fact that this team has played the best Indiana ball since the 12-13' team.

Still, I thought IU played tough tonight, im more curious how they do at Michigan next week and then the first Iowa game to get a better gauge on IU's quality.

Crean getting this team to the Final Four? Good luck with that. We aren't winning the Big Ten either. Just hoping we can maintain a Top 3-4 finish. Things are just going to get tougher moving forward.

If they are still at 1 conference loss heading into the first Iowa game, that would be a great positive sign imo. This is pretty much the exact time of year that Crean's teams go on a slide. Crean fatigue ftw.

 

[Brian Fellows]

The hooks by Happ were infuriating non calls.
IU never gets calls in Kohl.
It'd be more upsetting if Bo was there, dont have the animosity built up yet for Bo's assistant.

Crean needs a Final 4 appearance for me to consider bringing him back.
Maybe E8 if it's paired with a B1G title.

But year 8? Long since out of excuses despite the fact that this team has played the best Indiana ball since the 12-13' team.

Still, I thought IU played tough tonight, im more curious how they do at Michigan next week and then the first Iowa game to get a better gauge on IU's quality.

Who does?

 

[TJ Verboten]

Crean getting this team to the Final Four? Good luck with that. We aren't winning the Big Ten either. Just hoping we can maintain a Top 3-4 finish. Things are just going to get tougher moving forward.

If they are still at 1 conference loss heading into the first Iowa game, that would be a great positive sign imo. This is pretty much the exact time of year that Crean's teams go on a slide. Crean fatigue ftw.

I'm not expecting F4 by any stretch, although there's no Duke/Wisconsin/Kentucky level team this year.

Feb/March is when IU slides under Crean but the Doyel article suggested that Crean has changed certain things that he's done for 16 yrs, not beating them up as much in practice and in warm ups (other than the court suicide runs for the turnovers, which im ok with)

My expectations are low though it'd be nice for Yogi to have a strong finish.
Brad Stevens or bust, if not Brad then Archie Miller or Gregg Marshall would be decent alternatives.

 

[Silkworm]

Oregon keeps on truckin' with their win over Arizona. Zona's 49 home winning game streak snapped... what a pity ;-)

 

[DominoKid]

the week always goes by so slow when UNC doesn't have a midweek game.

 

[Kevtones]

Oregon keeps on truckin' with their win over Arizona. Zona's 49 home winning game streak snapped... what a pity ;-)

If they had Ennis… Guess Jamal Murray made a mistake.


Oregon just notched their 10th Top 50 RPI win and will probably have close to the #1 SoS tomorrow.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Who's pumped for the Big 12/SEC challenge today? I'm glad all 10 games happen on one day.

 

[Arkos]

Anybody going to the UNCW/CofC game tonight? (Lol)