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2016-2017 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT| Villanova has no fans so this is their thread
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2nd game all season we have everybody able to play. Maybe not fully "healthy", but at least able to go out on the court. Let's hope it stays that way.
NaturalHigh
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Solid win for UK. Without Fox playing a majority of the game I felt our offense was more cohesive. May have been since Cal was basically calling every play.
That and other players were more active since there wasn't any ISOs for Fox.
That and other players were more active since there wasn't any ISOs for Fox.
Grover Cleveland
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I know Matt Jones is 7 semesters in, but can we take away his scholarship?
Randolph Freelander
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I guess this team really is just soft now that Grayson has been neutered. I'll take our team from the beginning of the season over this mess any day.
Grover Cleveland
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Duke is a...fencing school now
Randolph Freelander
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Grover Cleveland
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So it's pretty much all Derryck Thornton's dad's fault
Randolph Freelander
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Parents just don't understand.
DIdn't 2013 have the Harrison twins tho? I thought they were pgs, or were they combos? No PG certainly hurts, but if you have a smart and talented enough player, you can suffice with a converted SG or combo guard like Duke did with Scheyer in 2010.
These freshmen are completely overrated and there's no alpha dog upperclassman like Cook in 2015 to get them in line. Tatum actually is what everyone thinks Austin Rivers is and Giles is losing millions every night unless he's coming back.
Isn't there another Plumlee somewhere?
Randolph Freelander
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RIP Grayson's finger.
He deserves it I'm sure.
Nope, they came in the next year.
2013 Ryan Harrow was our 'best' PG option, and he wasn't able to handle the responsibility.
Most of the year we were stuck with Julius Mays and Jarrod Polson running the team, and Archie Goodwin running into the other team. lol
oh yeah, he transferred from NCSU. He sucked.
Grover Cleveland
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Hold taking away Matt Jones' scholarship
For now
For now
He's more sick of this shit than we are. Other than his airball 3 attempts, I've never understood why some fans dislike him so.
Nah, we're cool.
Besides we need both Monk and Briscoe because one of them is almost guaranteed to have a shit game every other game it seems.
I'm waiting for the game where all 3 of them play at peak levels and we go super saiyan on a team.
Randolph Freelander
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More stretches like this, please.
Proelite
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Teams starting 3 players 6'3" and shorter haven't won a title in like decades.
Tatum + Kennard at 6'9 and 6'7 are just what you need.
Grover Cleveland
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Duke with the standard 31-4 run
Proelite
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What happens when we have all our players heathyish and playing hard, and warmed up.
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This is not quite what I was expecting in this half 0_0
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Luke should be taking more shots. His offensive efficiency numbers are insane.
Tatum can take as many shots as he wants as long as they're at the rim, or wide-open catch-and-shoots. When he slashes to the basket, good things happen. Loved his passing touch in that area.
I don't think he Allen and Tatum play well together (on court at the same time) because all 3 take a high volume of shots. Since inside play has been negligible, the defense can simply crash the boards if the shot misses, and thats a lot of what happened in the losses to Louisville and FSU.
The defense also sucked and all three of them are terrible at defense, especially Tatum and Kennard.
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I didn't really draw any of that from your 1st post, but yes I agree with all of that. Those 3 can't be on the court at the same time.
So who starts, now?
Randolph Freelander
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Javin DeLaurier.
Luke Kennard is not 6'7 lol.
So I think you split up Amile and Matt depending on matchups for defense and leadership maybe, and rotate Bolden, Giles and Jeter at the 4/5 if Giles can play D. GA and Frank can run point so alternate them. Pair Frank with Luke and Allen with Tatum maybe. I don't know. I think Allen is the most capable and most likely to benefit if he changes his style to a more traditional pass first pg
Proelite
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He is listed as 6'6 but the coaching staff had said 6'7 on multiple occasions. They do tend to exaggerate the height though.
On the subject of Luke, I don't think he is quick enough to defend at the 2 and 1. He needs mostly play the 3. Tatum should play 15 min a game at the 4 and 10 min a game at the 3.
Randolph Freelander
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I'm torn on this. I always hate the ending of a streak, and Chicago has already ruined a perfectly good streak via the Cubs this year, but Chris Collins is a Blue Devil.
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Man this is embarrassing. Can't manage to put together a full game of defense. This is like the reverse of the 2012 game.
Randolph Freelander
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Almost made it a whole Duke game without a post.
Next time, guys.
Next time, guys.
I've never seen any player miss so many layups
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He literally threw the game away.
Everything that could go wrong with this team has gone wrong. The players just don't mesh well on court, injuries have set back the freshmen severely, Capel is in over his head because its not like he took a good complete team and ruined it. He took a team that had no idea how to play defense, can't run an offense other than jack up threes and he can't find a way to fix it.
There is no way to fix this. This season is done. Let the kids who are just auditioning for the NBA leave, whoever wants to transfer let them, and then start anew with someone who can run an offense.
He's worse than Austin Rivers. Check that, he's worse than Austin Rivers' reputation. He is a total me player thats simply auditioning for the NBA. I don't think Kennard is much better to be honest. This team cannot support 3 jack em joes in Allen, Kennard and Tatum. Good thing is two of them should be gone after this season.
Austin Rivers ar Duke.
Randolph Freelander
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Tatum's fine. I wish he'd be around for another year or three, but his role is a scorer, but he just didn't finish well after getting to the rim.
Duke's problem is they have a lot of scorers but not a single distributor. Duke got away with it in 2010, but this team probably isn't going to be so lucky.
Actually, in losing at home to NC State, I'm pretty sure they're automatically relegated to the CBI.
Duke's problem is they have a lot of scorers but not a single distributor. Duke got away with it in 2010, but this team probably isn't going to be so lucky.
Actually, in losing at home to NC State, I'm pretty sure they're automatically relegated to the CBI.
Allen should have left for the NBA last year when it was a weak draft. Now he's going to have to come back when he's broken mentally. Tatum only cares about himself and Jackson isn't a point. Giles is a long ways away still. Kennard is great but he's not a point either. Just a bad roster makeup. Not easy to plug in freshman and become a great team.
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