Hasphat'sAnts
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2013-2014 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT|
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Hasphat'sAnts
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LMAO Fuck off.
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Epic collapse. Dat foul trouble killed us
Randolph Freelander
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Duke got to 66 and figured the game was over, apparently.
Randolph Freelander
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NIT NIT NIT
For IU? Probably :-\
Hasphat'sAnts
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17-0 run from Wake.
I was mad a minute ago, now it makes perfect sense.
I was mad a minute ago, now it makes perfect sense.
Randolph Freelander
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I think Duke is going to lose that second round, 3-6 matchup and bring this season to an end in two weeks.
that's probably a first for Bzdelik's entire time at Wake.
Grover Cleveland
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At least they got to 70 tonight
November is only 8 months away.
November is only 8 months away.
Lol @ this team, sorry Wake fans, you might be stuck with Bzzzzzz
Duke is really no different than UK this year, maybe a better record because I think K is a better coach (usually). They are complete frauds and should be no higher than a 4th seed barring a miracle.
Bring on football season.
Duke is really no different than UK this year, maybe a better record because I think K is a better coach (usually). They are complete frauds and should be no higher than a 4th seed barring a miracle.
Bring on football season.
Grover Cleveland
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Gwtting swept by UNC with this team vs their team would be too much for me to take.
Don't fail me Duke.
Don't fail me Duke.
Randolph Freelander
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^
the pain of knowing that we are actually are better would be too much for any Duke fan to bear.
Randolph Freelander
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At this point, I'm not sure that Carolina isn't the better team. They took their lumps early in the conference season, but they've been playing great (for the most part) since.
Dude, we went through the Hansbrough/Lawson years, this isn't anything.
Still, its funny where so many Duke fans thought this would be the season would Roy would just plain dagnab give up, no talent to win. 'Cept he's the one thats actually coaching and K is in cruise control. I don't think this UNC team is great, they don;t have to be to win. But Roy has figured out a rotation, when to sub and who, when to zone and when to M2M, outside of Bennett, he's done a good job. K looks like Calipari right now. He has "talent" supposedly but no idea how to make it work. Not enough white kids this year I guess.
TheSchwab_7
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Go Nebraska!!! Going to be a HUGE game at Pinnacle Bank on Sunday!
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My biggest question at this point in the season, more than "what happened to our shooting touch" and "how can Jabari's defense be SO bad":
What the hell happened to Quinn Cook?
What the hell happened to Quinn Cook?
HeisenbergLannister
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Coach K skips post game press conference.
Guess he's going to the NBA next year.
Guess he's going to the NBA next year.
Randolph Freelander
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On Quinn Cook... I don't know, and I don't particularly like attacking college kids since I'm far older than them, but I just wonder about his mental state. It seems like sometimes he loses focus in the middle of plays while the ball is in his hands. I think he is talented, but his head is just... maybe it's ADHD, I don't know. I just don't trust him running point right now, I feel like he should just play the 2-guard behind Sulaimon and work on movement without the ball.
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Another couple of questions:
What happened to the insane on-ball defense we played last game against VT?
Why have we been so cold over the past several (feels like quite a few) games and why isn't that going away? We have excellent shooters. They're getting wide-open looks.
I wonder if he's maybe given up a bit, knowing Tyus is getting the keys next year. I wish he and Thorton could swap eligibility...he's the type of backup PG we need behind Tyus. Quinn relies on the ball and playing time and shots too much for him to be successful in that role, and he's just not going to be a scoring option at all next year.
What happened to the insane on-ball defense we played last game against VT?
Why have we been so cold over the past several (feels like quite a few) games and why isn't that going away? We have excellent shooters. They're getting wide-open looks.
I wonder if he's maybe given up a bit, knowing Tyus is getting the keys next year. I wish he and Thorton could swap eligibility...he's the type of backup PG we need behind Tyus. Quinn relies on the ball and playing time and shots too much for him to be successful in that role, and he's just not going to be a scoring option at all next year.
Grover Cleveland
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If K was as antagonistic to the media as Cal, he would be getting shit on just as much. Their coaching jobs have been comparable.
I think K has gone the Shawn Michaels route and lost his smile. Seriously though, I think his brother's death fucked him up, and he's not getting any joy or relief from coaching this team.
Which means we'll get late 90's early 2000's asshole Coach K next season. Could be a good thing.
Which means we'll get late 90's early 2000's asshole Coach K next season. Could be a good thing.
Randolph Freelander
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Yall better enjoy Coach while he's there, because it's not like Duke without Coach K is going to be consistently relevant. I don't think any of his current or former assistants are ready for the challenge, and I don't know that Duke could lure a big name coach away from another school where the path might be easier (and I'm not sure I'd want them to). I'd love to see them be able to snag Brad Stevens, but I'm not even sure if that's possible.
Nope, I say let Coach K stick around until he's 80. At least I know Duke will be good, and sometimes even great. This year's team is just good, and I accepted that months ago.
Nope, I say let Coach K stick around until he's 80. At least I know Duke will be good, and sometimes even great. This year's team is just good, and I accepted that months ago.
Nobody is going to equal K's success bt Duke went to 4 final fours under Bubas and Foster before K ever set foot on campus.
Duke's best approach is not going to be one from in the family. Collins is the only one I think COULD be good enough for the job. Stevens would get plenty of money at Duke but the main appeal of college gig vs pro gig is full control vs relying on owner and GM to not suck (especially GM). Having a good AD is important, but not on the same level as GM.
No good coach will want to follow K. They will want to be the guy who follows K and fails (Wojo)
:lol
Or imagine if Calipari had had an outburst like Boeheim's at Duke followed by losing 4 out of 5, including at home on senior night. He might have been run out of the country. Always interesting to see who and what these media goons focus on.
Eh, I wouldn't go that far given how weak the SEC is.
Though I don't even put it all on his coaching, but more recruiting. We're big and athletic and talented, but this class really doesn't fit well together. Not recruiting a single decent shooter is especially killing us. James Young is supposed to be our best outside threat but he was like 1-10 yesterday. Most games we can't hit shit outside the paint.
HeisenbergLannister
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:lol yeah, because the media is always so nice to Cal. Forde is particularly in love with him...
Randolph Freelander
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Laura Keeley's opening paragraph from her postgame article:
Could have ended the article there, really.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/05/3677254/wake-forest-stuns-duke-for-82.html#storylink=cpy
Could have ended the article there, really.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/05/3677254/wake-forest-stuns-duke-for-82.html#storylink=cpy
Grover Cleveland
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I'm not trying to downplay Coach K's excellence. He's still the GOAT to me (with all due respect to Coach Wooden, largely sustaining the level of excellence that K has over 3+ decades despite a drastically changing college basketball is more impressive to me) and there's no certainly no guarantee that Duke will be able to be consistently good year-in, year-out when he leaves.
But he's had a bad year on the bench.
It's reciprocal. Obviously Cal's acted a certain way towards the media to earn their ire. There's a reason why he gets treated differently than K, Izzo, Roy, Self, Donovan, Boeheim.
But he's had a bad year on the bench.
HeisenbergLannister said:
It's reciprocal. Obviously Cal's acted a certain way towards the media to earn their ire. There's a reason why he gets treated differently than K, Izzo, Roy, Self, Donovan, Boeheim.
If they beat Wisconson they'll likely take Iowa's 4 spot, so they better not
Unless MSU lays another egg at home tomorrow vs you guys.
I think this sums up not only the game, but the season, because you know this same shit has happened before (ND, Clemson, UNC 2nd half, Vermont)
I'm not blaming Hood solely, he is new to this position. I think this is a team wide epidemic. They just aren't that into it, and no capable upper classmen to get the younger and unexperienced kids to come correct.
So...which team do we lose to in the first round? This team has first round "upset" all over it.
Grover Cleveland
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So what happened with Coach K last night? Apparently went to the hospital after suffering from dizziness after the game. Quick glance at Google news and it doesn't seem like it was anything serious, hopefully everything's okay.
Fixed :lol
You have a state full and legion of fans to commiserate with should that happen. We have a state full of collar popping assholes that will point and laugh when it happens to Duke.
We'll just have to beat them in football again.
Randolph Freelander
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Light-headedness, kicked in during the second half.
And Duke is totally making it out of the first round, but the 3-6 second round matchup will prove to be the season's death blow.
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Eamonn Brennan straight up trolling Duke-haters lol
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/95151/did-dukes-bid-for-no-1-matter
"I don't even care that we lost last night, because we totally didn't even want a 1 seed anyway!"
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/95151/did-dukes-bid-for-no-1-matter
"I don't even care that we lost last night, because we totally didn't even want a 1 seed anyway!"
Hasphat'sAnts
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Well, We've had the 1 seed and had to play Baylor in Houston, Zona in LA, and LSU in ATL, not to mention Butler in Indy.
It doesn't really matter.
Grover Cleveland
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At this point they might a 2 seed and still be shipped out West. That's a nightmare scenario.
Hasphat'sAnts
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I'll take that if it means a 25% chance of getting a regionals in MSG.
Grover Cleveland
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I mean the West Regionals.
So Anaheim
They'll probably be playing the first two rounds in Raleigh no matter what.
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Yeah I agree with the article, but it's going to be interpreted as "oh so since Duke is now out of the running, suddenly the #1 seed 'doesn't matter anymore'. Typical ESPN Dook bias, ignoring bad losses and sweeping them under the rug, etc etc"
I mean, just look at the comments. ESPN has to know how it's going to come across. They're just playing along with the conspiracy theorists at this point and using it to fuel clicks and page views. The bait is just really obvious here. Normally it's at least wrapped in a shred of real journalism.
Grover Cleveland
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New Adidas March Unis
Considering the fact that we're talking about adidas, these look pretty tame (except for Baylor and ND)
Considering the fact that we're talking about adidas, these look pretty tame (except for Baylor and ND)
Brian Fellows
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New Adidas March Unis
Considering the fact that we're talking about adidas, these look pretty tame (except for Baylor and ND)
Yeah I'll take it. Really not that different from our normal jerseys.