Posted by: T. Randall Taylor |
Date: 1/27/2012 1:54:52 PM |
So anyway, I was watching the Villanova/Louisville game that preceded the Duke game when I hard this gem from Elmore's partner ( I didn't catch his name. ) After Villanova came back and got within three with ten minutes left in the first half he exclaimed "It's down to a one possession game, Len!" Morons.
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/26/2012 6:38:33 PM |
Ugh. It still pains me that Greg was from this side of the border. For shame! That experience probably scarred K from recruiting up here. Too bad since a good number of the players from Canada that I know who played down south would have been excellent fits with the school and program.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/26/2012 3:43:07 PM |
Matt - I was not aware that you were not a fan of G. Henderson. I kinda liked his contributions. Any other least fave dukies? What about Greg Newton? Don't blame Canada for Newton...he was an exception, not the rule. There are a number of good young Canadian kids in NCAA right now.
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Posted by: KD |
Date: 1/26/2012 3:04:55 PM |
Fun to quiet the Maryland rednecks last night. More fun to see Mason dominate a basketball game like that. Wouldn't it be nice if he really started demanding the ball more often? Thanks, Matt for checking the defensive efficiency stats - truly has to be the most miserable defensive edition we have ever had. It seems like certain of our guards are trying to bring some intensity and effort, but they just lack the quickness or motor to stop anybody. I like Tyler and his intensity, but I think I counted 5 matador moves where he tries to swing around after getting beat off the dribble to knock the ball loose (all unsuccessful). I know this is sacrilege in these parts, but K needs to think about mixing in some zone or playing a step or two off of quick guards. Watching Marshall from the Holes shred our guards is not going to be fun. Anyway, nice win and look forward to avenging the St. John's debacle on Sat. Go Duke!
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Posted by: tom |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:25:14 PM |
Man. 19% 3 point shooter get's a bounce. 7 ft 1 on the fadeaway. 59% freethrow shooter makes 5 of 6 from the line. And then there's Duke. Yep, that 90 ranking on the defense showed tonight. That is some great research Matt. And I'm amazed that it's that low comparative to previous seasons. Mason..you are the man. Guy literally kept Duke in the game. And did you notice that he isn't trying those fadeaway shots? He switched to the hook. When there was ever a run. He showed up and hustled. I think the worst three point shooting I've seen and I believe it got to a point that Coach K just said to stop shooting beyond the arc. Ryan Kelly was great on offense but I can count 6 times he was trying to get a charge instead of just jumping up for a block. It's get's rediculous after a while and I wish he would stop it. Seth was just terrible. Tyler was okay but he was beat constantly. Josh with the 19ft brick (I clenched as soon as he shot it) but at least his lay up was pretty good. Austin played better the second half and Andre fell back to earth. Oh and Miles played well also. I enjoy the Plumhooks.
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Posted by: Matt |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:23:59 PM |
Great live blogging tonight, commenters!
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Posted by: Matt |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:23:29 PM |
Enh. The court shouldn't really be named for either one of them. of course it was harder to win titles when Lefty was coaching at MDCP, but winning one national title? Just doesn't scream "name the court after this man" to me. Also, if memory serves, MDCP fired Lefty, and he was involved in some scumminess with Veal and Len Bias. Didn't graduate a soul, either, just like Sweaty. But like I said - - this is a school with no real tradition, so, whatever they feel they need to do, I suppose.
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Posted by: ClemsonGuest |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:09:52 PM |
One ESPNowitall had a piece on Lefty Driesell disagreeing with the choice to name the court after Eat, Sweat and Be Gary. Thoughts?
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:05:40 PM |
W. Color me happy. Seeya Sweaty!
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:04:56 PM |
Live by the three, live by the two.
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Posted by: ClemsonGuest |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:02:41 PM |
You guys should not be complaining about much of anything, winning on an emotional and sweaty night without Cook and Gbinije. Think of how good the defensive efficiency whatever figures would be without the too-quick THREE! attempts resulting in Turtle transition scores in the first half.
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:02:20 PM |
That was satisfying.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 11:02:09 PM |
As Matt noted, this is not a great UM team - however, this is an impressive win 4 Duke, very happy
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:58:56 PM |
"And the crowd is filing out.."
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:57:46 PM |
Good FT shooting by Tyler
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:56:46 PM |
Ugh. The Merry-land warm-up jacket is not attractive. And why were there no Plumlees on the court?????
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Posted by: ClemsonGuest |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:56:00 PM |
Plumlee to Kelly will be on a lot of highlight packages between now and the tipoff of the Goats' game tomorrow.
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:55:46 PM |
Great play on the dunk to Kelly. More of that, please.
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:53:12 PM |
Wow.
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:50:06 PM |
Stall ball stall.
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:47:27 PM |
Okay, even I didn't see the trip. Man, are the refs trying to rile up the crowd on purpose???
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:47:04 PM |
Mason in the post all night!
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:45:48 PM |
Mason has been just awesome
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:43:24 PM |
Plumlee's I & II are so much fun to watch. Show me more!!!!
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:41:57 PM |
Again, the blurriness. But I hear a CLONK, and then the MD shot drops through.
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:40:35 PM |
Rivers messed the rotations on that Faust three. Looked like he forgot to blitz it, and Curry had to slide to pick up the easy roll guy.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:40:15 PM |
Good TO by Coach K LOL @ Clemson Guest with the upcoming matchup hype - not exactly Ewing-Olajuwon!
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:40:00 PM |
**Anyone else looking forward to the Alex Len/Bobo Baciu showdown in three weeks? OK, just my own gluttony for punishment. ** HAHAHAHAHAHA. DAT'S A GREAT PT CLEMSON GUEST.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:37:48 PM |
Thonton is really working on D...gotta respect that
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:36:18 PM |
Kelly is so efficient.
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Posted by: ClemsonGuest |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:35:48 PM |
Duke must be 9 of 10 on Plumhook attempts. Fun to watch tonight. Anyone else looking forward to the Alex Len/Bobo Baciu showdown in three weeks? OK, just my own gluttony for punishment.
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:32:47 PM |
I better not see stall ball... Phew. Rivers moved quickly.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:32:16 PM |
Lucky break on the sloppy sequence by UM
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:30:19 PM |
Blame it on the alcohol, Fats
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:29:31 PM |
C'mon Mason, keep it up
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:27:30 PM |
Box out already!
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:26:17 PM |
The feed has gone blurry. Or maybe it's my vision.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:24:59 PM |
Great rebound by Seth
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:17:11 PM |
Brutal sequence - 2 TOs and a triple by UM
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:17:02 PM |
CKCHCHHSKKKCCCKKHHSCCCHHHCHCHCHKKQ!
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 10:01:15 PM |
Yeah Fats, that is a big concern. Sets the tone for half #2
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:53:38 PM |
Wow. Three half-ends in a row that blew.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:53:21 PM |
That call on Mason was bunk
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:50:06 PM |
Huge shot by Tyler
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:49:54 PM |
That was laziest double by Curry and Rivers...
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:47:42 PM |
Lovely. Rile up the despicable crowd...
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:47:31 PM |
There should be a macro to insert the inevitable complaint about giving up penetration on extended D, and K's refusal to do anything about it.
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:47:04 PM |
Got away with one there...
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Posted by: CDG |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:40:54 PM |
STOP SHOOTING THREES!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:39:51 PM |
RK, great Defence!
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:38:02 PM |
Nevermind that last comment about jacking up three's. Back to back forces from Dawk and Rivers.
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Posted by: Serious G |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:36:11 PM |
Keep feeding the post, boys
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:35:39 PM |
Enjoying the Duke focus on the inside. Not enjoying the MD focus on the same.
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Posted by: Dave |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:35:31 PM |
Nice to see we're not jacking up shots tonight, at least. But that defense on the PandP(penetrate to Pankey)? Eesh. I'm on tape delay, btw
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Posted by: Fats "Lazer" Durston |
Date: 1/25/2012 9:34:51 PM |
Admittedly, there's a scotch... or two in me at this point, but the Len joke was an ell-oh-ell.
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