| Posted by: T. Randall Taylor |
Date: 3/6/2013 1:23:11 PM |
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And Matt, I completely agree with you about the big guy flashing to the top of the key and beyond. I can't even figure out what it is supposed to accomplish. I'm serious. What are the possible good outcomes? Mason steals the ball? The guard quivers in fear and just hands it over? But whatever the point of it is, assuming that the intended result is positive in the sense that it, you know, helps the team win the game, it does not take a very sophisticated statistical analysis to realize that it simple is not working. At all. I am truly baffled by it.
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| Posted by: T. Randall Taylor |
Date: 3/6/2013 12:41:53 PM |
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Dear Mssrs. Jefferson and Murphy, We appreciate your service during this time of need. We have a lovely gift waiting for you right next to that really tall guy -- front row seats to the rest of our games! Sincerely, The Duke Staff. ps. You might want to consider adding a few inches in height before next season. Every little bit helps. Thanks awfully.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 9:04:44 PM |
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Nice blowout fueled by a big second half. Wish the first half had been better, but there you go. After losing four games at Cameron last season with the revolting Austin Rivers hogging the ball, a 16-0 season at home is nice. Thanks, Ryan, Seth, Mason and Todd.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 9:03:33 PM |
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Mark, good call. Sulaimon is really important. When he hasn't shown up this season against a real opponent, Duke has struggled.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 9:02:31 PM |
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Murphy and Jefferson both look nice on drives to the dish at the end. Couldn't have been because they were fresh, could it?
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| Posted by: Mark Buckner |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:59:08 PM |
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Matt, I think Coach K agrees with you. The late minutes of the Miami game featured a designed play for him after a timeout. He's definitely needed at an entirely different level during the postseason.
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| Posted by: Mark Buckner |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:54:57 PM |
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Good ending.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:54:52 PM |
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Really glad that Sulaimon got those buckets in the 13-0 run: I was concerned about his mental makeup.
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| Posted by: Mark Buckner |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:47:50 PM |
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It's amazing what casual CBB fans can't fathom... It is so much easier to shoot a perimeter sot over a defender of equal or less height.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:30:06 PM |
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ZOMG, the Elmore Index. So much LOL.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:21:38 PM |
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Ah! The second-half wakeup call is answered.
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| Posted by: Mark Buckner |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:08:36 PM |
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I realize Plumlee sacrificed something returning for his senior year, however, he's lacking in something. And I have no problem accepting his possessing an above average intellect, judging his interviews alone. However, his concrete feet...
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:03:12 PM |
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Heh, no problem, Mark. Crappy three-point lead at the half over a crappy opponent. Kelly with 14. The team played noticeably better, and took the lead, without Plumlee on the floor.
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| Posted by: Mark Buckner |
Date: 3/5/2013 8:02:01 PM |
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Sorry I'm late, Matt.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:44:26 PM |
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Duke taking over now. About time.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:37:09 PM |
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Are we ever going to see Amile Jefferson again?
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:32:13 PM |
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7:48 - Kelly makes a post move attacking the basket that Mason can only dream about.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:30:41 PM |
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Duke shooting better now, still down three. At 10:19, Erick Green scored a bucket on that play I was talking about yesterday, which I detest: the center flashes out high at the three-point line on the player with the ball. As almost always happens, the ballhandler then beats his man, and the paint is empty because of the center's pointless abandonment of his position. Result: easy bucket for Green.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:25:31 PM |
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I'm not sure this team has the necessary heart to advance far this season. Kelly's back, drops a career-high, beats Miami singlehandedly, and now we're trailing by seven on Senior Night to the worst team in the league.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:23:03 PM |
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Oof. Duke down six, soon to be seven.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:18:49 PM |
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I thought Smellmore wasn't allowed to do Duke games anymore.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:16:56 PM |
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Yawn. Great start here.
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| Posted by: Matt |
Date: 3/5/2013 7:11:28 PM |
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For anyone wondering, Duke has clinched a bye in the first round of the ACC-T, and can lock up the #2 seed with a win here tonight or a win at the DumpDome.
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