So far 10 minutes in Arizona St can not play defense or shoot, Duke has a ton of turn overs. Bigs are really good but very young. If they turn the ball over at the rate they are now we will may do pretty good against them.
Arizona St. Vs Duke
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Watching Duke ASU, but also holy ****. Also watching the Commanders game. What a hail mary!!
They really are horrible. I also see the roofer ree is calling this one.
Not impressed with Jayden Quaintance so far. ASU is not very good.
Quaintance reminds me of most Cal recruits, athletic as can be but has no shot or defensive skills. May be better as the games go on but right now,,, not impressed. Glad he didn’t come here.
Awfully young though. The idea was you’d get two years of college out of him.
ASU has taken a boatload of 3s and have missed every single one so far.
Dukes length is too much for this ASU team who keeps forcing the ball in the paint.
Dukes offense is ugly, but they definitely create a lot off their defense. Slow the game down, make it a half court game and they could struggle.
Dukes offense is ugly, but they definitely create a lot off their defense. Slow the game down, make it a half court game and they could struggle.
A lot of those 3 were open. Just not falling for them. Dukes length is bothering them but some of those are wide open looks.
Duke has improved a lot since their countdown to craziness. It looks their emphasis and working hard and being coachable which was pushed by guest speakers: Coach K , Jay Bilas is paying off.
There are playing better defense and they start running certain presses and offenses schemes which seem to work . They have the length , athleticism and 3 points shooters to be special. If the play defense they will be the team to beat. Their weakness is going to be their bigs but they have enough size to compensate.
There are playing better defense and they start running certain presses and offenses schemes which seem to work . They have the length , athleticism and 3 points shooters to be special. If the play defense they will be the team to beat. Their weakness is going to be their bigs but they have enough size to compensate.
We need to schedule one of these high major D1 exhibitions apparently
A year ago, when we were recruiting him with Cal, I was skeptical of this whole "he has to play 2 years of college".
And I stand by it. With loop holes and Gleagues and over seas.. there is zero chance he plays his 2nd year UNLESS he gets a **** ton of NIL.
Andrea Hurley didn’t approve it
I like our chances
They have at least 6 guys capable of shooting the 3 ( pretty much everyone besides the 5, 1-4 position. What they have we don’t have is the athleticism. We have more experience but they have enough between Procter , Foster and transfers from Syracuse, Purdue and Tulane.
It should be a fun game when Kentucky plays them, decided by team that can exploit better certain matchups.
It should be a fun game when Kentucky plays them, decided by team that can exploit better certain matchups.
Welp. On Wednesday I think it was Darren Headrick who said Pope’s staff times the seconds it takes our guys to get the ball across half court and it’s averaging three now and they want it lower. So I kinda hope there are some other options on the table.
The D2 team Duke played put up a better performance than ASU. ASU is not good.
maybe not but this az st team doesn’t look much better than wesleyan—point being it’s hard to tell just how good teams are from exhibition games. i wouldn’t bet either way on the uk/duke game.
The only way Kentucky wins is if they hit a bunch of 3s, and Duke is cold
By the looks of it he shouldn’t be spending next year at Arizona State at least…sheesh terrible performance.
There are a bunch of ways to beat a team, you never know what will bother certain players and what won’t. I think we have a good chance. They are good but we ain’t nothing to scoff at either.
I know what to bet, bet the over! Both teams are capable of putting up a lot of points. Dukes defense looks more advance than UKs only because of their length and athleticism.
Could kentucky win sure. Kentucky is good, but Duke is in another group and is a bad matchup for Kentucky.
might turn out to be like a second round tourny game where a team loaded with athletic 5 star freshmen runs up against a team of sound experienced basketball players who can shoot. i’ve seen it happen more than once 
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Oh BS. Concern troll.
Duke is overrated. You are 100% a Concern troll.
Duke is not “ really damn good this year”.
As good as Duke is, they made a whole lot of boneheaded plays that Arizona St was unable to take advantage of. A good shooting team of veteran player won’t waste those chances. I’ve watched a lot of these preseason games this year already. Duke is by far the best Defensive and offensive team I’ve seen. But they are like us, they haven’t played anyone with a heartbeat yet. Arizona St lost almost everyone from last years team and they are coached by Bobby Hurley. He ain’t that great of a coach.
I’ll put my trust in Pope over a goofy Scheyer. This isn’t Cal anymore and Pope is 100X the coach of Scheyer and Cal combined. Sick of the Duke lovers here.
Agreed, Duke is exceptional this year. We will need our A++++ game and hope they are off.
Pope hasn't proven anything and neither has Scheyer. Two coaches that have a lot to prove at big time programs. I cringe when I read dumb hyperbole like this as well. 100 times the coach? Based on what?
A boy says "we aren't beating them."
A man says "we shall see."
A man says "we shall see."