Even at full strength we had to come back and beat a team that may or may not make the second weekend. Yes, the UNC game was an emotional blow still we got steamrolled.. we may very well lose this game tonight at Syracuse... we beat a Virginia team by shooting lights out... I’m a concerned Duke fan with or without Zion. We can’t shoot...period.
Championship Team?
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I think if we lose tonight we are looking at a possible 2 seed. We need Zion back asap. That said I think if we can get Zion back we are a threat. But we are not the team to beat. We have as good a chance as any. Baker can only help us, and he gets game reps for next year.
How many championship teams have never had a game that was in doubt at some point in time? When is the last time the championship winners went undefeated? I think you're overreacting. This team healthy may not win the championship, but if you're using tonight's game, win or lose, as a reference to their chances of winning it, you're way off base.
I will take this team's resumé at full strength ahead of anyone else's in the country. Whether they can shoot or not.
I will take this team's resumé at full strength ahead of anyone else's in the country. Whether they can shoot or not.
Have so many over reactors on here sometimes. Just before the UNC game no one on here was saying the stuff I’m reading now!
My God this board goes into meltdown mode constantly. We are going to be fine. 2015 no one thought we would win after a poor acc tournament showing.
Maybe you could have thrown this comment in the game thread instead of turning it into an embarrassing thread itself.
Yea I meant for my posts to be in the game day thread. I was still on this thread and didn’t realize when I was making the posts. My bad!
I would say they are playing without their best player, four of the five starters are freshman, the glass is half full etc...
I think we are fine dude. I think u might be overreacting a bit. Look at how AOC is playing. He’s making some clutch shots. When we get Zion back, we will be where we are I believe, and that’s being a contender for a final four/national champion. Every team no matter how good they are has flaws and ours happens to be three pt shooting. Thing is with Zion in the game, we don’t have to rely on the three so much. We can score at will inside and his defensive intensity is infectious and gets everyone going. It looks like Javin has improved and O’Connell is playing well. If they keep doing that going forward, I think we are fine.
Do we have flaws? Yes but our flaws aren’t as big or as many as other teams in the country! When we get Zion back I will take us up against anybody and everybody!
Yeah i'm thinking I've been too critical of our team, overemphasizing our weaknesses.
We've lost 1 game at full strength.
We've lost 1 game at full strength.
This thread topic is so stupid. This dude is talking like it's a fluke that we neat Virginia even though a few weeks prior we beat them in a completely different way. When it's a big game we find a way to win. That's what this team does. When we turn on the intensity no one can stop us. Since Gonzaga game the only times we lost were when out two most important players got hurt in game and people who barely played had to get extended minutes. Not to mention Cam being out the first Syracuse game. Every team in the country has flaws. We may can't shoot from the perimeter consistently but we are one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the country plus we shoot them very well on the road. So you can miss me with the "are we a championship team?" foolishness