unless they plan on blowing everyone out come tournament time they better get better at free throws.
***DUKE VS CLEMSON OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***
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I thought we just had a little gas when we took the lead back, but turns out we were in for a hard shart. Good night Duke fans.
Well, if it was Roy, he would have pulled the starters and left the bench to get mobbed by the students.
Exactly. They needed this loss as well as this board. Started smelling ourselves. Crazy year in college basketball that will and has involved Duke as well.
Winning ACC games on the road has always been difficult, and still is. We still have an excellent team, and probably the best in the ACC...that didn't change tonight.
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Well Clemson will get smoked by their next opponent, it always happens.
Not mad, back to the drawing board, get healthy and move on with a purpose.
When we retook the lead in the second half, Carey missed like 5 fts in a row that would have extended lead. Clemson made a 3, tied it back up and the crowd and team got back in it. That completely changed the final 8 minutes. I think he makes just 3 of those and we win.
We will be ok. Games like this happen.. I think this group will come back strong for Louisville.
I disagree - Baylor has 4 guards that would spread and shred Duke. FSU will likely be better than Duke as well but at least we get them at home. Time will tell.
Let’s analyze what went wrong, let’s learn from it. But when we wake up tomorrow, we’ll still be in first place in the ACC and we’ll still be a top 5 team if we take care of business this weekend. This is a learning tool for a team that certainly doesn’t have it all figured out yet.
I’ve never seen a school lose their national title game in one sport and win one in another sport the next night
Their players were just hot. Taking and making bad/contested shots. That’s all it came down to in the end. Both teams sucked from the line. Depth is our strength. We need to continue rotating ppl in these conference games no matter what. They need to know how to play and contribute in close games. Vernon missed some bunnies that he was making before too
Not having Moore & Baker tonight changed our whole style of play/substitutions
There's that saying I hate so much. We will not be ok if we dont play better.
Well you were wrong....
You son of a gun. Last year FSU, this year Clemson. The Duke whisperer strikes again.
Yeah, we let them off the ropes there. As you said, make a few and I believe the flow of the game would have been different.
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We did miss Moore and Baker but we missed AOC. Javin and Matthew would were there and played. They might as well stayed home. Give Clemson credit though . They whipped our butts. We can analyze all we want too but we were just out played. Clemson wanted this game. It really doesn't matter how far we fall on the polls come Monday. We have a big game on Saturday with UL coming in and still smarting from that whipping we gave them last year. We need to be ready.
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Yep. Especially against the 5 out. Eight was not necessarily enough in this matchup. But other things than depth doomed us
Turnovers and free throws would be the first place I’d start.
Then I’d look at Vern and Matt on D. The 5 out hurt us.
I blame this loss on UNC because this is the first time that Clemson has beaten both of us back to back since 1990 lol. On a serious note, we just played bad tonight. Too many missed free throws and too many careless turnovers, some were caused by Clemson’s defense but some were unforced and Clemson played pretty good tonight.. We’ll rebound from this loss and we’ve still got a damn good team this year, especially once Moore and Baker return.
if there is a positive from this loss, it’s that Coach K and the staff will have the guys ready for Louisville back at CIS on Saturday night.
I agree, Sky. Sometimes we act like there isn't a group on the other side competing. Clemson deserved the win, and Duke will bounce back.
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