***DUKE VS NORTH CAROLINA OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***

K-oach Q

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We can’t score inside....so we can’t get the baskets we need to sustain momentum....it’s why I think we won’t win this game....
 
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dukiejay

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Mar 2, 2005
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The Zion injury, coupled with good play by UNC, has really knocked this group back. The timing of the injury couldn’t have been worse, either. We just panicked.

Going to have to get something from someone not named RJ or Cam in the second half.
 

HuffyJB

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Jan 13, 2005
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Anything still possible, but it is getting tough to stay optimistic here. I know they crawled out of a huge hole at Louisville, but they had the services of the best player in the country at the time.
 
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I really hope Zion’s injury isn’t serious. You can tell he loves playing at Duke and I’d hate it for him if it ended this way.

Gotta gameplan now without him. Maybe a zone? I don’t know. Need more drives. Shooting mostly 3s isn’t going to win this one.

But, if UL taught us anything then we know not to count this team out.
 
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Buzzooka Joe

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Feb 20, 2006
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Every time I start to get mad at the refs.. I realize we’ve taken 20 threes in the first half (and made 2)..
 

K-oach Q

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At this point the game really is meaningless....I know we all want them to win...but it won’t matter if Zion tore something and is out for the rest of the season....

Somewhere Scottie Pippen is telling people I told you so.....makes me sick....I mean what are the chances....just completely absurd circumstance....
 

AlanInNJ

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So not into the game. Sucks. I feel horrible for Zion. How on earth does that happen??

Oh well. Still a lot of basketball to play. K will motivate them. Cam will step up. Let’s win this.
 
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The fact that a blown out shoe has caused one of our best players to be in the locker room makes me sick. I wish he could sue Nike’s *** over this.
 
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OldasdirtDevil

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Nov 16, 2009
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A bad finish to the half that's for sure. We've got plenty of time, but we've got to get some consistent half court offense, and we've got to play better defense.
We also have to have someone else be able to score besides RJ & Cam
I pray that Zion will be okay, and comeback from this, whether it's at Duke, or the NBA.

OFC
 

dukebluesTX

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I haven't bought Nikes since the late 90s. The soles always fell off. Guess things never change. Good going Nike. Hope their stock drops
 

youngman42

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Duke is throwing up one brick after another. We actually played much better D the last 10 minutes of the half.

But, good grief, show some poise and make a shot. They really had very little poise. Looked like mostly freshmen out there. Barrett stopped trusting his teammates at times. Tre was out of control on so many passes and his shots were awful. Twice he missed the rim way long on open shots. White and O'Connell are both throwing bricks.

Almost every shot is long. They just aren't relaxed and have no confidence in their shooting. Too jacked up.

If they can shoot well in the 2nd half and not have half the team foul out, they have a chance.
 

Mr.Scary13

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At this point the game really is meaningless....I know we all want them to win...but it won’t matter if Zion tore something and is out for the rest of the season....

Somewhere Scottie Pippen is telling people I told you so.....makes me sick....I mean what are the chances....just completely absurd circumstance....

Why? Zion is going number one injury or not.
 

chov1125

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Oct 15, 2008
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We simply need to get something, anything from our non-freshman. I see them out there fighting, but how many open looks are they going to clank, if they are even lucky enough to draw iron.
 

Mac9192

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Jan 25, 2017
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This shows how too reliant we are on a couple of our guys. Yes they are studs, but our other guys are lost on offense. We have no interior game without Zion, and that’s a freaking shame. Bolden should be better offensively than he is, and White is not even a shell of himself.
We can still win, but a more focused bunch of kids better show up the next 20 minutes.
 
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youngman42

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That shoe needs to be burned. Reanimated. Put back together. Burned again. Ashes fed to a wild boar. Wild boar’s poop needs to be collected, put on a spaceship and flown directly into the sun.

Then blow up the sun.

You mean the Nike execs, right? ;) the people who designed the shoe and sent it to some unjust sweat shot to be made?
 

K-oach Q

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Nov 18, 2009
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We became so reliant on the three. Makes me sick.
Our inside game went out the door with Zions injury.....we will be perimeter oriented from here on out without him....and this isn’t the Duke team to do that with.....this team will have huge problems if it’s for the year....any news on Zion will determine the rest of our season....

UNC isn’t going to let us drive now....either we got really really hot from outside or it’s already over...doesn’t even take into account we can’t get rebounds or stop paint scoring without him....we can’t even really get stops consecutively because of it....

This all around blows....