***DUKE VS UCF - NCAA TOURNAMENT 2ND ROUND OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***

adubmac

Freshman
Jan 9, 2006
125
56
0
Yeah, Bolden is a non threat offensively on the court. He also moves like he is on stilts. The 2015 team was held together by Quinn Cook. A senior they could rely on, who was not afraid of the moment but could be there for the young guys. Okafor, Winslow and Tyus were great players, Tyus was one of the most developed 18 year olds Ive seen play. Maturity level and poise were excellent. Last year's team had Grayson, this year's team has no one meaningful in the upper class that plays.
The funny thing is that Cook actually disappeared in that final and Jones and Allen were the two that stepped up to the moment.
 

Mr. Maisel

Redshirt
Dec 30, 2018
28
43
0
On the last play of the game, watch Delaurier get cleared out of the way allowing Dawkins to almost win the game. There were so many non-calls and poor calls all game that the reffing at the end was consistent with the rest of the game.
 

BeerPoisoning

Senior
Feb 17, 2019
1,260
980
0


You have to click on it to make it play (idk how to upload my iPhone videos w/o YouTube to forums)

I know this is pretty inconsequential but what in the WORLD was Tre thinking?
 

Duke Blu

All-Conference
Nov 7, 2017
3,536
2,368
0
I trust K, so good lord AOC must be a complete liability on defense or he’s regressed.
 

germantondevil

All-Conference
Mar 12, 2006
3,178
1,393
0
Yeah, Bolden is a non threat offensively on the court. He also moves like he is on stilts. The 2015 team was held together by Quinn Cook. A senior they could rely on, who was not afraid of the moment but could be there for the young guys. Okafor, Winslow and Tyus were great players, Tyus was one of the most developed 18 year olds Ive seen play. Maturity level and poise were excellent. Last year's team had Grayson, this year's team has no one meaningful in the upper class that plays.
Duke doesn’t have upper class leadership because they have been recruited over every year. When you bring in 3 to 4 top tier freshmen each year your upper class players never get the PT they need to be leaders. They are cheerleaders not superstars. Confidence comes with Game play not just practice
 

Laettner

All-Conference
Mar 11, 2002
6,249
1,390
0
That was a GREAT GAME & UCF was scorching hot from deep last few mins. Our guys didn't buckle & won with sheer will. Cam, Z, RJ & Jav(off reb) made huge plays in last two mins.

From a health perspective my blood pressure skyrocketed to ridiculous heights & kids went thru 5 packs of gum!

Survive & advance!!!!
 

FRIGHTKNIGHT

Heisman
Jan 11, 2002
17,757
16,355
83
Pretty disrespectful to your BB program who played lights out today against the #1 seed...to call yourselves a football school...great representation of your fan base
I just came over to see y’all cry babying about the refs. Which is a joke considering the non calls on Duke at the end of the game.

I am a huge supporter of our BBall team. Own season tickets. This would have been the greatest victory in our history. A program building win for us. And it rolled off the rim as time expired.

Consider yourselves lucky to move on.
 
  • Like
Reactions: dbav

Duke1783

All-Conference
Mar 23, 2017
3,038
3,117
0
I just came over to see y’all cry babying about the refs. Which is a joke considering the non calls on Duke at the end of the game.

I am a huge supporter of our BBall team. Own season tickets. This would have been the greatest victory in our history. A program building win for us. And it rolled off the rim as time expired.

Consider yourselves lucky to move on.
You didn’t come to our board for that. You been here since before the game started...you must like the feeling of being on the winner’s board
 

dbav

All-American
Mar 14, 2014
8,042
5,875
0
UCF fan here, and have to say congratulations on a great game. Just have to ask, when did your team learn to hit those 3's? That was definitely not in the scouting report!

Hope you guys go on to win it all

A breath of fresh air.

You guys have a really good team. Dawkins is amazing and your guys played incredibly hard.

I wish you guys a lot of luck in the future and will be watching Dawkins and your kids a lot closer now.
 

HuffyJB

All-Conference
Jan 13, 2005
5,931
3,890
0
I just came over to see y’all cry babying about the refs. Which is a joke considering the non calls on Duke at the end of the game.

I am a huge supporter of our BBall team. Own season tickets. This would have been the greatest victory in our history. A program building win for us. And it rolled off the rim as time expired.

Consider yourselves lucky to move on.

Why come around stomping and pouting like a whiny b****? What is the endgame? I just don't relate to that impulse.

UCF was great, got really good games from their best players, and had one who had a career night. They had a terrific defensive gameplan they could execute because they have a literal giant. That is often a recipe for an upset. But Duke made the plays late to hang on. Don't sour UCF's performance by being a petulant child.
 
  • Like
Reactions: SwatX1 and GillJET

Knightwalker94

Heisman
Jul 2, 2015
22,508
49,479
113
A breath of fresh air.

You guys have a really good team. Dawkins is amazing and your guys played incredibly hard.

I wish you guys a lot of luck in the future and will be watching Dawkins and your kids a lot closer now.

Next year's gonna be tough. We lose Tacko, BJ, a few others including most likely Aubrey.

I have to admit that's what made today's game so painful. Not knowing when we'll get a chance like this again.
 
  • Like
Reactions: bfort2223 and dbav

Smythe13

Junior
Nov 6, 2006
424
273
0
I just came over to see y’all cry babying about the refs. Which is a joke considering the non calls on Duke at the end of the game.

I am a huge supporter of our BBall team. Own season tickets. This would have been the greatest victory in our history. A program building win for us. And it rolled off the rim as time expired.

Consider yourselves lucky to move on.
That's not why you came here. You know it and we know it. Bless your heart you can't be honest. Run along now your momma's callin' you.
 

dbav

All-American
Mar 14, 2014
8,042
5,875
0
Next year's gonna be tough. We lose Tacko, BJ, a few others including most likely Aubrey.

I have to admit that's what made today's game so painful. Not knowing when we'll get a chance like this again.

I hope not. Your showing in the tourney should help you. Great game plan and great execution. In my opinion, you'll get back when all is said and done.

Be proud of your kids. They were terrific.
 

christophero

Heisman
May 2, 2017
16,640
20,005
113
Wow. Just reading the post game comments on Reddit. Not one positive Duke comment on there. Some hateful stuff for sure.
 

Guy Smiley

Junior
Jan 5, 2012
2,864
297
0




 

Mpm277

All-Conference
Nov 23, 2010
7,445
2,669
0
UCF fan here, and have to say congratulations on a great game. Just have to ask, when did your team learn to hit those 3's? That was definitely not in the scouting report!

Hope you guys go on to win it all
I'm just as surprised about the threes as you. I know losing in the tournament sucks, and I know it's a lot easier to say when my team was on the lucky end of a roll out, but your guys have nothing to hang their heads about. UCF made us play their game for most of the game, we had no answer for Taco, and definitely no answer for Aubrey - dude flat out balled!
 

LouisiAaron

All-Conference
Feb 15, 2017
2,305
1,069
3
Both teams played well. I guess we were just destined to win. Graysons shot did the same thing last year. Glad it was another team and not us. They made a lot of contested jumpers at the end of the game as well.

UCF made a great defensive adjustment on us in the second half. We went up and then they switched to that one man zone and we had no idea how to attack it. Once we put Goldwire in it made it even worse on offense. Tre is such a bad shooter from deep. We all thought Duval was bad but Tre maybe the worst three point shooter I’ve seen at Duke. But it’s ok because he does everything else at an elite level. I don’t believe any other team is capable of playing that kind of defense. U can run that with a 7’6 guy because he can still contest the mid range jumper. It was a tough stretch.

We found a way to win because this freshman class is winners. They all come from winning programs and it’s just in their DNA.
 

Bludvls1

Senior
Nov 14, 2008
4,659
706
0
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it on here. I'm not going to go back 12-15 pages to look. Did anyone notice how eerily similar the end of this UCF game was to the Kansas ending last year? Last second shot by Grayson Allen rolls around the rim and falls off. Ballgame. Sure that was in the Elite Eight but still, it was nice to be on a fun side of that for a change.
 
  • Like
Reactions: dukephysics