They won when it mattered. Both teams at their best then UK handles Duke no doubt. The size would hinder Okafor. Duke is the Champion and deserving so. UK couldn't get it done. I do believe the pressure got to them. But, no matter how you twist it they were damn good last year.
Duke VS UK
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They won when it mattered. Both teams at their best then UK handles Duke no doubt. The size would hinder Okafor. Duke is the Champion and deserving so. UK couldn't get it done. I do believe the pressure got to them. But, no matter how you twist it they were damn good last year.
Both teams are young, and untested. It's hard to ascertain much from seeing both teams against overmatched competition.
That said I'll take Duke. We've got 3 guys that played an important part of winning a national championship last season, and I believe that toughness under fire will be enough to help gut out a win against a talented Kentucky squad. We'll find out pretty soon.
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That said I'll take Duke. We've got 3 guys that played an important part of winning a national championship last season, and I believe that toughness under fire will be enough to help gut out a win against a talented Kentucky squad. We'll find out pretty soon.
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Hhhhhheeeelllllllll yes ive had similar experiences to the one you just shared with us brother and as crazy as it may sound it only seems to get worse with each and EVERY passing year (not that i mind at all ). But yeah i could start a new thread on here and fill it with stories. Just make sure you keep fighting the good fight...
Oh yea I'm sitting up here at work right now. Earlier I was getting hounded about how we are privileged and the ncaa always makes sure we get our tournament games close to home.... Blah blah... Same old stuff we are use to hearing from typical Kentucky fans. As if UK has NEVER played tournament games in the Yum center.
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Oh yea. I definitely don't care what they say. All I know is I will always be a Duke fan until the day I leave this earth. Another thing that is almost laughable is that UK fans couldn't stand John Calipari when he was at Memphis. My friends who are UK fans couldn't stand him and then he comes to Kentucky and all of the sudden he is the best thing since sliced bread.
Sorry, the size argument is weak. Jah handled height all year and he's doing so now in the league too.
There's no co-champions so you don't get to play "both". In the annals of history, UK had a good team, Duke was great. Nice try though.
Pretty sure greatness isn't determined in January.
We'll never known. But, IMO, Duke's starting 5 was every bit as good as UK's b/c whatever minor differences there may have been in talent was more than offset by how Duke's team fit together better. Also, IMO, Duke's top 2 players were every bit as good or better than UK's top 2 players, and that -- as a collegiate player -- Tyus Jones was as good as anyone on UK not named Towns.
IMO, UK's advantage over Duke was that it had better depth and could probably win a war of attrition if guys started getting into foul trouble. However, in an NCAA tourney game where there are very long TV timeouts, I think UK's biggest trump card over teams in the regular season just didn't work as well.
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If Duke being blown out in a regular season game at home against Miami makes you feel better about Kentucky losing a close game to Wisconsin in the FF, have at it man. We'll take the championship with that loss.
Lol. Agreed. While I'd like to win tonight. This game doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Only thing that matters is March -- and nothing that happens tonight changes what happened last March.
We played Wisconsin on the road and beat them... Then beat em again later. If not not mistaken they beat y'all right??
LOL , congrats on beginning to sound just like the Cryheels. Just wait til the game is over and pray you get a chance to keep talking that ****. Go back to Rupp Rafters, this isn't that kind of board. no amount of crying , nor degrading last seasons team will tarnish that championship pal, they kicked *** as long as *** lasts. Move on Jr.
where is the game tonight? not in durham! Chicago is not an away game?? It's as "away" for Ky as it is for Duke.
UK wasn't "handling" Duke under any circumstances last year. Were they the better team? That's debatable, and a conversation worth having if neither had been crowned national champion. But we know that will never happen.
As for Okafor being hindered by UKs size....I'm not fully buying into it. Jahlil had an All-American caliber season and now is scoring about 20 per night in the NBA. Did UKs size present a challenge? Most definitely....but once again we're arguing over something that never did and never will happen.
UK had a great team and season in 2014-15. What ultimately did them in is irrelevant here....as it should be.
Cute little threads over at Rupps Rafters asking what the over/under is on the number of free throws Duke will take tonight. Soooo many of them with their funny little digs at Duke about how it is 8 on 5 and the usual bulls**t. Setting up their excuses before the game, just in case they somehow lose. Bunch of paranoid people over there.
Check out the threads about how they anticipate the refs will be in Duke's favor. Paranoid/pathetic bunch over there.
To be honest I was trying to be a little sarcastic ( me being me ) about it but to be blaming the refs before the game takes it to a whole new level. I have a feeling win or lose our mods are going to be busy tonight. To be honest I hope we blow them out. I know that's highly unlikely and it's a high possibility that we do get beat. You just never know how our freshman are going to react in a game like this. Of course they have freshman also. I really think our guys with experience can set the tone for the freshman and motivate them to get into the flow of the game and just play. The one freshman I would like to see have a solid game is Thornton but I really don't care who leads us. It doesn't matter. OFC
If Grayson continues to play that slashing fast style of play, they WILL have more fouls than us.
RipThur don't forget to brush your tooth tonight after the game before turning in.
Duke went to Wisconsin, the team that ended your season, and won by double digits. You know, the same Wisconsin team that Duke later beat again to become the 2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
You're quite possibly the biggest idiot in a village full of idiots. Really enjoyed your pre game analysis. Enjoy your *** kicking and all those "adjustments"your HOF coach made. Oh, and Grayson's performance was spot on!
We played Wisconsin on the road and beat them... Then beat em again later. If not not mistaken they beat y'all right??
Cute and very mature of you. The games over you now don't matter at all to us or having any barring on our season. Run back to you tobacco and moonshine love shack and celebrate this win
Thanks pal!! I'm sure y'all are in for a nice amount of wins in your mid major conference then get beat again in the tourney enjoy
Of course we would rather have the trophy. We'd swap seasons in a second.
But that is to say that we'd rather have the second or third best team in the country, but who happens to win the championship, rather than the best team in the country, which happens to fall short.
Some of your philosophically challenged brethren believe these categorizations to be mutually exclusive, leading to hilarious conclusions like that UCONN in '14 or UK in '98 were the best teams in the country those years.
For people who don't understand probability and the implications of a single elimination 64 team format for drawing rigorous statistical conclusions about various teams, this will always be a hang up point - "the best team wins the tournament by definition". These people are idiots.
But the majority who disagree with our contentions do so out of convenience - "Every year my team won it, my team was the best. But nonetheless, it is *possible* for a team which is not the best to win it, and I can name other teams who weren't the best when they won." For a team with as many championships as UK or Duke, this is silly and disingenuous.
I thought u were gone man? And u don't think conference has anything to do with how many wins you have this year... Interesting