***DUKE VS UNC - ACC TOURNEY SEMI-FINAL OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***

Hurley22

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Coach K about cost them this game. Reddish should have had his butt plastered to the bench for most of the second half. Vrankovich should have played more, and he will be needed tomorrow night.
That's on Reddish....not K IMO.
 

christophero

Heisman
May 2, 2017
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Vrank and Goldwire our secret weapons. How bout that? we are using our depth. I love it. Vrank is a big body who plays solid and JG a defensive specialist. Thank the Lord we won. Hello one seed.
 

BlueDaveil

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No concerns then, huh? Blind faith?
I don’t consider it blind faith to assume that the better and more talented team will win, even when they are down 13. There is a difference between being outplayed in stretches and being outmatched. UNC is old, experienced and really really good, they may be the 2nd best team in the country. You can talk about some ‘eye test’ all you want but look at the numbers and the results and you can’t really argue UNC is the better team.
 

HeLooks2MuchLikeDave

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I'm honestly shocked RJ missed both those free throws. I would've bet anything that he would've come through there. I'll still take my chances with him next time.

And what else can you say about Zion? I thought he was slightly overrated coming in until I saw him in person twice this summer and all he's done is continually amaze me. I'm not sure what his ceiling is now. Maybe it's the roof?
Me too. That was actually a great timeout by Roy. RJ was in the zone and would’ve torched those 2fts if he could’ve shot them right away. Can’t believe Roy almost won them a game calling a timeout!?
 
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500HP_Devil

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Mar 17, 2016
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So happy right now!

 
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chov1125

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For the record, we played awful from about the 8 minute mark to the last couple of minutes. We easily could have lost this game. But we didn’t. And the more we get back to playing together with the full gang (minus Ques) we are going to get better.

We had a ton of correctable moments throughout, but we have so much damn talent. And we win.

You’ll see a lot of UNC shot poor and that is why we won. BS. We shot poor, RJ disappeared for sizable chunks and we failed to take care of the ball. It’s March, just win baby. 7 more.
 
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dukebluesTX

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For the record, we played awful from about the 8 minute mark to the last couple of minutes. We easily could have lost this game. But we didn’t. And the more we get back to playing together with the full gang (minus Ques) we are going to get better.

We had a ton of correctable moments throughout, but we have so much damn talent. And we win.

You’ll see a lot of UNC shot poor and that is why we won. BS. We shot poor, RJ disappeared for sizable chunks and we failed to take care of the ball. It’s March, just win baby. 7 more.
You do realize Zion did not play the first two times we played, right?
 
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The scary part (for opposing teams) is that Duke still isn’t 100%. To top it off, all 4 freshman haven’t played to their potential at the same time since December.

Dear Cheaters,*












*the funny part is all the UNCheater fans saw the word “Cheaters” and automatically paid attention. That’s what you are, Cheaters.
 

SwatX1

Heisman
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So, I see everyone saying how bad the coaching was, it took good coaching to stick with Goldwire. It took good coaching to keep Vrank in as long as he was.

Coaching goes far, but the players have to execute. I'm gonna stick with K.

I'm trying to understand that myself??
 
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Jnood

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Oct 15, 2008
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Why would UNC fans even come over here after losing to a B game by a fullish strength duke team? I don’t even feel as good as I should!
 

dbav

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The scary part (for opposing teams) is that Duke still isn’t 100%. To top it off, all 4 freshman haven’t played to their potential at the same time since December.

Dear Cheaters,*












*the funny part is all the UNCheater fans saw the word “Cheaters” and automatically paid attention. That’s what you are, Cheaters.

And the players couldn't read what you wrote because they don't know what class is.:)
 

Badabingbadaboom

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UNCheat. Did you see Zion had more than twice as many points as Maye? Just curious
Maye had mostly garbage man points. With Duke playing tough on 3pointers he needed to step up. Except for that one drive where he surprised Zion he just passed it away. Knew he would get stuffed.
 

Oriole Way

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Aug 30, 2008
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For the record, we played awful from about the 8 minute mark to the last couple of minutes. We easily could have lost this game. But we didn’t. And the more we get back to playing together with the full gang (minus Ques) we are going to get better.

We had a ton of correctable moments throughout, but we have so much damn talent. And we win.

You’ll see a lot of UNC shot poor and that is why we won. BS. We shot poor, RJ disappeared for sizable chunks and we failed to take care of the ball. It’s March, just win baby. 7 more.

You forgot about Cam playing like total ***. His turnovers are alarming to me. Something which K needs to address instead of letting Reddish continue playing with no repercussions. Such as was the case tonight.
 
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Guy Smiley

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This is weak, they are 18, if they are gassed in a second of back to back then our conditioning sucks, Zion has not played in 3 weeks and made his free throw while playing 35 minutes. Cam Reddish missed 2 free throws in the second half and RJ In the last 10 seconds......we won but that was not the problem, but gassed is not the problem, believe me I played college basketball and played AAU and played 5 games in a day.....need to make free throws and Duke does not, I hope it does not cost them a title but it will be the reason if Duke does lose in the tourney

I played as well, and you can absolutely be gassed—especially in a huge game. I’m not claiming it the game yesterday. The pace in the first ten minutes was insane, and the pace the rest of the game was high.

We started walking the ball up in the second half to steal 10 seconds of rest.

They were gassed.
 
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retiredsoldier

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Man, you've been a buzzkill lately. We just beat the cheaters. It's a happy moment!
Lmao. I swear, can we focus on we won and not worry about how we won? My goodness, still with a full, healthy squad, Duke has lost one game. If I didn't know any better, some are salty about a win lol. I'm about to get off here, my joy will not be hijacked tonight lol. Have a great night fellows, and see you here tomorrow. Let's Go Duke!
 

hallside

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Just happy tomorrow won't be the worst day of my year so far, now that we won. Hard fought game. Neither team played their best, but that's "The Rivalry". We got one on 'em. Zion is our savior.
 
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kwyjibos13

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And another freaking illegal screen before that missed three. Have the cheats been called for that at any point?