I honestly thought it wouldn't even be close. SC had looked like horse crap lately lol still don't think we'll have any problem though
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I honestly thought it wouldn't even be close. SC had looked like horse crap lately lol still don't think we'll have any problem though
Historically, Duke has had a better home court advantage the further up the eastern corridor than it does in Greenville, SC. It's close to home but that doesn't mean they have more fans than SC and some of the other teams in the same local have fans rooting strongly against Duke (UNC).
I don't think it's the same or close to an advantage to be in SC just because it's about 5-6 hours away.
Duke played sloppy, imo, and their main scorers (Tatum & Kennard, 7 of 25) didn't shoot well. They can't do that against SC. It was far from the play level against UNC or ND. Grayson had a big game, fortunately.
I think Duke (esp. Tatum & Kennard) is going to have to play much crisper basketball ... take better shots, and function together better - movement, passing, than they did in their 1st game.
SC has talent and confidence and, even with a chunk of Duke fans there, they will still have a home court / home state advantage.
Duke should win but it could be a difficult game.
I think Duke (esp. Tatum & Kennard) is going to have to play much crisper basketball ... take better shots, and function together better - movement, passing, than they did in their 1st game.
SC has talent and confidence and, even with a chunk of Duke fans there, they will still have a home court / home state advantage.
Duke should win but it could be a difficult game.
I'm hoping Duke knocked off a little rust yesterday and plays like we have seen them play recently, spreading SC out. If Duke is Duke, no trouble
@timo0402 having to remind everyone of my bad pickslol!
Yeah? How do you think *I* feel?
Neither do I. I am simply stating we have the advantage of getting credit for neutral court games despite playing in front of a home crowd (MSG and Brooklyn). Considering that nice perk, it seems silly to complain when a lower seeded team benefits from non basketball circumstances. There's no conspiracy here. Yes they could've swapped in Dayton, but maybe the committee had set rules dictating the overall rankings trump any sort of regional considerations in this instance.
Turnovers are the key...Marquette was winning until they started turning the ball over every possession...
Limit those and we win by double digits...if not we could be sweating bullets.
Frank's ability to handle the on ball pressure is the key to me....
Limit those and we win by double digits...if not we could be sweating bullets.
Frank's ability to handle the on ball pressure is the key to me....
Isn't it also following the UNC game? Between SC and UNC fans, we're definitely going to have a crowd against us.
On paper, Duke has nothing to worry about. 9 McD All Americans vs 1. Great. Offense. Vs an offense that can go dormant. Duke tradition vs a program whose best days were under Frank McGuire. It shouldn't"t be a game. But wait....Wojo runs the Duke offense. SC shut it down in the second half. SC defense is reminiscent of the teams Wojo played on. SC plays Duke intensity defense and will be the best defense Duke has faced. If Silvia avoids foul trouble and Dozier and Notice show up, it could be close.
We, yes i am a USC grad, got shafted last year by the NCAA and should have been in the tourney. That's why we were seeded 7 and sent to Greenville, along with ticket sales. I am also a Duke fan. Tonight i pull for my alma mater. If Duke wins, i pull for Duke the rest of the way.
My hope is for a game not decided by the refs , no one gets injured and both teams play well. if Duke wins, i hope you curb stomp the University of No Classes. Kick Hucklebrry Hounds crying butt back to Chapel Hill.
Here is to a good game tonight
We, yes i am a USC grad, got shafted last year by the NCAA and should have been in the tourney. That's why we were seeded 7 and sent to Greenville, along with ticket sales. I am also a Duke fan. Tonight i pull for my alma mater. If Duke wins, i pull for Duke the rest of the way.
My hope is for a game not decided by the refs , no one gets injured and both teams play well. if Duke wins, i hope you curb stomp the University of No Classes. Kick Hucklebrry Hounds crying butt back to Chapel Hill.
Here is to a good game tonight
Spot on OAD-really worried about this one...They are relentless on D, and our guards need to be strong and not let em push us around on perimeter. We need to be able to get into our offensive flow.
Also as you mentioned, our D indeed needs to be better. I am hoping playing physical teams like Louisville and UVA will be beneficial. I look for Luke to bounce back!
OFC
The last thing we should be doing is griping over a second round matchup against the 4th place team in the worst basketball conference. So many high seeds have worse games than we do.
-KU vs. a historically great NCAAT coach who just walloped the Canes by 20
Nova vs. a team which has been in 2 final fours the last 3 years
Louisville vs. the B10 champs who've won 6 in a row, 11 of 13 (including 4 ranked opponents), and are a popular Final Four pick
UK vs. a vastly underseeded, and Top 10 KenPom team playing in a revenge matchup
or heck, even Gonzaga playing the darlings of the entire tournament
No, this is not the game we should be complaining about
-KU vs. a historically great NCAAT coach who just walloped the Canes by 20
Nova vs. a team which has been in 2 final fours the last 3 years
Louisville vs. the B10 champs who've won 6 in a row, 11 of 13 (including 4 ranked opponents), and are a popular Final Four pick
UK vs. a vastly underseeded, and Top 10 KenPom team playing in a revenge matchup
or heck, even Gonzaga playing the darlings of the entire tournament
No, this is not the game we should be complaining about
I agree, if we can't beat USX, we don't deserve #6. I don't care if we're playing in Columia tomorrow night, we should beat their ***.
Coach K? Coach K isn't playing? Just like he wasn't playing in those abysmal first round performances against VCU, Belmont, Lehigh, or Mercer.
Great response. I see you're here to do nothing but engage in juvenile banter, huh? You want to talk trash about SC and claim you're going to beat their ***, but just happen to conveniently forget games against Belmont, Lehigh, and Mercer. I mean, seriously, do you really have that bad of cognitive dissonance that you block those out. You really think those teams are even close to as good as this SC team?
There seemed to be plenty of relaxing going on against Lehigh, Belmont and Mercer in the last decade.
There's not an mens active coach who wouldn't trade their credentials for 5 rings.....
OFC
Struggled in SEC conference play? Yeah, maybe, at year's end when they relaxed a little bit after having pretty much locked up a tournament bid. Other than that, the only large loss was to Kentucky and that was without PJ Dozier. I seem to recall Duke getting it handed to them by VaTech, Fla St, Louisville, and losing to Syracuse (who SC beat by double digits). Duke also beat Clemson at home by 2. SC also lost to Clemson at home by 2, without Sindarius Thornwell. Didn't Duke also score a whopping 65 pts against Tennesse State and 50 against Miami? You can point out out issues with your opponents all day, but sometimes it seems like people have blocked out the incredibly poor performance of their own team.
And that has what to do with anything? Those 5 rings didn't help against Lehigh and Mercer, did they? I hate to keep bringing those two up, but people seem to think they didn't happen and that those rings automatically get you a win tomorrow night.
A fan of a team who had not won an NCAAT game since 1973, here trashing us for Lehigh and Mercer?
Your right our 5 national titles mean nothing compared to the great cocks basketball
Your right our 5 national titles mean nothing compared to the great cocks basketball
No, I'm trashing the incredibly ridiculous posts I see on here. It has nothing to do with what I think is gonna happen tomorrow. I'm not making any sort of prediction. I'm smart enough to keep my mouth shut about that and let it play out. But the absurd notion that SC struggled in conference play this year (while ignoring Duke's struggles) and that Duke will deliver an *** whooping because they are clearly the better team just reeks of hysterical fanaticism. There were the championship seasons, but around those years is an abysmal tournament resume in the last decade. Even if you want to argue that Duke is clearly the better team, that doesn't make the case that there will be an *** whooping. The gap will a lot less than tomorrow than it was between VCU, Belmont, Lehigh, or Mercer, yet how did those work out? At some point, you just need to let the game happen instead of making ridiculous predictions that are based on nothing more than wishful thinking.
Yeah but you do realize this is a DUKE message board don't you?
what the hell are you on a Duke board talking about some first round losses. Believe me I will take a few first round losses for the opportunity to celebrate 5 nattys and numerous records that Coach K has and still setting. We could mention some of SC bad losses if they were relevant enough and made deep runs in the tourney. I understand you are so happy your dancing because you are usually sitting on your azz wishing you had a cock to play with in the big dance
Keep taking SC lightly; this team can ball and will pose a challenge in the paint.
Someone has little-cock, I mean, little-man syndrome!
I'm sure not. Duke has their hands full big time. SC just had their best offensive performance of the season, and beyond that, they got an absolute gift to be playing "at home" and they'll have the Carolina contingent in their corner as well. Duke will have to be really good.
I take no team lightly, with our team. They have managed to keep me nervous, every minute of every game this year:
Marquette's defense & rebounding is horrendous. It won't come that easy vs Duke. It will be a battle for sure but our guys are used to it. I wouldn't trade our match up with UofL, Nova, or UK. . Duke is the better team, and they'll need to play well. I'm expecting a 5-6 point victory for the good guys.