***NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET SIXTEEN - DUKE VS OREGON OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***
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I don't want to predict a score and possibly jinx our boys, so I'll just say I'm hoping for a great game and a win for the good guys.
Going to be a long 7 hours before this game tips off. I need to find a healthy distraction between now and then.
Going to be a long 7 hours before this game tips off. I need to find a healthy distraction between now and then.
Yeah I'm off work early and ANXIOUS!!!! I don't get many nerves until about this part of the season. Since 05/07 I've always kind of looked at the round of 16 as the proverbial "hump"
Lotta beers today/tonight lol
Lotta beers today/tonight lol
Bingo. I definitely need to pace myself and probably should have had a loaf of bread for lunch to counteract what's ahead, ha.
You are all invited over to dukiejay's later this afternoon to dye Easter eggs with the kiddos. That should be a good distraction and help pass the time. Also, it's mandatory to be consuming an adult beverage during said activity.
Kids will be in bed by the time the second half of the first games are underway.
Kids will be in bed by the time the second half of the first games are underway.
We have only gotten past the sweet16 3 times since 2005 (2010, 2013, 2015), so I'd call it more of a hill, but not quite a mountain. Regardless, I think we climb over anything tonight!
Marshall once said he plays much better when he just reacts, and doesn't think too much. Well big guy, tonight is your night to do just that, because I think you may be the key to this game. I am so ready for this team to all come together, everybody on the same page, talking, rebounding, and refusing to lose!
Oregon is the #1 seed for a reason, but let's not forget, Duke has taken down two (2) of the #1 seeds in this Tournament already, and they are #1 seeds for a reason.
As long as we Battle until the end, that's all any of us can ask for, and that's exactly what I think will happen, Duke will survive and advance one more time.
Go Duke!!
JC-OFC
Oregon is the #1 seed for a reason, but let's not forget, Duke has taken down two (2) of the #1 seeds in this Tournament already, and they are #1 seeds for a reason.
As long as we Battle until the end, that's all any of us can ask for, and that's exactly what I think will happen, Duke will survive and advance one more time.
Go Duke!!
JC-OFC
Coach K convinces Duke that the first half performance of the Yale game is who they really are and the only thing Duke has to do is not get amused when they get a lead. So Duke comes out and steam roll the Ducks. Kennard goes for 25.
Duke 88
Duck 67
After the game Coach K states to the media referring to Duke" They are who I thought they were!!
Now bring on OU or A&M.
Duke 88
Duck 67
After the game Coach K states to the media referring to Duke" They are who I thought they were!!
Now bring on OU or A&M.
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Have you watched them play? Exact kind of team we don't want to see vs Grayson. Take it right to the rim, where we don't do very well defending. We gotta shoot real good to win this one.
I think K finds away to control tempo, Oregon sure as heck hasn't played a Duke caliber offensive team either! Grayson needs to be a rock, he's going to get blocked, bumped and abused. Get up, smile and hit a deep one the their face!! As somebody else said earlier..... Just keep hanging, make the bunnies and let it come down to free throws and execution.
For my heart, and beer stockpiles sake, blow them the F out!!!!
For my heart, and beer stockpiles sake, blow them the F out!!!!
Duke is going to win tonight ( sung to the tune of nationwide ins commercials)
OFC
OFC
85-70. Duke. I think we have a strong first half again, but able to keep the game well in hand.
I'm expecting Duke to wear the black jerseys, dukeblueplanet on twitter said that we probably saw the last of road blues in the ACCT.
I caught 11-12 of their (entire) games this year (I travel a lot to the PacNW for work). They can certainly win, but they're being overhyped here a bit.
Here in North Carolina every newspaper I pick up are predicting the Ducks. Also every sports talk show I hear they are picking the Ducks. They are going to be wrong. One more thing of note and you have to live in North Carolina to understand this. The silent majority over the past two or three years have woken up and started crowing. Yes I'm speaking of those millions of Tar Heel fans who have had their heads in the sandy beaches of North Carolina have some how pulled their necks out of the sand and are walking and talking like Nature Boy Ric Flair in his prime. Here's hoping that they run into Dusty "The American Dream" Rhodes and this time just melt away. OFC
I wore my 2015 national champ necklace the day Notre Dame beat the crap out of us so I didn't even considef wearing anything related to that today. Hopefully your shirt will bring us better luck.
This would be K's biggest Tourney "upset" ever. I think he finds a way. That way is Ingram and Allen.
When he fades to his left he is money but when he fades right is when he struggles