No Zion Tonight

sheyduke

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Even if Zion is out Saturday, I still think we have the better team. If I were a betting man (and I am) I would place my money that Duke wins that game because we have the best coach in the business and that little factor called revenge.
We had the best Coach in the game at Cameron that we lost by 16. Don’t forget UNC is also still crying about Zion’s injury over shadowing their win and their at Home.
 

dukebluesTX

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Zion playing in that game would have equated to Duke by 10+. 20+ points on offense, minus 10 points or better on defense. UNCheat would have lost by 10 plus. The scam artist fake class taking cheats are blessed that they won that game. Baby blue wearing wimps can only hope Zion does not play.
 

Mpm277

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Even if Zion is out Saturday, I still think we have the better team. If I were a betting man (and I am) I would place my money that Duke wins that game because we have the best coach in the business and that little factor called revenge.
You watched us play against UNC in Cameron, right? You watched us play tonight? Playing in Chapel Hill without Zion could be absolutely embarrassing for us. Right now, I'm just hoping we keep it close.
 

dukiejay

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You watched us play against UNC in Cameron, right? You watched us play tonight? Playing in Chapel Hill without Zion could be absolutely embarrassing for us. Right now, I'm just hoping we keep it close.

We were awful tonight. That’s alarming. The UNC game? Not as much. We lost the best player in the country 36 seconds into the game. Our game plan and everything Duke prepped for was immediately thrown out.

I don’t think we’ll be ‘embarrassed’ Saturday night. We could certainly lose....UNC is very good. I also wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if our guys left Dean Dome with a win. This team, despite how they looked at times tonight, isn’t a bunch of chumps.
 

CRAZIE4LIFE

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UNC didnt exactly look good against Clemson the other night either. Duke looked magnificent against Miami Saturday. Off nights happen and anything can happen this Saturday at UNC. Keep hope alive
 

Mpm277

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We were awful tonight. That’s alarming. The UNC game? Not as much. We lost the best player in the country 36 seconds into the game. Our game plan and everything Duke prepped for was immediately thrown out.

I don’t think we’ll be ‘embarrassed’ Saturday night. We could certainly lose....UNC is very good. I also wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if our guys left Dean Dome with a win. This team, despite how they looked at times tonight, isn’t a bunch of chumps.
Maybe it's contradictory, but I can see us both winning a tight game as well as losing badly.
 

chov1125

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Give Coach K a couple extra days and he’ll gameplan the heck out of our opponent. He’s proven it all year. We will not get embarrassed Saturday.
 
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dukebluesTX

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Aluminus Florida A&M University and a UNC-Cheat fan.
When you say UNCheat, do you mean the school that created fake classes to ensure their moron basketball players could get good enough grades to stay on the team? That UNCheat....????? :)
 
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K-oach Q

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Anything goes in rivalries.

We would be the underdog and possibly even lose big. But it often doesn’t happen in rivalries and it’s anybody’s game plus they already put it to us once. We may not win but we will compete and a win would not be shocking.
 

LetsGoDuke301

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We should have lost to Louisville with Zion, we have not looked good even before the Zion injury.
I don't remember the exact numbers. But Zion was on the bench quite a bit in that game. They showed the point differential with him in that game and then with him out of the game. It was night and day. I once thought that Tre Jones was the most important player on the team. I now think I was dumb for ever thinking that.

We're going to be okay.
 

sheyduke

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Anything goes in rivalries.

We would be the underdog and possibly even lose big. But it often doesn’t happen in rivalries and it’s anybody’s game plus they already put it to us once. We may not win but we will compete and a win would not be shocking.
Yes but it also depends if the players buy into the rivalry as well.
That’s why I thought the earliest Zion would return would be against Carolina the last game of the regular season.
Can Duke get hot from three? Sure they can but if we as fans don’t think they will double down on Barret and cause duke to prove they can make the shots outside the paint were crazy. Cam Johnson is key and White. Who takes assertiveness to stop Johnson will help decide the game. I wouldn’t mind seeing a combination of White and Baker holding him.
 

dukiejay

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Without Zion, the two biggest concerns for me are Luke Maye and keeping UNC off the offensive glass. Coby White was actually held in check by Tre quite well the first meeting. Cam Johnson will get his, it just can't be so easy for him like it was in the first meeting. I wouldn't let White or Baker near him....let RJ or Cam's length distract him.
 

dukiejay

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I recommend people visit the national board just to see what kind of a Duke fan afamu really is.

He's the biggest idiot around, and he's posted here under multiple handles in the past and been banned. The owner of the site has no time for him.