Good points. Definitely should have been Nik for Pat, I hadn’t thought about that one.
Official gameday thread- Duke vs Uconn
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You could, but it’s 1 and 1 free throws. So unless Cayden can knock down both, UConn is still getting a chance to shoot a last second 3 to either tie or win. If the Cayden pass gets through, game is over basically, Duke wins.
As i said, it was the right strategy. UC also had the possession arrow if a tie up. UC made the critical steal but it was the right decision to pass to the open player to run out the clock.
Yup I think Cam should've just held it. Any little touch the refs were going to call a foul because they were already expecting UConn to do it.
Correct. And UC also had the possession arrow. It was best strategy to do what he did. Sh*t happens. If he were to miss the first FT and UC hits the game winning three Cayden would be killed for not giving it up to run out the clock.
How many titles does Dusty May and Tommy Lloyd have
Building around star freshmen with role players isnt working...we've tried it for 5+ years and it eventually catches up in the late stages of the NCAAT....the teams winning titles are built around mature players with star freshman playing their role around them..thats basically UCONN, UA and Michigan...we need a change in philosophy..
Hindsight wished Sarr had thrown it down court. Don't like the play with Sarr and Cayden with the ball with 10 seconds to go. Sarr one of worst foul shooters on team and our best shooter down court. Not good
Scheyer is retaining guys. The only season he had guys transfer out was after the 2024 season.
this has resulted in returning the Proctors, Fosters, Browns, Flips, Mitchells, Roachs, Ngongbas, Evans, and Harris for continuity purposes.
this has resulted in returning the Proctors, Fosters, Browns, Flips, Mitchells, Roachs, Ngongbas, Evans, and Harris for continuity purposes.
How many titles does Jon Scheyer have ? I’d rather be old and experienced with maybe one or two freshmen being a vocal point in our philosophy playing in the final 4/NC games as opposed to depending on 3-4 freshmen in an elite 8 game that we lose.
To be fair one of them is probably winning one this year. Though I hope somehow Brad Underwood and Illinois get it done. All the same, I will not be watching any of ******* bit of it.
This goes back to coaching for me. Jon choked the game away within the last few minutes, something that he needs work on.
Yeah I’m good with the idea of getting it in Evans hands no matter what, and then counting on him to hit the high high pressure free throws.
Who was our last 4 yr senior? Roach i think...before that Joey Baker? we need mulitple 4 year impact players
Jeremy Roach and Grayson Allen if you’re talking about impact guys, and that’s over like a 10+ year period. Not good.
Caleb should be a 4 year guy if he stays but the teams in the final four this year and last year were led by old men. Arizona, UConn and Illinois have one freshman in their starting lineup. Duke had 3.
If Cayden angles the ball up higher he could've got it to Slim or Pat and we're running out the clock with a clear path to the basket. I'm really hurting for these coaches and kids. This one will hurt for us but those guys are going to carry that **** forever. Cayden saying he let his brother and the team down crushed my soul.
And on top of that, the other two starters didn't even play that much last year.
We had 2 freshman handling the ball at the end; one of whom is a bad FT shooter.
Second half was an example of how Scheyer is not a good in game coach...no adjustments and we struggled...no double on Reed, just like other games where one player was killing us ( NC state etc)..their bigs had 3/4 fouls yet we settled for outside shots...its not an isolated example...all the games where we lose large leads are the same, poor decision making...JS has a hard time adjusting to other teams changes after half..Hurley ate his lunch
Koa Peat yes but Burries could probably come back another year if he wanted. The other foreigner is 22 or 23 I thought.
Zona got two guys on the bench who would be starters on any team in Del Orso and Awaka who are both seniors. Main thing is they have a true PG in Bradley who's a senior and been at Zona for a while. Kharchenkov is 19 but been playing pro ball in Europe since he was 16.
I don't think what happened tonight would've happened if we were healthy. We just got injured at the wrong time in back to back seasons. It'll probably come out soon that Pat had a fracture in his foot.
Didn’t Duke have a time-out left? Maybe use it to set up the press brake. How much time was on the clock when Duke inbounded the ball, if it was :10 or less, just hold the ball.
Duke is has literally turned into Dean Smith or Calipari coached program these days. Some
They dont get studs......
How much sleep did we get last night? Almost none for me. Every time I close my eyes, I see that pass and the shot. And I am overcome with white-hot rage, sadness, and depression.
Stay away from here then. The boo-birds who never show up except to complain are gonna be hyperbolizing for the rest of the season.
Living in NC intensifies the pain of the loss. I work with all cheater fans. Most of my family is a fan of the cheaters. I never talk junk to anyone. And yet, I get it all the time. These last few years have pushed me to rethink how invested I am in my sports teams.
I’m reading all these posts about the makeup of our teams. I don’t know the answer. I loved this team. Did our injuries come back to bite us? Caleb didn’t look near as good as the game before. Was his foot still sore, or did they guard him better? He took one shot, and had a costly turnover on a fast break he normally would have scored on.
What was up with Evans? He only took 6 shots in 29 minutes, and committed a costly turnover late in the game. Other than Khamenia hitting a 3 fairly late, who else scored for us other than Cam?
Our late game struggles on the big stage seem to have one thing in common, and that’s butt holes puckering. It looks like everyone prays our freshman star will lead us to victory, teammates included. And sadly, we’ve seen how that has worked out
What was up with Evans? He only took 6 shots in 29 minutes, and committed a costly turnover late in the game. Other than Khamenia hitting a 3 fairly late, who else scored for us other than Cam?
Our late game struggles on the big stage seem to have one thing in common, and that’s butt holes puckering. It looks like everyone prays our freshman star will lead us to victory, teammates included. And sadly, we’ve seen how that has worked out
The last few seasons have been some rough endings. #11 seed State, lead versus Houston under two minutes and now turnover under 5 seconds with lead and buzzer beater. Those seasons were great but definitely stings to end that way.
On top of that, the last game of K's career. The last 11 years since our latest championship have had their moments, but so many have ended in pain.
Been there. Had to go through some personal crises to break myself of it. I wouldn't wish that on anyone and there are definitely other ways to achieve it, but that's how it happened for me.
Well, I have to make changes. Because I have a very unhealthy relationship with sports.
The morning after.......I had a bad feeling the way we ended the first half. Two missed FT's, an offensive foul and a terrible shot. It just sort of fell apart from there. Let's face it though, Duke was wobbly in all three NCAA games. There were extended stretches of poor play in all three. Obviously the last play last night was the nail in the coffin, but how many live ball turnovers did we have in the second that led to layups? Just like Houston last year, it was like we forgot how to play the game and panicked, playing not to lose rather than playing to win. Lacking upperclassmen with experience is a big issue. We really could have used a healthy Foster out there. I hated that last play last night, I was yelling "just hold the ball", but thinking back, being in the 1 and 1, not being a good FT shooting team, the possession arrow to UConn, still time on the clock, I do feel it was the right play. 9 times out of 10 Cayden makes that pass and we win. Snakebit!
Also, I love my "friends" who don't reach out all year about Duke who felt the need to text me last night and this morning.
I am and always will be a Duke fan. I will say in this new NIL, one and done, super freshman era, I am less invested as ever. The only benefit is it makes tough losses like this easier to get over.
It was fun chatting it up with you fellas this season. Let's see what next year brings. How many days til Countdown?
Also, I love my "friends" who don't reach out all year about Duke who felt the need to text me last night and this morning.
I am and always will be a Duke fan. I will say in this new NIL, one and done, super freshman era, I am less invested as ever. The only benefit is it makes tough losses like this easier to get over.
It was fun chatting it up with you fellas this season. Let's see what next year brings. How many days til Countdown?
Like many of you said, I think the National Championship drought is what gets under our skin even though Duke remains Elite when it comes to collecting Wins, Earning Conference Championships, Earning #1 Seeds on a consistent basis. We’ve had some real heartbreaks
2018 - Grayson’s shot not falling against KU
2019 - Zion & RJ and company not making it to Minneapolis
2022 - Losing to the cheats
2024 - Losing to Burns and NC State
2025 - Falling apart against Houston
2026 - Falling apart against Uconn
Cameron and Khamenia tried their damnest in the 2nd half yesterday to Will the Blue Devils. The rest of the guys didn’t help them out unfortunately.
Cameron and Brown are gone.
imo Ngongba, Evans, and Sarr all Need 2 return to Duke because none of them are ready for the NBA.
Foster, Cayden, and Khamenia will all be back. Wilkins will be a redshirt freshman for 2026-2027.
I won’t be surprised if Harris transfers out to somewhere he can be more of a contributor.
2018 - Grayson’s shot not falling against KU
2019 - Zion & RJ and company not making it to Minneapolis
2022 - Losing to the cheats
2024 - Losing to Burns and NC State
2025 - Falling apart against Houston
2026 - Falling apart against Uconn
Cameron and Khamenia tried their damnest in the 2nd half yesterday to Will the Blue Devils. The rest of the guys didn’t help them out unfortunately.
Cameron and Brown are gone.
imo Ngongba, Evans, and Sarr all Need 2 return to Duke because none of them are ready for the NBA.
Foster, Cayden, and Khamenia will all be back. Wilkins will be a redshirt freshman for 2026-2027.
I won’t be surprised if Harris transfers out to somewhere he can be more of a contributor.