On the season, Kentucky 35% from three; Duke 37% from three.

[Son_Of_Saul]

Early in the year, many folks on this board pointed out Duke's advantage over Kentucky from three point range. At the time, Duke was a good 12-15% better than Kentucky concerning three point percentage averages.

Now, UK has closed the gap on what I believe would be the only advantage for Duke if the two teams faced one another in March or April. When Duke gets hot and wins at St. John's and Notre Dame in a few days, I hope our fans keep the proper perspective and don't go back to the fickle line of thought that suddenly promotes Duke as a colossal juggernaut again. Duke is a great team, but their advantages over Kentucky are extremely marginal if and when the two teams every meet in the tournament.

 

[5iveStarRecruit]

Its because of our lineup combinations.

From the beginning of the season i was begging Cal gets rid of the platoon to get creative with his rotations. Poythress injury forced him to, and now we're seeing the outside shooting results.

Floor spacing has been fantastic.

 

[bigbluefattycat]

Duke has zero depth and defense to handle us. We crush Duke.

 

[wall2rondo]

Duke lives and dies with the 3 and relies on it


We don't. We blow out teams with it

 

[Blueblood410]

Duke has cooled off recently, and we're torching the nets.

Right now we'd beat Duke by double digits. Earlier in the season I'd say maybe around 5-8 we'd win by.

 

[WildMoon]

Originally posted by 5iveStarRecruit:
Its because of our lineup combinations.

From the beginning of the season i was begging Cal gets rid of the platoon to get creative with his rotations. Poythress injury forced him to, and now we're seeing the outside shooting results.

Floor spacing has been fantastic.

......

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Duke's win today at UL, while a nice win, should not be overblown. UL is a horrible shooting team and Duke adjusted their defense to take advantage of that. It wasn't some brilliant Belicheck-like game plan.

 

[BBUK_anon]

Originally posted by WildMoon:

Originally posted by 5iveStarRecruit:
Its because of our lineup combinations.

From the beginning of the season i was begging Cal gets rid of the platoon to get creative with his rotations. Poythress injury forced him to, and now we're seeing the outside shooting results.

Floor spacing has been fantastic.

......

KT found his walk.