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CalipariCapo said:
The key to beating Duke is stopping Malucah. He’s in double figures tonight off lobs from the pick and roll. Force Flagg into shooting tougher shots around the rim and guard the middle pick and roll and you can beat them. I just don’t know if there’s a team in college that has that ability. Coming into the tournament, I thought their inconsistency from three and strength of schedule would be their downfall. I was wrong. I believe they will win it all (I just threw up in my mouth saying that).
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Hes completely dominant when hes out there. You have to get him off the floor with fouls or out him in a million screens to wear him down. If he didn't cramp up, uk loses that game by 20. Iirc we were down 12 and trending down when he went out.

darkshadesofblue said:
Sort of remind me of our 2012 team in a way although I know Flagg is nothing like Anthony Davis
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In terms of lane protection maluach is every bit as good as ad. Ad was better overall because he could also defend on the perimeter but in the lane they're equal.

In the college game, hes just as impactful as flagg imo.
 
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Kentucky had the “complete team” in 2015, undefeated at that going into the FF, and still lost. Duke is not invincible but they will be difficult to take down.
 
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Buck Creek Cat said:
Kentucky had the “complete team” in 2015, undefeated at that going into the FF, and still lost. Duke is not invincible but they will be difficult to take down.
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Unfortunately, Duke matches up well with everyone who's left in the field. Sion James is basically their Alex Poythress. He can guard the opponent's best player. He was a huge pickup for them last spring. If you took him away from Duke, it would have a similar effect to losing Poythress for that 2015 team.

Also, Wisconsin was just a horrific matchup for Kentucky that year. Five players who could space UK and draw WCS/Towns away from the rim. A true mismatch with Dekker at the 3.

Duke has favorable positional matchups with everyone who's left.

They've probably got this one locked up unless they have a historically bad shooting performance.
 
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Son_Of_Saul said:
Unfortunately, Duke matches up well with everyone who's left in the field. Sion James is basically their Alex Poythress. He can guard the opponent's best player. He was a huge pickup for them last spring. If you took him away from Duke, it would have a similar effect to losing Poythress for that 2015 team.

Also, Wisconsin was just a horrific matchup for Kentucky that year. Five players who could space UK and draw WCS/Towns away from the rim. A true mismatch with Dekker at the 3.

Duke has favorable positional matchups with everyone who's left.

They've probably got this one locked up unless they have a historically bad shooting performance.
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We also had our two best guards on the bench while the Harrison’s had 2 shot clock violations
 
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TNCatfanforever said:
We also had our two best guards on the bench while the Harrison’s had 2 shot clock violations
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Two shot clock violations, one turnover by Towns, a charge on Lyles, a forced "bleed the clock" isolation shot by Harrison. Five dead possessions in the last 4 minutes of the game. I've never seen a bigger Kentucky meltdown in all my life when the game was on the line.

If UK scores on even one of those braindead possessions, we win that game.
 
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OmahaCats said:
That was during the game. He’s been frustrating to watch at year. He just didn’t have the athleticism to be an effective starter (minus the Duke game).
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That game was over at halftime. You can be pedantic if you want, but in your mind it was over. Keep rooting for Arky tho. Calboi
 
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Duke doesn’t miss any mistake the defense makes. They also are defending like crazy. I’m very surprised at how good they’ve looked. Not unbeatable but they do look the part.
 
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Son_Of_Saul said:
Two shot clock violations, one turnover by Towns, a charge on Lyles, a forced "bleed the clock" isolation shot by Harrison. Five dead possessions in the last 4 minutes of the game. I've never seen a bigger Kentucky meltdown in all my life when the game was on the line.

If UK scores on even one of those braindead possessions, we win that game.
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Don't forget the "shot clock" issue.
 
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Mash 2.4 said:
Clayton gets his shot off way quicker than Sears and is much more athletic. And Florida has a post game that would make it much more difficult to sell out on just guarding the perimeter.
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I feel like we keep doing this. "But now Duke has to play THIS guy". Mark Sears was supposed to be the key to winning and he sucked.

My issue with Florida is that they are not focused enough. If TTU just had a little more of a lead, they win the game. They also slept walked against the 1st half with Maryland, and kind of similar to Uconn.
 
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I dont care if Duke wins it all, UConn and UNC already have 6 titles, whats one more rival getting their 6th title going to do?
 
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Mash 2.4 said:
They still have possibly 2 more SEC teams to get thru. If they do, then kudos to them.
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I think Tennessee would have a better shot to beat them than Houston so as much as it pains me I am pulling for Tennessee.
That’s how much I hate duke.

Florida or Auburn, not sure who has a better shot to take down duke.
Thinking Florida due to their ability to match their interior size with those 4 bigs. Especially Haugh who I think could sort of match up with Flagg and cause him some problems.
With Duke’s luck Mich st will knock off Auburn and then Florida and then get murdered by duke for the ship 🤦
 
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CalipariCapo said:
The key to beating Duke is stopping Malucah. He’s in double figures tonight off lobs from the pick and roll. Force Flagg into shooting tougher shots around the rim and guard the middle pick and roll and you can beat them. I just don’t know if there’s a team in college that has that ability. Coming into the tournament, I thought their inconsistency from three and strength of schedule would be their downfall. I was wrong. I believe they will win it all (I just threw up in my mouth saying that).
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This.

Don’t over focus on Flagg. Take away the easy stuff for Malucah and the open lockout 3s for Konueple.
 
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LineSkiCat14 said:
I feel like we keep doing this. "But now Duke has to play THIS guy". Mark Sears was supposed to be the key to winning and he sucked.

My issue with Florida is that they are not focused enough. If TTU just had a little more of a lead, they win the game. They also slept walked against the 1st half with Maryland, and kind of similar to Uconn.
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I’ve never once thought Sears was near the player Clayton is. Sears is crafty and got an extremely good whistle. Clayton is way more athletic and gets his shot much easier. I agree with you Florida hasn’t looked as sharp in the tournament. But people seem to be forgetting Florida waxed Alabama worse than Duke just did in the SEC tournament. If they’re on they’re a load. Alabama was the 4th best team in the SEC. If Duke beats the best of the SEC I’ll take my hat off to them.
 
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Still would like to see how this Duke team would handle full court pressure. James nor Proctor seem like great ball handlers. But nobody seems to press anymore.
 
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I’m hoping Duke doesn’t win it all . I’d cheer for anyone in college basketball in a game over them .

But I can’t deny that they look very good . They are so long defensively and their size is going to cause problems for most guards because all of their bigs can switch and hold their own . All it takes is one bad game so hopefully it happens the next game or the title game .
 
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Blueheart32 said:
This team is better than the Zion team in about every measurable category. And is much deeper
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Wrong. That was pre-portal NIL era. When Duke and UK could hoard talent. That can no longer happen and why those teams I mentioned will never again be assembled.
 
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They will crush Houston. Florida or Auburn might be able to hang for a portion of the game but doubt it will be close at the end. The love fest cbs has for Duke and cooper is 🤮
 
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Duke is going to be winning a lot going forward. Boozers next year, they are ncaa darling and gift them elite 8s. Stacked teams for duke Nike bought and paid for
 
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I got Duke at +300 to win the tournament. I thought that was easy money. Put down $200 on them to win it and $100 on Florida. Got a good chance to cash in haha. If Duke loses its a win win.
 
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https://www.barttorvik.com/?year=20...vquad=0&quad=5&venue=All&type=All&mingames=0#

Since the start of conference tournaments, Duke is actually 3rd in efficiency behind Houston and UF.

If you only take the NCAA tournament into play Houston is the current top teams and Duke second.

Essentially, once the competition has been relatively equal for all teams, Houston has been the best team in the nation despite Duke and UF having the hype
 
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TNCatfanforever said:
We also had our two best guards on the bench while the Harrison’s had 2 shot clock violations
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They weren't the best two guards on that UK team that season. This is lazy revisionist history.

Not to mention we don't even beat ND without the Harrisons. Or make the title game the prior season.
 
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