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Username Post: Duke        (Topic#22320)
SRP 
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12-18-18 07:42 PM - Post#269405    
    In response to penn nation

Cannady heating up, but the D is disintegrating.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 07:47 PM - Post#269406    
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Pretty funny that Duke could basically hand check foul Princeton to death during that last possession of the half and still not get in the 1 and 1. That probably does not happen too often in college basketball.

 
bradley 
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12-18-18 07:52 PM - Post#269407    
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Overmatched but not the least bit embarrassed. Needed to get 3s and make 3s but long arms and fast feet on defense by duckies.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 07:54 PM - Post#269408    
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Duke is also getting some pretty choice shot selections.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 08:04 PM - Post#269409    
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Well, that escalated quickly.

 
SRP 
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12-18-18 08:07 PM - Post#269410    
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The brightest spot is Stephens looks like the guy from years past.

Movement off the ball is waning on offense, which is leading to more turnovers and blocked shots.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 08:20 PM - Post#269411    
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Stephens in years past was always the guy I worried about the most. Had not heard too much about his play this year.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 08:28 PM - Post#269412    
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When you're down 36 with 9 minutes to play, they should invoke the mercy rule. Just not fair.

 
Chip Bayers 
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12-18-18 08:47 PM - Post#269416    
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Sparse Duke student section chants in last couple of minutes:

“More Than Double!”

“We Want Harvard!”



Edited by Chip Bayers on 12-18-18 08:47 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
penn nation 
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Re: Duke
12-18-18 08:49 PM - Post#269417    
    In response to Chip Bayers

On one hand, if I'm Yale or Princeton I have to think long and hard about wanting to do this again any time soon.

On the other, I have zero respect for Duke as it is emulating the worst practices of SEC football, which refuses to schedule a single true road game anywhere except for out of conference. That Duke basketball could win a national championship without playing a single true road game (OOC) is a joke.

 
penn nation 
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Re: Duke
12-18-18 08:55 PM - Post#269418    
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Princeton had the lead in this one 18-16.

From that point on, they got outscored 85-32, mostly by Duke's subs.

Oy.

 
SRP 
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12-18-18 08:55 PM - Post#269419    
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OTOH, what I respect about Duke is how they keep trying to increase the margin of victory no matter what the score. One reason they almost never yak up a big lead is that they never relax or take the opponent for granted.

 
Chip Bayers 
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12-18-18 08:57 PM - Post#269420    
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I kept searching for any semblance of offense from Princeton in this game before it turned ugly. Yes, they got those backdoor hoops against the inexperienced at D Duke freshman to claim the early lead, but every single one of those involved a Tiger guard dribbling around for 20 seconds and then drawing a double team when he got near the paint. Other than those plays there was zero real ball movement, and no touches for anyone but the man with the ball. Just weird.


Edited by Chip Bayers on 12-18-18 08:58 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
SRP 
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12-18-18 08:58 PM - Post#269421    
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I"ve not seen too many college teams ever that have that much shot-blocking ability. Even when you don't turn it over, the only way to have a decent scoring game is to hit a ton of threes or have NBA-type finishers.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 09:00 PM - Post#269422    
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As long as they can take the same when the shoe is on the other foot. Obviously not this year, but what goes around comes around.

Frankly, there's no reason Duke should have done anything but throw the ball around for the last couple of minutes (at least) in this one. To start skying around even then shows a lack of class and sportsmanship.

 
SRP 
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Re: Duke
12-18-18 09:02 PM - Post#269423    
    In response to Chip Bayers

The Tigers have not had their typical non-PG passing and movement off the ball for the past the last two seasons. Early last year there were a few possessions where the offense ran through Aririguzoh in the high post, but it never developed.

 
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12-18-18 09:02 PM - Post#269424    
    In response to penn nation

So that half point was critical.

 
penn nation 
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12-18-18 09:03 PM - Post#269426    
    In response to sparman

Hey, with that extra half point it was lookin' pretty good at halftime.



 
Eric Von Zipper 
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12-18-18 09:29 PM - Post#269427    
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The 1st half spread was Duke -16 1/2 and I took the points.

Has Princeton ever given up 62 points in a half?

I guess with their 4 wins (not counting the D3 exhibition game) coming against teams 5-36 overall the final result was not unexpected.

 
PennFan10 
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12-18-18 10:37 PM - Post#269432    
    In response to Eric Von Zipper

Looks to me like Duke had several guys that could stay in front of Llewelyn.

 
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