Holiday Hoops
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That being said, UNC looks like a final four team and one seed material.
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@HawkChamp true story. It’s irritating. And they do look pretty solid now. Maye is a force
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Alabama and Sexton (10 pts) beat BYU today. Tomorrow, AL faces it’s first true test of the year in Minnesota, also undefeated. Should be a good one.
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Not trying to jinx Texas here, but they look pretty good against Duke early on. I’m not sure if I’d take Bagley or Bamba if asked to pick.
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Duke is gonna lose, we are going to win and come Monday we will be #1.
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@approxinfinity Sure hope Tripper and Puke does lose. But not sure we want to be number one at this stage of the season. Puts a God awful lot of extra pressure on the kids. We have a huge target on our back already just because of the name on the jersey.
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Kerwin Roach just posterized Duke. Awesome!!!
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Dunk was amazing.
Luke Maye reminds me of Nick Collison a bit.
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I’M telling you Texas is no dog. - - They gonna be tough, they for sure aren’t going to lay down for us.
The thing that concerns me is, we are going to have big matchup problems on the inside with them. I mean Doke can take one but who is taking the other. - - That Sobeski or however you spell his name is really put together - really built - you put Doke on him - then who is taking Bamba?
They are going to be a challenge - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Watching them piss this one away is painful.
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For 34 minutesthey dominated on the inside. Shredded Dukes awful interior D. And then they start jacking up 3s and let Duke back inthe game.
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@approxinfinity Texas trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of Victory. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Mohammed Mohammed Bamba!
Moooohammed Bamba… Fouled Out.
Jack Tripper Jr fouled out. OT. Hopefully Shaka can extract craniums from posteriors.
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Arizonaaaaaa
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Hahahahahaha
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Damn Young from Oklahoma went off for 43 points against Oregon today - -kid is a player. Having said that I think he can win you some games and he will lose you some with his shot selection. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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North Carolina is playing like Bill Walton commentates.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Roy needs to retire!
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I’ll pass that message on to Roy for you.
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Duke-Florida is looking the the Duke-Texas game early on. Hopefully Florida can finish.
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Florida has practically zero size inside. Basically all guards. The team that will beat Duke must have inside outside balance, otherwise it is a mismatchup.
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Duke started making 3’s too (now 7-12). I don’t know if any team can beat Duke when they are making their 3’s.
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But Florida is certainly giving it the old college try.
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@KirkIsMyHinrichyou could say that about several teams, but they aren’t a good shooting team other than Gracie. Cover him and pack in the paint.
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That was kind of my point. Duke has made eight 3’s and only three of them have been from Allen.
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West Virginia just did to Missouri what KU did to them last season. Down 16 point with 7 minutes left, by 12 with under 5 minutes and started to apply that pressure we have seen it before and steals the game and wins by 4. The refs tried to help MU with 2 bad foul calls in the last minute but MU could not capitalize. Good win for the conference.
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@JayHawkFanToo I was just thinking that. KU with the assist.
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I hate that WVU press but I have to admit that I enjoyed it watching Missouri getting beat by it.
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Florida is hanging tough. They aren’t big like Texas, but they do have much better guards who can make shots. We’ll see if that helps them down the stretch.
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Florida looks to be one of the toughest teams to guard in the country. They have fully adopted the Golden State model - run, gun and spread the floor. Really, really good team. Pretty good defensively too even though they are very short.
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Between A&M, Florida, and Kentucky the SEC race could be pretty interesting this season. If Porter was healthy potentially Mizzou as well. As Kansas plays Kentucky and A&M this season I’m hoping one of those teams wins the SEC.
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Bagley is a load inside but has missed a bunch of shots from right around the basket. With his height advantage he should be hitting at least 70% but he is under 50%.
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Florida is trying to give this game away by not taking the shot clock down and dumb fouls on passes.
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Deja Vu
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Duke just got away with an offensive foul under the Florida basket.
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Thank God the game was stopped to add 3 tenths of a second.
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And dumb ball handling. And not making foul shots. And not rebounding or blocking out.
Grrr!
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Florida got very conservative in the second half and choked it away. Why they didn’t double Bagley and Carter every time is a mystery. Also some sloppy turnovers. Florida played not to lose and it showed.
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@mayjay Florida lost, Duke did not win.
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Nice finish by Duke, but Florida gave the game away. Texas gave the game away, too.
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Just a bunch of bad decisions by Florida at the end. Standing around dribbling and no ball movement when they got ahead big. Then missed free throws to put them ahead. Texas did the same thing. With our FULL compliment of players, when can compete with Puke in March. Double Bagley and Carter every time, dont let them shoot three foot shots. Cover Gracie and send five to the glass every time. Folks, they aren’t Kentucky in 2015 good. Florida is better and only lost when they stalled.
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@HawkChamp Defintely looked different. Gave up the outside shots. Duke made all the FTs given them from the foul-fest.
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JayHawkFanToo said:
Duke just got away with an offensive foul under the Florida basket.
I find their fouls very offensive, but? After a reb?
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Carter should have had his 5th foul on that one. Wouldn’t wanna play any of the final four teams in the PK80 if the tournament was today.(maybe unc… Depends on the day). Good news is that can change. The tournament is not today
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@cragarhawk we don’t even have all our players yet!
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My Sling ESPN runs 30-40 seconds behind so you are probably thinking of a different play. I was referring to the Duke player driving, shoving the defender out of the way and feeding Bagley for the score.
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@HawkChamp which is part of why I said not today. We will see if that changes or not. Many unanswered ? Right now
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KirkIsMyHinrich said:
Duke started making 3’s too (now 7-12). I don’t know if any team can beat Duke when they are making their 3’s.
I hear you. Duke is going to be really tough. - - I can’t stand Trippy McTripperson but the kid can drain the 3.
Just a pretty hard mix - -I mean stopping Bagley, really fluid, for sure all the hype on him was the real deal - which I pretty well already knew.
So someone help me out cause I don’t know - -what is there weakness? - or do they really have one. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@JayHawkFanToo I was trying to be funny because I thought Duke’s offensive fouls were generally under their own basket. But it was late, I am old, and it isn’t wildly amusing, is it?
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Agree, it’s even doubly true with Duke. They are so good inside. Their only real shooting threat is Tripper. So if Tripper is making threes or…even worse some of their other guys are hitting threes just forget about it.
Also wow UNC…didn’t break 50… MSU is tough to deal with.
