Wow. What a heavyweight battle between two teams who refused to lose.
Our players really have poise / mental fortitude.
Terrific competition level on both sides. Honestly, this game felt lost to me about 3 times.It was a great game. Duke played great. No denying any of that.
Terrific competition level on both sides. Honestly, this game felt lost to me about 3 times.
This team does not itself when things get bleak. Good trait to have.Same here...although i wasnt physically nervous because Ive been drinking(lol), there were a couple of points where i said "this is going to be tough to win now" in my head. Hats off to the entire team, staff, and anyone else involved. AMAZING.
I haven't seen a Syracuse game played at that level in years.
And I didn't think Duke could play better than they did against Pitt. But they did.
Incredible game.
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Wow. What a heavyweight battle between two teams who refused to lose.
Our players really have poise / mental fortitude.
What what what?
I can't remember seeing a team that unphased by the zone. Hate K or Love him, he's a phenomenal offensive coach. The rematch will be interesting to see if the zone tightens or if Duke can do anything to limit the ungodly number of hoops we got at the rim in the halfcourt.
That's what was so cool. Maybe I'll see something else when I rewatch this (and I'm so wired that I'm about to do just that), but our defense looked pretty good. Duke just happened to be very well-coached. And they executed really well. Even Pitino hasn't done it that successfully. They were just getting the zone distorted on crisp passing and dribble penetration and then finding a shooter who had his feet set and was able to release very quickly.
Repeatedly.
That was excellent basketball by both teams.
I can't remember seeing a team that unphased by the zone. Hate K or Love him, he's a phenomenal offensive coach. The rematch will be interesting to see if the zone tightens or if Duke can do anything to limit the ungodly number of hoops we got at the rim in the halfcourt.