Duke postgame thread

[FrancoPizza]

JB blew it with that bad week of press. This is his last year.

Not according to kcsu

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Lights out shooters don’t miss wide open corner threes. He plays zero defense and shows the least amount of effort I’ve ever seen on defense. He’s awful.

Did he hit the rim even on his shots tonight ?

 

[Trueblue25]

We had 23 rebounds and they took 4 free throws

Woof

 

[Cstate]

#5 for Duke took Joe out of the game until it didn’t matter. Locked him in a room, turned off the lights and took his lunch money.

Might have done something inappropriate too.

 

[CardiacCuse]

Yeah but you gotta admit that was an awkwardly bitter response. It did not come off as deliberately complementary at all

eh i think it was a sly reference to the fact that he recruitED a lot of playerS last season and he was one of them

implication being they missed on a lot of players and he was a good one...didnt seem bitter...more sly...as if, explaining why they suck this year...(recruiting misses)

they were involved with a ton of players last off season

 

[Fanalways]

Why can teams come in and completely shut down one or more of our players? It happens all the time. I have never seen us do it to them.

 

[PoppyHart]

FTX may have a more sustainable business plan than the basketball program

They're both frauds.

 

[two3zone]

We had 23 rebounds and they took 4 free throws

Woof

Can’t believe someone was complaining about the officiating earlier

 

[storange]

I will not join the vicious lynch mob and rip on a man that has done so much and bern such a big part of my life as a cny sports junkie and a fanatical Orange fan. A man who has also raised millions of dollars for Cancer Research. I believe it’s time for him to say good bye , but I will wait for him to get to that conclusion patiently …. because he deserves my patience.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Are you promoting those stats over two as a good or bad thing?

I'm saying he did more than stand at the 3 point line. Taking 6 shots a game inside the arc and hitting half of them is OK in my book. So is getting 4-5 rebounds a game for a guy who is an outside shooter.

 

[Red Holzman]

How we keep hammering him down on the block instead of running spread pick and roll, I will never know.

He couldn’t sense a double team if he had a rear view mirror.

Say the offense in general and Jesse inside is a hot mess, SU falls behind by 15-20 and needs a run.
Yes, a desperate strategy, but IMO Jesse stepping out to take a couple open 3's worth a try.
If he hits them, could change the game and spark a comeback.
I mean, why not in a demoralizing game like this was?

 

[PoppyHart]

And what plays do we run for him to get open. He isnt a slasher. His job is to sit on the wing and hit threes. Thats an offensive system issue. Kid is a lights out shooter.

34% is not lights out.

 

[Domedude3]

Remember, according to JB, all is well unless we’re getting blown out.

 

[kcsu]

Why can teams come in and completely shut down one or more of our players? It happens all the time. I have never seen us do it to them.

Its really difficult to lock players down playing zone

 

[kcsu]

I will not join the vicious lynch mob and rip on a man that has done so much and bern such a big part of my life as a cny sports junkie and a fanatical Orange fan. A man who has also raised millions of dollars for Cancer Research. I believe it’s time for him to say good bye , but I will wait for him to get to that conclusion patiently …. because he deserves my patience.

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[two3zone]

I will not join the vicious lynch mob and rip on a man that has done so much and bern such a big part of my life as a cny sports junkie and a fanatical Orange fan. A man who has also raised millions of dollars for Cancer Research. I believe it’s time for him to say good bye , but I will wait for him to get to that conclusion patiently …. because he deserves my patience.

At some point people retire when they’re not doing as good of a job as they once were, especially when the state of the program is at stake.

These next couple years are going to be massive for us and the rest of the acc with what is going on with football. We can absolutely be left behind and the program we all love, the cny sports junkies like you and everyone else here will be watching games against the football leftovers in games that will matter as much as some MAAC game.

 

[NineOneSeven]

What’s pretty wild is even times we scored they were bad possessions. Several times Jesse had the ball down low and lost it and it randomly came either back to him or someone else for a layup.

Yeah it counted but in my mind the possession was bad. Because it was.

 

[jgeorge322]

34% is not lights out.

He has more basketball to play. As I said, he is a freshman.

 

[two3zone]

He has more basketball to play. As I said, he is a freshman.

When that’s your only skill you need to do it at a much better level than that.

 

[bballbeadle]

I must say, I did not see this coming.

 

[Jake]

We had one player tonight….one….who could put the ball on the floor and beat his defender.

Judah.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Just got home. Our best play was feeding Jesse and he dribbled and loses it between his legs. Three time Brown picked it up and scored.

 

[jgeorge322]

When that’s your only skill you need to do it at a much better level than that.

The kid needs to put on 20 lbs of muscle. Hes a young kid who probably shouldnt be playing much yet. It doesnt mean he sucks. Weve had plenty of good players who didnt play at all or “sucked” their freshman year.

That said, I am not boosting up the state of the situation. But focusing on Bell is offbase imho.

 

[Jake]

Just got home. Our best play was feeding Jesse and he dribbled and loses it between his legs. Three time Brown picked it up and scored.

The fumblerooskie was 3-3!

 

[tptcuse]

JB seemed bitter about Flip in the postgame

He doesn't like when it's implied that he missed out on a recruit.