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[QUOTE="Devilsadvocate, post: 2361005, member: 2435"]
I went to Duke's win over NW Missouri State Friday night.  Coach K likes to open against the defending Div 2 national champ.  I only remember one of these games (Drury, about 4 years ago) being competitive.

This one was not competitive.  Duke won by 30.  Its hard to take much from the game, but I'll offer up a couple observations that might be of interest to this board.

Jordan Tucker was the last guy to get off Duke's bench - after Jack White - after preferred walk-on Jordan Robinson.  He played around 3 minutes and took 2 shots, both 3's that were well short.  One barely drew iron. Maybe there were circumstances to explain why he played so little in this game, but I can't imagine he gets in the rotation this year.

Grayson Allen scored at will.  No surprise there.  He's such a talented offensive player.

Bagley and Carter Jr?  Whatever.  Both hit a 3.  Carter had two nice low post moves - one a jump hook and the other a power move, but both came against 6'7 Div 2 players.  I was impressed that Carter is much thicker than Bagley. Both will probably be great pro's one day, but will they win games in March?  Who knows.

I think if Duke wins games this March, it will because of Trevon Duval.  But he did nothing spectacular in the game.

Gary Trent Jr displayed a nice mid range game.  He hit 3 or 4 jumpers.

Duke played big.  Coach K had 3 bigs on the court throughout much of the game, particularly when Bagley was in there.  Interesting to see whether that continues.
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