SWC75
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- I admit that when we were down 0-12 after losing to Georgia Tech, my confidence waivered a bit.
- Dino Babers asks his team to be “consistently good, not occasionally great”. I’d actually prefer to be consistently good AND occasionally great. This basketball team has ranged from bad to great.
- JB said after the game that the team played just as hard against Georgia Tech as they did against Duke: the shots just didn’t go in. Surely our strategy has to be more than hoping that the shots go in.
- Full disclosure: Cam Reddish didn’t play and Tre Jones went out early with an injury. With those guys, Duke likely wins this game anyway.
- What was it with the call, (at 12:49 of the second half), that discounted a Chukwu basket but put him on the line for two shots? If that had counted, we win in regulation. The ESPN play-by-play lists it as a Howard shot, an offensive round by PC, a foul on DeLaurier, a missed FT by Paschal, then a make. Duke had fouls to give at the end, so that should have been a one-and-one that ended with the miss if the play-by-play is correct. It looked to me like an alley-oop to Chukwu and a basket with the foul.
- Brissett still has enormous problems finishing. He finesses the ball too much. He’s a great dunker when he wants to be. Even with lay-ups you can get the ball to the rim and off the backboard. He shouldn’t just be flipping it up there.
- It’s sad to see a school that was once famous for the fast break blow one after another because players don’t want to give up the ball. They dribble to the basket and the defense catches up with them. Dish it, baby!
- Some games are more fun than others but in the conference standings, they all count the same. Pitt beat Florida State by 13 tonight. If we lose to them, the ball rolls back down the hill.
- Dino Babers asks his team to be “consistently good, not occasionally great”. I’d actually prefer to be consistently good AND occasionally great. This basketball team has ranged from bad to great.
- JB said after the game that the team played just as hard against Georgia Tech as they did against Duke: the shots just didn’t go in. Surely our strategy has to be more than hoping that the shots go in.
- Full disclosure: Cam Reddish didn’t play and Tre Jones went out early with an injury. With those guys, Duke likely wins this game anyway.
- What was it with the call, (at 12:49 of the second half), that discounted a Chukwu basket but put him on the line for two shots? If that had counted, we win in regulation. The ESPN play-by-play lists it as a Howard shot, an offensive round by PC, a foul on DeLaurier, a missed FT by Paschal, then a make. Duke had fouls to give at the end, so that should have been a one-and-one that ended with the miss if the play-by-play is correct. It looked to me like an alley-oop to Chukwu and a basket with the foul.
- Brissett still has enormous problems finishing. He finesses the ball too much. He’s a great dunker when he wants to be. Even with lay-ups you can get the ball to the rim and off the backboard. He shouldn’t just be flipping it up there.
- It’s sad to see a school that was once famous for the fast break blow one after another because players don’t want to give up the ball. They dribble to the basket and the defense catches up with them. Dish it, baby!
- Some games are more fun than others but in the conference standings, they all count the same. Pitt beat Florida State by 13 tonight. If we lose to them, the ball rolls back down the hill.
I'm still smiling remembering that. I'm glad to have someone who makes my posts look tame in comparison, lol.
