I would love a more athletic team but it’s hard to argue that Duke as a whole isn’t athletic. I’ll take skill and deadeye shooters over athleticism any day. Cal taught me that. Flag and the athleticism of Duke didn’t overcome UK enough to keep them from being in a position to win at the end of a slugfest. UK didn’t just win because Duke made a single bad play.
Buddy, you’ve gone from saying the entire team now down to one specific player. If you just want to be correct, sure. Oweh is more athletic than Devries. Do you feel vindicated now?
I think we win that game. But I also think Thiero and Fland will go off. Would love to see Wagner go 0-10.
Yeah. Amari was exposed against WKU. Just looks clumsy. Definitely lacks athleticism, touch, handles, and verticality.
Correct, I believe I literally said he’s fine. Which is what he is. This ain’t the CAA. And he’s not defending a PG with a pulse. Nor is he handling it against any kind of pressure. And while yes, I agree he can assist on a few buckets, he also turns it over far too much. What if I told you he’s got more turnovers than assists? And that’s against five pretty bad teams and one good one. That needs to improve, especially given how much he’s asked to facilitate.
I’ve said from the beginning that’s probably the lineup in a nut cutter. The ability to get a stop worries me, but they found a way against Duke. Which, btw, was a bit telling that was the lineup down the stretch in that game.
we have one of the most experienced teams in the country. That will be our strength in March. I find it funny people start making comments like this over a 'close' win against an instate team that probably practiced all summer for this game.
Oh, we got lucky.
Did you know Flagg is only 17???!! (sorry, couldn’t resist b/c ESPN is not posting in this thread 😎 )
To my view, Butler and Oweh are our most athletic players, perhaps the only ones who can attack and create with the ball against aggressive defensive pressure. They can also defend against high-level athleticism.
