Cook has graduated, you're probably thinking of Matt Jones who was a starter down the stretch of the season after Winslow was shifted to the 4 and Jefferson was replaced with M Jones.
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Cook has graduated, you're probably thinking of Matt Jones who was a starter down the stretch of the season after Winslow was shifted to the 4 and Jefferson was replaced with M Jones.
Really like Kennard & Ingram............wish they were both @UK
Then we wouldn't have to be sweating it out for Newman
No, I was saying that I didn't recall people last year at this time saying Duke wouldn't be good.
Obviously screwed the quote part up so if anyone wants to tell me what I did wrong, cool.
Anyway, I hope it isn't the case of Murray not reclassifying, Thornton goes draft next year, and Duke snags Murray for 2016. Hope not, but possible.
Yea, my bad, I misinterpreted it as a roster comment for the upcoming season. Let's blame it on getting used to the new format!
I kinda like this actually though I think there's a scary element to the fact that anyone previously banned can now post. LOL. You guys better be on guard for certain shades of red..
We will have FIVE guys to rotate at the four and five with 2 of them being seniors and a redshirt sophomore whose had a year of practice at duke.. It's delusional to suggest we won't have a strong post. We may lack one "great" post player but we have 5 good ones.. And Oak wasn't the key to our championship it was guard play which we will be strong at once again
UK does not seem to do well with Findlay Prep kids. Liggins is the only one I know that we have gotten recently. GBB
I disagree a little bit I think it's a fair critique about the post, there's no Okafor down there but on the flip side there will be post-depth there (finally) which they have not had recently. (The 2010 team had no star in the paint but a bevy of big guys to rotate.)
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Fifty comments and nobody has mentioned Coach K and Duke are ruining college basketball recruiting these 1 and done kids? I am disappointed in you guys. You are really off your game today.....must be the new format.
Duke will have some outstanding outside shooting, that should open up the lane for their
big men, Plumblee, and Jeter...and make it easier for them.
Thier big man did little in the championship game and they won it. He was a great post player who had a bad game
Duke will be a major player for another title next yr
big men, Plumblee, and Jeter...and make it easier for them.
Thier big man did little in the championship game and they won it. He was a great post player who had a bad game
Duke will be a major player for another title next yr
Or maybe they'll be out by the Sweet 16 like in every year in the past 11 but '10, '13 and '15.
He is ruining it. He needs a player , not even in the current class, and just goes and gets him, no questions asked. Not suppose to make it look that easy.Fifty comments and nobody has mentioned Coach K and Duke are ruining college basketball recruiting these 1 and done kids? I am disappointed in you guys. You are really off your game today.....must be the new format.
We was the overall #1 seed and we get Wisconsin and Arizona on our side of the bracket to make it to the final game? Three of the top 4 teams, IMO, on one side of the bracket. Anyone who really knows basketball knew that Villanova and Gonzaga would flame out. Outside of these four teams, Notre Dame probably in the top five also, and on our side of the bracket also.
Just think you should lay low, knowing your fortune with the committee. Yeah, your guys stepped up, showed a lot of heart and how much they wanted it compared to others. But we will always know the path set up for you to make that happen.
Just think you should lay low, knowing your fortune with the committee. Yeah, your guys stepped up, showed a lot of heart and how much they wanted it compared to others. But we will always know the path set up for you to make that happen.
The chances of Duke repeating is about the same as it was for us to go undefeated this past season.
A team hasn't went undefeated since 1976.
A team hasn't repeated after losing four starters since before then.
If Duke repeats it will be almost as big a story as 40-0.
A team hasn't went undefeated since 1976.
A team hasn't repeated after losing four starters since before then.
If Duke repeats it will be almost as big a story as 40-0.
I picked you to the title game this year so get pumped.
You've had talent every year for the last 30 so spare me.
Not a bandwagon guy at all I've had a rivals account since 2005 and posted a lot on NCpreps and no one posts on there now. I post on the duke board a lot and I've posted over here periodically. Most of my moms fam are UK fans. Wasn't flaming just pointing out some things. A lot on this board were picking against Duke every round after the first game. Duke, UK, Wisconsin were the three best teams the entire year and if you don't believe that you're being delusional. UVA, Nova, Zona and the Zags were all the forth bes at one time or another IMO. Not dukes fault the one or two didn't come out of the east. We beat Wisconsin twice, Michigan St twice ND once and UVA. It's not like we didn't prove ourself throughout the year as well as in the tourney, the weak road is a little tired we beat the best this year IMO not only in 6 games but through a season. 2 titles in a span of 5 years is good with an elite eight too.. Sure we've "flamed" twice but we have won along with UCONN the most titles in the span so..
Duke had a hell of a year Ya'll. I wish we could have got this guy. Coach Cal could have developed him into a first rounder
I bet the Duke fan says we didn't play no one until Wisky. Not true. The ACC was the best conference by a country mile.I give Duke that Ya'll
To win the title:
UK (the overall one seed) had to beat ND who finished the year ranked #5, Wisconsin and Duke.
Wisconsin had to beat Arizona, UK and Duke.
Duke had to beat Gonzaga, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Like I said- Duke got a gift bracket. All of us saw it from tbe beginning. That's fine. Duke won it, did what they had to do, but spare me the BS, Duke Fan. You want respect, you want to have a real conversation, then spare me the BS.
UK (the overall one seed) had to beat ND who finished the year ranked #5, Wisconsin and Duke.
Wisconsin had to beat Arizona, UK and Duke.
Duke had to beat Gonzaga, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Like I said- Duke got a gift bracket. All of us saw it from tbe beginning. That's fine. Duke won it, did what they had to do, but spare me the BS, Duke Fan. You want respect, you want to have a real conversation, then spare me the BS.
Yeah, and Notre Dame beat Duke twice. Kinda hilarious. All about Match-ups because Wisconsin was better than Notre Dame, and Notre Dame beat Duke twice. Wisconsin loses twice to Duke. Oh and we beat Notre Dame, and lose to Wisconsin.
Notre Dame had a damn good team. Had us beat. Aaron the assassin fixed thatYeah, and Notre Dame beat Duke twice. Kinda hilarious. All about Match-ups because Wisconsin was better than Notre Dame, and Notre Dame beat Duke twice. Wisconsin loses twice to Duke. Oh and we beat Notre Dame, and lose to Wisconsin.
Yeah, and Notre Dame beat Duke twice. Kinda hilarious. All about Match-ups because Wisconsin was better than Notre Dame, and Notre Dame beat Duke twice. Wisconsin loses twice to Duke. Oh and we beat Notre Dame, and lose to Wisconsin.
Duke also CRUSHED Notre Dame by 30 points too
ND was a great great team y'all had to beat them and Wisky to get to us that's extremely tough I agree but we did beat both and Wisky twice. Our games to the final were easier but many thought Utah was a very tough team. It isn't our fault the top in the east and Iowa St(who woulda prob been tougher then gonzaga) lost.
Yeah... you had to beat Notre Dame, who Duke had already beaten by 30 points and had lost to in another game by a few lucky bounces, and Wisconsin, who Duke had already beaten by 10, at home.
I am not so blown away to think that that is some sort of murderers row. Hell, Duke beat five of the seven other teams in the Elite Eight, and came a ND missed three away from being in a Final Four where we had already beaten every other team in the Final Four, THIS YEAR.
Duke didn't have a super-tough bracket (although a look at any stats-based assessment shows that Duke faced some TOUGH teams... a lot of fans scoff at teams that don't have big names, without understanding how good they are at basketball) but the teams you are touting are not some great proof that Duke was protected. I mean... has any #1 seed in HISTORY ever had a #2 in their region that they beat that year by like 40 points? Come on now.
The FOUR best teams in the country were UK, Duke, Wisconsin and Arizona. The other 3 would have GLADLY switched brackets with Duke.
I don't know why this is so F'ing hard to understand. You got a gift bracket. Thank the NCAA Tournament committee and the Tournament gods and shut up.
Where were all you Dookie bandwagonners when you were bitching out in the first round the last two years?
I don't know why this is so F'ing hard to understand. You got a gift bracket. Thank the NCAA Tournament committee and the Tournament gods and shut up.
Where were all you Dookie bandwagonners when you were bitching out in the first round the last two years?
Would you have traded paths with UK?
Simple question. You get the Midwest, you get to play Notre Dame in the Elite 8, Wisconsin in the FF, and then get the UK/Michigan State winner in the title game. UK gets the South, with the same path Duke ended up with to the title game.
If you say yes, you're a blatant liar.
Duke got a lucky path this year, just like 2010. I'd argue against the conspiracy aspect of it (and I have argued against that on this board, with numerous people), but to try to act like Duke didn't have a luck element to their run is ludicrous.
Uh, yeah.
First of all, Duke shouldn't have been the #3 overall seed in 2010, that should have been Syracuse. Meaning Duke should have been sent West, not Syracuse. Beyond that, you got Purdue as the 4, minus an injured Robbie Hummel (a Purdue team that lost by almost 30- to Minnesota- in the Big 10 Tourney), and an absolute joke of a 2 seed in Villanova, a team that had lost 5 of its last 7. You played no 1 seeds (and I'll grant you that Kansas, UK, and Syracuse take the blame for that), and got flipping Butler in the title game.
That was not just a lucky draw, it was one of the luckiest draws any NCAA champ has ever had. Maybe not THE luckiest, but definitely in the conversation.
Hmm... I would have loved having Kansas as our two seed, yes. And Notre Dame as our three? Sure, coming off of the ACC tournament game I think we would have stomped them. Would I have rathered WVU than Utah as our five seed? Oh HECK yes... WVU was not very good. And at the time, VIllanova looked really, really good; hell, I picked them to lose in the title game to you guys.
Now I am not saying Duke had the hardest bracket. We didn't. And yes, some teams lost that could have been an issue. But for the guy thumping his chest about Notre Dame and Wisconsin... eh. They aren't scary to me; we beat both teams.
I mean, this is all a bit pointless, as hindsight in these sorts of arguments is overwhelming, as is fan-dom, but...
But would I have switched spots with Kentucky? In hindsight no, it worked out great for us. But you guys didn't have some horrible path... the last two teams you faced are ones we beat.
It cracks me up how TUL just ignores that Notre Dame took 2/3 from them. Like he just races past that. What a joke. ND beat you by double-digits a week before the NCAA started- their second win against you! And you're trying to poo-pooh how good they were? They ended up #5 in the post-tourney poll.
It's pretty damn simple- Duke got a fortunate bracket. UK, as the top seed in the tournament, was supposed to get that benefit and Duke got it.
As I said before, thank the committee and the tourney gods once again. That's two you stole.
It's pretty damn simple- Duke got a fortunate bracket. UK, as the top seed in the tournament, was supposed to get that benefit and Duke got it.
As I said before, thank the committee and the tourney gods once again. That's two you stole.
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