Now you c'mon man. There's a huge difference between saying "if Bama didn't play well they might have lost" and "If Bama didn't have a literal historical shooting performance and set the record for most 3s made in a tournament game the game would have played out a little differently."
I actually like Grant Nelson here. Nelson will drive right at their bigs, who have a tendency to foul. Also, he’s just as scrappy on the glass. Bama will also have Maluach out on the perimeter having to guard rather than in the paint where he shuts everything down. There are some reasons for optimism for the Tide in terms of a matchup, although I still expect a Duke win.
" there are a shit ton of Duke fans in the NYC metro area." Some of them run jewelry stores.
Duke and Lance Thomas cleared of wrongdoing in jewelry case by the NCAA
Former Duke forward Lance Thomas, who purchased almost $100,000 worth of jewelry during the Blue Devils championship season in 2010 was cleared of all wrongdoing, along with the university, by the NCAA on Tuesday.www.nbcsports.com
I fear this will be the case also. Not a fan of Alabama but I dislike Duke way more
We may be just a shadow of what we could have been without injuries. But we’ve still never lost a game to a team with a player named Nipple and I’m going to hold onto that…
The refs talked to Scheyer he told them it was a hook and ladder play!! Refs said how cool play on young man!! They just got confused on that play!!
I bet Corey Maggette sold him the jewelry. But he won’t talk about it!!The NCAA was like.....
Anything can happen I guess. Arizona matched up really well with Duke though. Going to be interesting for sure, but just think Duke walks into the Final 4.
dUKe gonna score because Bama can't guard anyone, Bama gonna score if they shoot well- if not, they will get blown out
I thought AZ switched way too easy last night- didn't try to fight thru any screens, just gave the mismatch at will it seemed
I actually thought about adding them but left them out for brevity since they don't really matter anymore anyway.
Thanks for the thumbs up on my edit. To be honest I rarely do that sort of post as I feel that I'm putting words in other people's mouths, but I just couldn't resist this one. I love the fact that you agree, and love even more that Indiana has been so irrelevant for so long they didn't even occur to you! 😁
Dude I'm with ya and I'm going 100 on TN, Auburn and Bama pays 504. I'll pay for a win tonight.
Most elite of the last decade. 1 top ten win. At home. Are you effing kidding me
This is the first actual good team they have to play 4 games in. If Bama shoots avg they destroy Dook.
You have zero control over how good your conference is. Every advanced metric points to them being elite. And I didn't say they were the single best team of the last decade, but they're right up there with the best of them.
2018-19 would throttle this team based on what? This year's team has a better 2 point shooting percentage, a much better 3 point shooting percentage, a much better free throw percentage, averages fewer turnovers per game, more assists per game, more points per game, and a massive KenPom rating edge.
Duke was around -7 against NC state in last year's tournament. Duke lost by 12.
How do you think this year's Kentucky team would have done against that Zion led team, as opposed to how well we played against this year's Duke team? The ACC was a different animal then compared to this year, so stats alone don't tell me much. It's just my subjective opinion based on the eye test.
When you are taking it to the basket and shooting layups or 2-3 foot shots, its hard not to shoot well, I think and that's what dUKe can do to Bama- go SEC
