SFA beats Duke
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Considering it was a 19 year streak, 150 games, largest spread upset in 15 years in NCAABB and won on an overtime buzzer beater, yea, I don't think there is any debate which is worse. Not to mention SFA had to play 5 on 8 all evening.
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Duke shot 40 free throws to SFA’s 17 and lost!
Plus we had a starter out and another banged up. Duke’s loss is worse.
Plus we had a starter out and another banged up. Duke’s loss is worse.
True. I love that a non call actually worked against Duke. Made my day
Evansville ranked quite a bit higher on KenPom compared to SFA as well.
i think duke will still be one of the best teams by the end of the year but they’re not getting a #1 seed and no one will be afraid of them. they’ll have to earn it and that’s not their comfort zone. lol
I swear, the look on K's face. :joy::joy::joy:
Any dibs on when his back acts up?
Any dibs on when his back acts up?
We beat #1 a week before our bad loss and dropped 8 spots. We will see if there is no bias when the new rankings come out after Dook had the worse upset in the last 15 years. If they don't drop at least 8 spots then it's pretty clear. If what I think happens and they only drop about 4 to 5 spots it really shows you the double standard. I hope I'm wrong and they finally get treated like everyone else, but I won't hold my breath.
My favorite part is that Duke fouled after the turnover that lead to the game winning layup and the refs swallowed their whistle. It ended up hurting Duke more than it helped them. Good job refs.
Decent Rutgers team? LOL They lost to then 1-3 St. Bonaventure and only beat then 0-2 Bryant Bulldogs by 2. SHF will probably get beat by Lamar.
Just like the Evansville game, I'm not reading too much into this...but yeah, from a point spread perspective this clears BCG of the worse loss in past 15 years
Again, basketball is a weird game....
Largest Upsets By Division I Team Over Past 15 Seasons
YEAR TEAM SPREAD OPPONENT
2019 Stephen F. Austin +27.5 at No. 1 Duke
2007 Gardner Webb +26 at No. 20 Kentucky
2015 Western Illinois +25.5 at No. 17 Wisconsin
2019 Evansville +25 at No. 1 Kentucky
2017 Wofford +25 at No. 5 North Carolina
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Again, basketball is a weird game....
Largest Upsets By Division I Team Over Past 15 Seasons
YEAR TEAM SPREAD OPPONENT
2019 Stephen F. Austin +27.5 at No. 1 Duke
2007 Gardner Webb +26 at No. 20 Kentucky
2015 Western Illinois +25.5 at No. 17 Wisconsin
2019 Evansville +25 at No. 1 Kentucky
2017 Wofford +25 at No. 5 North Carolina
-- ESPN Stats & Information
i think they’ll be ranked about 7th. you’d still be right though. the ap is just biased.
Actually, he's lost even with the No 1 recruiting class the past two years and on a few other occasions as well if my memory serves. One more loss to a school like SFA and Coach K's back problems will flare up and he'll be sidelined for the rest of the season. Without the rogue recruiting that's been going on since 2015, I think Cal would have won at least one or two more NCAA titles. We'll never know for certain, but that's my gut feeling. IMO, he handles bringing talented freshmen along better than any other coach.
After watching some of the commentary this morning on the sports channels, K is going to wish last night’s game would get deleted!
The refs have to actually call flopping and we all know they are afraid of The Rat.
Why was Duke playing so late in North Carolina?
I had already gone to bed and had no idea Duke was playing. I would have loved to have seen this masterpiece.
I had already gone to bed and had no idea Duke was playing. I would have loved to have seen this masterpiece.
I missed it to. No better Thanksgiving gift than a Duke loss. Especially to a team like SFA. Go Lumberjacks, you did it on their home court. How about that sports fans.
Duke will plummet to #2.
The #1 spot will remain vacated until ESPN determines that Duke has earned it's rightful place at the top. Most likely, after a one week absence.
The #1 spot will remain vacated until ESPN determines that Duke has earned it's rightful place at the top. Most likely, after a one week absence.
Am I bad that I almost take more joy out of Duke losing than Kentucky winning.
I'd bet dollars to doughnuts dukes won't fall in the polls like we did. I'll be surprised if they even drop Michigan St. below us.
Looking at the stats, the loss doesn't make any sense. SFA had 20 more shot attempts than Duke yet Duke outrebounded SFA by 6 rebounds. How did SFA get that many more shot attempts if they were not rebounding the ball more than Duke? Duke did have 7 more turnovers than SFA but that still doesn't account for the huge discrepancy in shots.
Evansville is a small city. Stephen F. Austin is just one guy, and he's dead on top of that. I'd say it's worse.
Yea there will be some pretend UK fans on this board that will be really upset almost
As upset as ESPN is that the Rat Faced Bastard and his Dookies lost
This has been said by many people over the One-and-Done era, teams like Kentucky and Duke, powered by highly-ranked Freshmen and Sophomores are utterly susceptible to losing to a team starting juniors and seniors. This is especially true early in the season, when Freshmen are still truly Freshmen. The upperclassmen on these smaller teams are often have more musculature and thus, stronger and much more experienced. Add to this, the fact that these kids likely haven’t, to this point, really been punched in the face, their combination of relative inexperience coupled with arrogance and hubris, and it’s easy to see how teams like Evansville and Stephen F. Austin win out against the number one team in the country on their own home floor.
Talent is great, and the NBA clearly drafts on potential. But, in the years to come — at least, until the O&D era ends — this will replay itself time and time again. Any team gritty enough to survive that first punch to the face, wipe off the blood, and keep going has a chance. This isn’t an anomaly at this point.
Talent is great, and the NBA clearly drafts on potential. But, in the years to come — at least, until the O&D era ends — this will replay itself time and time again. Any team gritty enough to survive that first punch to the face, wipe off the blood, and keep going has a chance. This isn’t an anomaly at this point.
ESPN is like yeah we no longer go by KenPom, the ESPNDukeisawesome Index has SFA as a top 30 team.
