***DUKE VS WAKE FOREST OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***

[krzyzewskiville]

I’m not going to lie, this game has me a little nervous. Wake is vastly improved From the last several years, and I thought our second half against Boston College was a little shaky.

I would tell you that playing at home will give us a huge benefit, but that has not been the case this year. Home court advantage just does not seem to benefit young teams the way it did the old version of Duke.

Duke comes in at -10.5, which feels like a lot to me. We’re certainly capable of covering that, but my money is on a Duke, win but not a cover against the spread.

Tonight‘s game is slated to tip at 7pm est and will air on ESPN (thank god).

Duke 82

Wake Forest 74

GO DUKE!!!!!!!

 

[sheyduke]

Yeah, I agree this team needs to defend home court and the crazies need to be loud. I fell like this could be a tight one if Dukes not on point.

Duke wins by eight .

 

[Fourteen44]

Duke 74
Wake 71

let’s go.

 

[hart2chesson]

Definitely worried.Wake has vastly improved over the Manning years, as HC Steve Forbes seems to be putting his mark on the program. They will come in fired up and a mid February win at Duke would look great on their post season resume.

I don't know what our problem has been playing at home, except I can tell you this:Opposing teams in general no longer have the FEAR FACTOR playing in Cameron vs a coaching legend. In fact they seem to almost EMBRACE IT!! It's circled on their calendars, and they play their tails off!!

The Crazies were awesome vs UVA (our last home game),and nearly willed us to victory. Despite my concerns I believe Duke will rise to the occasion tonite, and Duke will win fairly handily. Coach will have 'em ready, and we're not losing again this year in Cameron! Duke, 96-82. OFC

 

[JimboSlice00]

78-74 Duke

 

[skysdad]

Duke 82
Wake 74
OFC

 

[Devilinside]

Duke 82
Wake 84
OFC

That must be a typo. OFC

 

[hart2chesson]

Duke 82
Wake 84
OFC

Can't believe Sky betrayed K-ville!!!! Horrors,,,, lol

OFC

 

[Duke1783]

Duke wins AND covers

 

[hart2chesson]

Duke 82
Wake 84
OFC

Sad truth is Sky may be right.

OFC

 

[hart2chesson]

Duke wins AND covers

I really think likewise 17....

OFC

 

[Duke1783]

I really think likewise 17....

OFC

I swear our fans are traumatized. As if every team we play is an NBA team

 

[Quavarius]

Duke 77
Wake 65

 

[The Only Blue]

Stay out of foul trouble and rebound. Wendell has been playing better and hopefully he continues it.

Duke 78
WF 71

 

[denverexpat]

Used to be Cameron Indoor was a fortress and losses were rare. Lately teams dont seem intimidated anymore. This one will be close. If our guards show up with a better game we win, if not the result could be in jeopardy

 

[Liftee]

Hart and Sky, I know you are doing a reverse jinx. I hope you don't put money on your prediction.

 

[skysdad]

That must be a typo. OFC

Oops. Big time mess up. Big fingers. LOL Fixed it.
OFC

 

[skysdad]

Hart and Sky, I know you are doing a reverse jinx. I hope you don't put money on your prediction.

Messed up. Big fingers. Fixed it. OFC

 

[skysdad]

Sad truth is Sky may be right.

OFC

I messed up. Big fingers. Corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out. OFC

 

[Quavarius]

Used to be Cameron Indoor was a fortress and losses were rare. Lately teams dont seem intimidated anymore. This one will be close. If our guards show up with a better game we win, if not the result could be in jeopardy

This team seem to play well away from Cameron (minus OSU and FSU, games we *should* have won) which bode well for post season play. Just saying

 

[K-oach Q]

Really not loving Paolo game…two threes and a long two and none of them are even close. He also has a turnover…

He wants to be a perimeter player and he isn’t even close to one. Saying he’s playing poorly over the past few weeks is being kind.

 

[The Only Blue]

We keep on shooting outside shots.

 

[The Only Blue]

Ok. As soon as I said it, and 1 with Moore and a dunk with Williams

 

[K-oach Q]

We have scored on all but one possession since Paolo went to the bench with his second foul.

 

[AlanInNJ]

Wishing we had kept the hammer down, but still a good first half overall. WF is a solid team. If we maintain our confidence we win this one going away by 18. I also am not a fan of Banchero jacking up threes. I still don't understand why they don't post him up down lower. But what do I know?

 

[denverexpat]

We had 9 possessions in a row where we took outside jump shots without a look in the paint...we went 0-9. Once we went inside we scored more regularly. Got greedy at the end of the half and lost some of the lead. If we learn the lessons of the first half we win by 10+

 

[christophero]

Duke up 17 over a good Wake team. Ill take it. Coach K not feeling well so Scheyer to coach. Hope he is okay.

 

[K-oach Q]

If we want to win we need to sit Paolo

 

[KDSTONE]

Duke up 17 over a good Wake team. Ill take it. Coach K not feeling well so Scheyer to coach. Hope he is okay.

Down to four now. Everyone plan their freak outs accordingly

 

[GhostOf301]

Tonight. Duke is better without Banchero. I blind man can see that.

 

[K-oach Q]

Scheyer has game pressure now…guess we will see what kind of decisions he makes.
Benching Paolo would be my first one…

 

[Duke1783]

Tonight. Duke is better without Banchero. I blind man can see that.

You’re right. He sucks tonight

 

[K-oach Q]

You’re right. He sucks tonight

He has sucked for weeks now

 

[DukeCorey21]

Unbelievable, the inconsistency in this team. Up 19 in the second half to this.

 

[Duke1783]

He has sucked for weeks now

I can’t argue that lol

 

[K-oach Q]

Glad to see Moore in that little scrum…we need somebody to show some kind of toughness and not back away.

 

[christophero]

Good experience for Jon. Has Banchero been that bad? I'm at Chipotle.

 

[K-oach Q]

Cant believe AJ shot that…we are a really dumb team

 

[K-oach Q]

Our last two possessions are a Paolo three and AJ jacking up a three up 7 with a ton of secs left on the shot clock

 

[K-oach Q]

We are just stupid