Official Gameday Thread- Duke vs GT

[pisgah101]

Cameron
4:00
ACCN

start of conference play is here quickly with a ridiculous start time on new years eve. I expect to take care of business quickly in this one

duke- 92
GT- 67

 

[2 skerz 3]

Duke 78
GT 60

 

[The Only Blue]

Finally we're back! Expect our usual slow start but win by 15 or so at the end. Hopefully we can get to the way played before our last break.

 

[JimboSlice00]

they will be rusty for a while and GT’s big guy always gives us trouble. Duke should win but the -26.5 is far too rich.

 

[Mac9192]

From here on in, we will see if they learned from the Texas Tech game. Three to four guys need to score double digits every game. If so, GT will get throttled.

 

[JustAfanatic]

We win big but not 27.

Maybe 82-65

 

[sheyduke]

Duke wins .

 

[The Only Blue]

Cayden starting today. Let's go!!!

Cayden
Foster
Evans
Cameron
Pat

 

[The Only Blue]

Still see we can't make free throws smh

 

[pisgah101]

This is dull

 

[JimboSlice00]

Yeah not good. Just feels like a team without an identity outside of Cam. Jon has a serious issue on his hands with Sarr. I just don’t understand how he can get more than 10 minutes in any game.

Maybe we come out better in the 2nd

 

[The Only Blue]

Yeah not good. Just feels like a team without an identity outside of Cam. Jon has a serious issue on his hands with Sarr. I just don’t understand how he can get more than 10 minutes in any game.

Maybe we come out better in the 2nd

I don't get how Sarr gets this many minutes over Harris.

 

[sheyduke]

I don’t know what happened over the last two weeks but this team looks lagging behind instead of moving forward .

 

[Anon1765948167]

Personally tired of Pat. Lazy on defense and rebounds. Brown needs to stay out of foul trouble so that he can get more of his minutes.

Defense has to be better. I do like scoring is coming from more than just Cameron

 

[DukeCorey21]

No defense at all, come on GT is shooting 68%

 

[denverexpat]

Sarr is a real mystery....was playing Pro in Europe for a good team...but is lost in College ball here...he should be scoring in double digits every game and making more impact...but he looks lost

 

[sheyduke]

No defense at all, come on GT is shooting 68%

At one point they were shooting 71 percent . Duke’s offense either looks like hit a three or try going inside. Where is all this size Duke has helping ? Cayden starting is what I thought would happen after Texas tech but Khamenia and Sarr are not any where ready for this level play at the moment and I get Khamenia is nursing an ankle sprain but this team was picked to finish 15 in the conference .

 

[The Only Blue]

Personally tired of Pat. Lazy on defense and rebounds. Brown needs to stay out of foul trouble so that he can get more of his minutes.

Defense has to be better. I do like scoring is coming from more than just Cameron

For a dude that's almost 7' he plays so soft. They're giving him that mid range shot and he's not taking it. Can he not make anything that's not a couple feet away from the rim?

 

[JimboSlice00]

First 4 minutes will tell us a lot.

 

[Anon1765948167]

Would have thought Texas tech game would have been a wake up call to tighten up on defense but obviously not. Will see what this team is made of in the second half.
Do appreciate that foster and Evans were more aggressive offensively. Need more of that. I do think Cayden is the right call for starting the rest of the season since sarr isn’t ready. Do like nik a lot though.

 

[pisgah101]

We always play bad after layoffs so that’s the only thing giving me any sort of comfort… but this is kind of embarrassing

 

[sheyduke]

Almost two turn overs in the first minute of the second not what anyone expected. I just don’t know if it’s the time off but this isn’t the defense we saw before Texas tech .

 

[denverexpat]

Our lack of consistent outside shooting this year is once again our Achilles heel...same issue as the past few years.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Man Evans is going to need to play the entire rest of this game because Sarr has no business in a game like this. Please Jon, get the kid out of the game.

 

[pisgah101]

Man Evans is going to need to play the entire rest of this game because Sarr has no business in a game like this. Please Jon, get the kid out of the game.

I’m not exactly sure what either of them do unfortunately. Evans might be the biggest disappointment I’ve had

 

[denverexpat]

That possession was a microcosm of our issue....5 shots and needed a rebound put back to score

 

[JimboSlice00]

I’m not exactly sure what either of them do unfortunately. Evans might be the biggest disappointment I’ve had

I don’t disagree but look at what just happened. Get a little momentum and everything dies when Sarr logs minutes.

it’s absolutely INFURIATING!

 

[denverexpat]

9-32 from 3 but hey....keep shooting them!

 

[The Only Blue]

Am I missing something with Harris? We can't make three's but he's one of our best shooters and sits on the bench. We keep playing Sarr and Nik.

 

[dukesince91]

My biggest disappointment is taking so many 3’s. If they’re not going in, quit shooting them. Sarr has had plenty of opportunities and hasn’t shown much. Give Harris some of his minutes. Right now we have 6 players that you can count on and Slim is hit and miss.

 

[The Only Blue]

My biggest disappointment is taking so many 3’s. If they’re not going in, quit shooting them. Sarr has had plenty of opportunities and hasn’t shown much. Give Harris some of his minutes. Right now we have 6 players that you can count on and Slim is hit and miss.

If I was Harris I'd be pissed. Second year guy and not getting any playing time. I'm sure he thought in his mind that he would be getting decent minutes this year

 

[JimboSlice00]

A win is a win but my goodness. Happy that Cayden is finally getting his much deserved minutes.

 

[dukesince91]

If I was Harris I'd be pissed. Second year guy and not getting any playing time. I'm sure he thought in his mind that he would be getting decent minutes this year

We won’t see Harris on the roster next year. Sarr is the one that’s killing me. I think he’s auditioning for the NBA and he’s no where close. Some players look like Tarzan in practice, but play like Jane in games.

 

[denverexpat]

Not great execution but somehow rebounded our way to the win....the team has no rhythm on offense...I think I've said that the last 3+ years..we have one goto play...give it to Cam

 

[JimboSlice00]

We won’t see Harris on the roster next year. Sarr is the one that’s killing me. I think he’s auditioning for the NBA and he’s no where close. Some players look like Tarzan in practice, but play like Jane in games.

Haha! In all honesty though, how is he getting minutes? I know I’ve been super vocal about him really all year outside of the Army game but I think it’s time to rip off the band aid, he’s simply not good. I know he’s a D1 player and better than I’ll ever be but I don’t know how anyone, Jon included, can watch him on the floor and justify anymore than 8-10 minutes.

 

[Mac9192]

If you’d have told me that all five starters would score at least 10 points, I’d have bet we would win big. You’re almost guaranteed to keep the game close though when the other team shoots 68% in the first half, and you only hit 9 of 32 three’s for the game.

We might have lost had Jon not threw some wrinkles at them on defense. And I’m gonna say this, which might upset some natives. GT took 13 free throws, Duke took 35. Was that because of our size, being in Cameron, or both?

 

[sheyduke]

I’m not sure at this point right now that Big Pat should be starting over Brown, Sarr should be coming off the bench behind Harris. Harris got in and grabbed a rebound but Duke barely had any bench points . Evans will always be hounded . No opponent wants him to get hot from three. If Cayden keeps doing what he’s done the last two games that opens up things for Foster but the SF spot is not strong at the moment .

 

[sheyduke]

If you’d have told me that all five starters would score at least 10 points, I’d have bet we would win big. You’re almost guaranteed to keep the game close though when the other team shoots 68% in the first half, and you only hit 9 of 32 three’s for the game.

We might have lost had Jon not threw some wrinkles at them on defense. And I’m gonna say this, which might upset some natives. GT took 13 free throws, Duke took 35. Was that because of our size, being in Cameron, or both?

Duke attacked more and we actually started playing defense . That’s why Georgia techs coach wasn’t to upset about the foul calls but more that his players were getting caught doing them .

 

[Mac9192]

Duke attacked more and we actually started playing defense . That’s why Georgia techs coach wasn’t to upset about the foul calls but more that his players were getting caught doing them .

I’m not saying we didn’t attack. But we shot 14 more three’s than Tech. If this game was in Atlanta, I find it hard to believe we shoot 22 more free throws than GT.

 

[bengal4life]

If this team doesn’t improve will not win acc