I guess I shouldn't be shocked that so many here don't see something wrong with the college landscape with all that's going on. Instead it's "they got the players and we didn't".
Duke is cooking while Pope travels to Israel
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They used a loophole for nonconference ACC games. ESPN had it as headline news. To me someone from ESPN/abc should be fired……..
Is it a loophole when the agreement is "Duke will play all conference games on ESPN" and this is a non-conference game?
Or is that just smart business?
Duke is cooking with GREASE, as is Florida. We're Indiana, minus the natty in football
For the foreseeable future they will be unfortunately. Maybe after next season with a new AD and the hires he he brings in
Scheyer also reached a Final Four that season. I would have gladly reached a Final Four instead of winning a regular season game.
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There is only 1 ball and a lot guys that think they are the guy at Duke. That team looks like recipe for disaster to me. The way they have been stacking rosters the last 10 years, you'd expect them to have been on a UCLA 70's run.
Lol it was just a joke. But since you think there's no Muslims in Israel I guess jokes is on you?? There's tons of Muslims over there if that's what you meant by your reply.
This is not noteworthy or anything new. Duke has been better than Kentucky for a decade or longer now. The only thing we can come close to hanging our hat on is that we beat them head to head in 2024. They have destroyed us in tournament success getting to three final fours to our zero, they have destroyed us in recruiting, they have won 3 out of the last 4 times in the last decade and they have crushed us eight out of the last ten times we have played each other. The only thing we can say that we have done better than Duke is winning the last head-to-head matchup. Other than that its very clear they are the dominant school currently and have been for the last decade.
Yes! It is not Scheyer. It is a well oiled machine setup for any coach to succeed at this point.
Well, one is taking advantage of it and the other is the laughing stock of college basketball because he doesn't know what the h3ll he is doing.
Duke, with all their talent, haven’t won a NCAA Men’s basketball Championship since 2015.
Which would mean they are still over there. 20% of the population would indeed be a minority but also a whole lot of people so idk what you're trying to say.
No, MegaBlue05 is correct, Duke has as much $$$ as they need to do whatever they want, everyone else is just a spectator to their decadence.Make ours look poor?? I thought everyone was screaming that we spent more than anyone last year??? Is this still not the talking point???
So it was all a lie and we didn’t spend double of everyone else??? I have a friend asking is why I’m trying to find out.
Duke is gearing up to waste more talent than John Calipari and Dean Smith combined.
I hope so, but even Cal won a ship, so I am confident that Schyer will get one soon
Now...now ...you'll disrupt all the whining by putting facts in this post.
That was also that last time a freshman won Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
Pope is a good guy but he’s just not UK material. He would do really good at a small school somewhere but he doesn’t have what it takes here. Poor guy can’t recruit at a level to be elite, he has a hard time with the media, etc. it’s just not a good fit.
Remember when we were getting the top picks and Duke was making the most out of their 3 and 4 stars guys during Cals first few years? Good times
He's literally mid major to his bones. From the back cut offense, to the 40 3s a game approach, to the corny awful recruiting approach.
And they'll win one sooner than us again because they've embraced the modern era. Amazon has unlimited money. That deal is incredible
They’ve had the opportunity, the money and the recruits yet still nothing since 2015.
Charlie Neiman is a senior Amazon executive who serves as Head of Sports Partnerships at Amazon’s Prime Video, where he leads major sports media deals and streaming strategy.
He is also a Duke University alumnus, making him part of the group of Duke graduates working in influential roles at Amazon.
He is also a Duke University alumnus, making him part of the group of Duke graduates working in influential roles at Amazon.
Pope sucks at recruiting yes, however, Nike funnels kids to Duke, they've been doing it for years. Notice how right after 2015 or 16 that Duke started getting players rated higher than Calipari at Kentucky, they ate first before us, Phil knight made sure of it because Calipari refused to play in the Phil Knight invitational tournament. Opposing coaches also used the 2015 platoon thing against Calipari, telling players they wouldn't get their minutes & would be recruited over.
The people that run ESPN are Duke alums I've been told.
Calipari wastes talent because of his in game coaching & Scheyer wastes it because of his end of the game coaching
Your point falls flat when considering Pope has played the two most difficult rated schedules in school history his first two years. I have no problem with lightening the ooc slate as long as the SEC is as good it has been the last couple seasons.
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Same can be said about UK? I'm pretty sure many coaches could have a very successful season when given $22M to buy a team. The fact that Pope didn't is an indictment on him.