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    It would've help if D. Thornton Redshirted with us!

    Anyone even know what's going on with Thornton's transfer? We're now more than 2 full months since the announcement, and about a month out from when he started taking visits. This definitely is not moving as quickly as normal transfers.
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    Who will Redshirt? Yes, it's early...

    With Chase, I would not be surprised to see a pre-Christmas transfer if he's not getting substantial minutes and/or for him to reevaluate his options if he's not clearly in line to start as a Jr. -- e.g., if we get commitments from both Bamba and Carter. I think Chase is going to become a very...
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    Greensboro NCAA Tourney Tickets on Sale - NOW

    Yes, if we can play up to our potential, have to love that path. The combo of Greensboro and MSG would be an ideal path for Duke. Hopefully we can take care of business with this roster to get the #1 overall.
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    KY underachievers

    UK still has the raw talent to be very good. But, they are literally only returning two consistent rotation players from last year's team (Briscoe, Willis) -- and really only 1 returning guy (Briscoe) who has the talent-level to be much more than a nice backup at a high-level program. For a...
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    Duke Class is

    I agree we lost that game on defense. But, I think the shift in strategy was made not just b/c Wililams was absolutely lighting us up; but because Kyle Singler had gotten himself in foul trouble trying to defend him one-on-one. Kyle was really the only person on our entire roster who had...
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    Duke Class is

    I agree with that. In retrospect, it's easy to second guess the decision. But, at the time -- Duke was looking at a field that had a number of teams that seemed flat-out better than Duke, including KU, OSU, and a couple others. I think K rightly felt that Duke's only chance to seriously...
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    Duke Class is

    I actually attended that 99-78 game. Could we have beaten Maryland? Absolutely. Do I think we were better than Maryland? Eh. It was pretty close. I think Maryland was a better overall team that year; whereas we were the flashier team with better headliner talent. As we saw against IU, I...
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    Duke Class is

    I generally don't thing it's good form to rip kids for making a collegiate decision -- and, frankly, I don't really remember Barnes being subjected to that kind of vitriol. While admittedly that may have partly had to do with the fact that Barnes predate the real rise of social media like...
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    Duke Class is

    While Bolden was not a must have, his size does allow us to match up, as needed, against bigger teams and minimize the impact of any short or long-term frontcourt injuries. Pre-Bolden, the one thing that did concern me about our roster was that, like last-year, we were one frontcourt injury...
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    Better pg at duke: jay Williams or bobby Hurley

    Agreed. But again, that's an argument for why J-Williams isn't Laettner -- not really an argument for Hurley. If Laettner doesn't literally make every shot against UK and drill that turnaround jumper at the buzzer, there is no back-to-back in 91-92. J-Will's analogue on the 91-92 team in...
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    Bolden announcement tomorrow?

    (1) As much as we talk about OADs, reality is that, in any given class, there are probably only a handful of kids who are truly locks to be OAD from the day they set foot on campus. For most, NBA draft projections can fluctuate wildly during a season and many highly-ranked freshmen may find...
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    Bolden announcement tomorrow?

    Lol. Not sure there's much of a debate about the relative reputations of the two schools. With that said, I would agree that it does not seem as if Bolden's decision is being driven by USNews rankings. Now, that's not always true. I think there are some elite recruits -- e.g., Jabari Parker...
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    Bolden announcement tomorrow?

    I'd be a bit surprised if he comes here -- but Meyers certainly knows far more than me about this situation and recruiting generally. You never really know with these late-deciders who clearly did not enter this process with any strong favorite -- which is why they're late deciders in the first...
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    Better pg at duke: jay Williams or bobby Hurley

    Love Hurley. As a facilitator / floor general, Hurley clearly gets the edge. But, in terms of who was the better overall player, I think JWill was clearly the better overall player -- and frankly I don't think it's all that close if you look at production. JWill was a much better scorer...
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    Bolden announcement tomorrow?

    Yup, actually 2 or 3 of them aren't playing. There's a lot of talent on this UK squad. But the pieces really don't compliment each other all that well. What made that 14-15 UK squad so difficult was (i) Lyles was a PF who genuinely had SF-level basketball skills (shot 38% from 3 in the NBA as...
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