Duke might win without their starting PG

FatCatMan

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Duke was without two starters is what they just said. I dont follow duke well enough to even know the two players by name, but I believe the broadcaster.

Good coaching and lots of talent overcomes alot.

Bad coaching and not much talent to start with, doesnt overcome much.
I wonder who’s at fault for the bad coaching and for the poor talent?
 

CatPride1964

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Their big is likely returning for the first round. They need foster to win it all but that other boozer kid is no slouch. They won the entire tournament without 2 starters. Stop the coping
 

Kingslayer07

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Duke just won the acc tournament without TWO starters. And their bench is ***! They will get the big guy back Ngomba back for the tournament. Foster probably not. Duke is absolutely running circles around our program and it's absolutely embarrassing!!!
 

TALtruthatlast

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Duke just beat the 10th ranked team while winning the ACC title all without their starting PG while we get to watch our former coach play for the SEC title from home. You’re coping.
Actually Duke is missing two starters. This is the 3rd ACC Tournament Title in 4 seasons for Scheyer.
 
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kyhankypanky

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Boozer is just as good as Foster, or close enough. Our issue was Acaden leaving. We should have signed a senior point guard out of the portal for a year and we would have kept Lewis. That was the plan. But Mark whiffed on them.
Imagine if Pope had signed an elite senior PG keeping Lewis is the process. Had given the PG JQ’s $.

Imagine if he had let Garrison go and brought in an improvement at around the same $ (foreign guy at UW that was rumored to like us, for instance).

Imagine if we had gotten a high quality stretch 4 (one who can shoot 3’s)with Mo D’s $.

Imagine if we better talent evaluators and brought in a better Euro than Jelly.

We had the chance right there to add 5 strong guys to a nucleus of OO and Aberdeen. Chandler and Moreno as 8th and 9th men feels a little different.

Big whiffs on player evaluation as much as anything ruined this season.
 
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Bluegrass79

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To me any thread on this forum that ain't got nothing to do with Kentucky should be deleted.

I don't want to see post like this.
I don't want to hear about Duke.
I don't give a damn about duke.
 

UKCowboys

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So duke may win the ACC tournament without their starting point gaurd.

Just saying .... no excuses or what?

And yes I hate duke and I can openly admit I am jealous.

Jealous duke lucked into a good hire, uconn lucked Into a good hire, Florida, Michigan... hell even UNC hired basically a newbie and went to a final four. Self probably retires this year and KU makes a home run hire.


I want to believe, I want to believe all of Popes woes are due to injuries 2 years in a row.

But dukes about to win their tournament without their starting point gaurd. And Michigan is the title favorite in year two of Dusty May.

*** for the doofus, this is a thread that doubles as a jinx thread, but the jinx is ruined because i have to explain that to some of you.***
When they lose two another starter and top guy off the bench and win it, give me a call
 

Skyguyb27

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How about Point guard and highest rated NBA talent. So to be more apples to apples they would have to lose their point guard and Cam Boozer and still win it.
Your comparing JQ to Boozer and want to be taken seriously? JQ’s stock was sinking faster than an Iranian navy boat before he had “swelling”. Just the other day half the board was saying they don’t want him back at this point in the season. Also, they had 2 starters out.