***DUKE VS NC STATE OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***

[acc hoops]

Wish Coach would play Vrankovic, White, Robinson, Goldwire and Alex.
Bench the whole first team for 4-5 minutes.
With all of the talent Duke has it is embarrassing they let State back into this game and let them have a lead at the half.
Worst half of the year for Duke.

 

[Jnood]

Grayson really is a ****** defender!

 

[Jnood]

Mugged!

 

[K-oach Q]

We are in trouble...

 

[tclark6]

Here comes NC State!

 

[dukiejay]

We could get run out of the building here.

 

[DukeCorey21]

This is how Duke plays at State every year

 

[JohnstonCDevil]

Well, I thought we would come out with a purpose??????
OFC

 

[hallside]

Lol what is going on

 

[DukeDenver]

Fack

 

[LetsGoDuke301]

Pathetic.

 

[chov1125]

We are going to get control of this but this will be a dog fight from here on out. They weren’t confident early in the game, now they are.

 

[dukiejay]

Four possessions this half for State and four layups....with two of them being dunks.

 

[sheyduke]

Well atleast they aren’t hitting 3’s.

So will we go to sleep for every unranked team in the ACC?

 

[Showenuff]

We are gonna win. Stfu, all of ya. LOL

 

[LONMUNU]

I’m sorry we can’t keep getting absolutely nothing from the bench. Granted they actually have to play. As good as they are 5 is not enough.

 

[GTHC_ GTH!]

An 11 point lead and then stopped going inside. Taking bad shots. Terrible turnovers. Oh and no defense of course

 

[wormyone42]

No intensity whatsoever. Pathetic

 

[VaBlueDevil33]

Embarrassing

All we have to do is play decent defense with all the offensive firepower we have....and hell we can't do that

 

[DukeCorey21]

Playing to the competition, always.

 

[DukeDenver]

That’s it, I’m grabbing the 18 year. Going to the late service tomorrow.

 

[K-oach Q]

Only so long you can blame players for bad defensive teams year after year...until the philosophy changes on what they teach....this is the norm....there may be an outlier here or there over the course of some years...but this is mostly what we see over and over again...even when all the players change...

 

[chov1125]

Let’s remember we have the most skilled offense in the country by a mile. 2’s won’t kill us, if they are start raining 3’s then I’ll panic

 

[dukesince91]

I think it is close; we will be down one at half time and meltdowns will ensue on the boards. We pull away for a 7 point victory. Hopefully I'm wrong and we will blow them out. O'Connell hits 3 threes and gives us a boost, as does a healthy Javin. (Gives us a boost; not hits 3 threes.) It will be big to get our first road ACC win with a young team.

Spot on with the first sentence.

 

[sheyduke]

Wish Coach would play Vrankovic, White, Robinson, Goldwire and Alex.
Bench the whole first team for 4-5 minutes.
With all of the talent Duke has it is embarrassing they let State back into this game and let them have a lead at the half.
Worst half of the year for Duke.

Would they score? We have no depth and no scoring from the bench

 

[dukesince91]

Only so long you can blame players for bad defensive teams year after year...until the philosophy changes on what they teach....this is the norm....there may be an outlier here or there over the course of some years...but this is mostly what we see over and over again...even when all the players change...

That horse has been dead a long time.

 

[K-oach Q]

If we played UVA’s defense This team would never lose...we score way to much

 

[DukeCorey21]

Just not a great team until they fix the defense.

 

[hallside]

No matter what, this defense is unacceptable. We are Duke. I don’t care if you’re a freshman. Play better.

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

I'm going to go for my walk. Whenever I do this and Duke is losing, when I come back we have a lead. You can thank me later.

I’m waiting for a buddy of mine to tag me on Facebook. Every time he’s tagged me on Facebook when we were losing this season, we’ve went on to win the game

 

[GARY4plus3]

Everybody on the court just trotting around, going through the motions! Let's go men, show some damn pride!

 

[Jnood]

How do we keep losing the giant guy that's killing us, 1 inch from the rim?

 

[DukeCorey21]

State is shooting over 50%, norm for Duke’s defense.

 

[dukesince91]

Everybody on the court just trotting around, going through the motions! Let's go men, show some damn pride!

^This!
I think this is our biggest problem tonight.

 

[LONMUNU]

We are so bad at defense at times.

 

[germantondevil]

No matter what, this defense is unacceptable. We are Duke. I don’t care if you’re a freshman. Play better.

unfortunately OADs don’t buy into defense. It’s about numbers and draft stock

 

[GTHC_ GTH!]

I know the defense is going to bad. But the turnovers can’t happen. Nothing from Grayson

 

[BOOGIEMAN1914]

C mon guys!!!!....let's go!!!!

 

[Jnood]

I've lost all joy in my life.

 

[chov1125]

Everybody on the court just trotting around, going through the motions! Let's go men, show some damn pride!

This is spot on. There is no edge. The natty team had a bulldog mentality, haven’t seen that yet from this team on defense.