Official game day thread- Duke vs TTU

[pisgah101]

NYC
8:00
ESPN

been looking forward to this one! Nice to have another ranked team to take on before the first of the year. Of course I expect a win!

Duke-89
TTU- 72

 

[The Only Blue]

Play smart, limit turnover, rebound and pound the ball inside. Toppin is going to be their tallest player and I'm assuming he'll be on Pat. That means Cam will be covered by a dude that's 6'6.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Evans is going to drop 25 today. I feel it in my bones! Let’s go Duke!

 

[JustAfanatic]

Duke 80
TTU 73

Toppin will get points, we can’t let Anderson go off. He’s a good player….

 

[christophero]

We play well at MSG and they have some injuries. Duke by 9. Stay healthy we've been lucky so far.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Yeah their one big guy is out. Looking at their lineup, they only go 6 deep and their biggest guy is Toppin at 6’9. Start two others that are 6’1 and 6’2 so Duke will have a significant height advantage. Didn’t realize that.

 

[The Only Blue]

Yeah their one big guy is out. Looking at their lineup, they only go 6 deep and their biggest guy is Toppin at 6’9. Start two others that are 6’1 and 6’2 so Duke will have a significant height advantage. Didn’t realize that.

Wonder how we'll guard Toppin. Pat might be a tad slow and don't want Cam picking up fouls. Might be a type of game for Maliq.

 

[dukesince91]

I like Pisgah’s pick. I think we throttle them. Duke 87-70. Cam with a huge game!

 

[sheyduke]

I’m going to say Duke but their guards are the type Duke’s back court has always struggled with . Limit the turnovers and Duke should win . Don’t and let Anderson and Pettis score at will and it will be a long night . Toppin will be on Boozer if they are smart .

 

[The Only Blue]

I’m going to say Duke but their guards are the type Duke’s back court has always struggled with . Limit the turnovers and Duke should win . Don’t and let Anderson and Pettis score at will and it will be a long night . Toppin will be on Boozer if they are smart .

I don't know if they want toppin on Boozer because they can't afford him picking up fouls. Also that would put someone that's around 6'6 on Pat. We'll see in a couple hours.

 

[Mac9192]

We need at least 4 guys in double figures,

 

[Dad2ze]

This will be like a home game for Duke.

Duke - 73
TTU - 62

 

[JimboSlice00]

I don't know if they want toppin on Boozer because they can't afford him picking up fouls. Also that would put someone that's around 6'6 on Pat. We'll see in a couple hours.

Let’s hope they put a 6’6 guy in Pat….

 

[Kingbluedevil]

Hopefully we don’t turn it over to start the game. Duke has had success at MSG so looking for big night.

 

[The Only Blue]

So much for the fast start

 

[sheyduke]

Who was Boozer throwing the ball to?

 

[sheyduke]

I don't know if they want toppin on Boozer because they can't afford him picking up fouls. Also that would put someone that's around 6'6 on Pat. We'll see in a couple hours.

Pat isn’t the scorer Boozer is. I also keep saying Pettis but it’s petty . Got to hit shots .

 

[JimboSlice00]

Just need to settle in. We are fine/

 

[christophero]

Dame gonna keep driving like Charlie Brown trying to kick that football.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Attack Toppin. Get his third.

 

[christophero]

Limiting Evans 3's is clearly a priority for TT.

 

[The Only Blue]

What was crock of call

 

[JustAfanatic]

Sarr is so good

 

[JimboSlice00]

What was crock of call

Terrible. Toppin getting his third absolutely changed the entire game.

I thought Duke got all the calls? Ridiculous

 

[DukeFromNYC33]

I like Harris playing the Evans role of last year.

 

[sheyduke]

That second tech was bull but Duke has got to keep up the defense and scoring .

 

[JimboSlice00]

Should be a 15 point game easily. Attack Toppin and stop their one “big” from those back down easy layups.

no reason this isn’t a comfortable lead halfway through the second half. Finish strong fellas and FEED BOOZ!!

 

[The Only Blue]

Can we please just have a decent start to the half?

 

[christophero]

We good.

 

[sheyduke]

We good.

Chris has spoken !

 

[MrScary13]

What was crock of call

Literally one of the worst phucking calls I've ever seen.....

 

[The Only Blue]

Man I don't like how we can't pull away.

 

[JimboSlice00]

This size advantage and we keep shooting threes. Like cmon, very basic game planning here.

Booz needs to touch the ball on the block every single time

 

[The Only Blue]

No kill shot smh

 

[Mac9192]

Jon should be beside himself. No way should this be as close as it is. Two of their starters have fouled out, they have three out injured, and this is a close game?

 

[Bleediteveryday83]

10 missed free throws, taking bad shots, fouling 3-point shooters, etc. We should be up 15+. If we lose this game, it would be a HUGE embarrassment. Need to play through our bigs.

 

[dukesince91]

Man I like Foster, but it seems like every game he makes a bonehead mistake. When he fouled and gave up the 4 point play, it seemed like momentum swung and made it a game.

 

[Bleediteveryday83]

We good.

Not quite.

 

[The Only Blue]

What are we doing man? We keep shooting three's.

 

[christophero]

Ruh roh Shaggy.