Official game day thread- Duke vs UVA

[pisgah101]

John Paul jones
espn
8:00

Duke heads north to play the feared defense of the Whooo cavaliers of Virginia.. jk they kinda suck this year, they are 13-12 and gotten blowout by every good team they’ve played. I expect the same

Duke-88
UVA-60

 

[christophero]

Duke by 20. TJ Power shoots 5 airballs and quits to play baseball

 

[Kingbluedevil]

TJ Power sounds like a baseball player and I think Duke wins by 25. Kon has big game it's his turn been quiet few games

 

[christophero]

He is supossedly a good baseball player.

 

[The Only Blue]

Tyrese shuts down McNeely and we win. I'll repeat what I said on the Stanford game day thread...Would like to see Kon and Evans get on track.

 

[christophero]

I wonder how much better they would be with Bennett.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Duke. But UVA has been a top-ten offense in their last 5 games, according to Bart Torvick. So, we need to make sure our 3-point defense travels because they shoot a ton of jumpers from beyond the arc. They also went from 140 to 103 in Ken Pom in the last month. It should be an easy win, but you never know in a place we traditionally struggle to play well in.

 

[sheyduke]

Duke

 

[JimboSlice00]

Duke 77
UVA 67

 

[The Only Blue]

Tyrese shuts down McNeely and we win. I'll repeat what I said on the Stanford game day thread...Would like to see Kon and Evans get on track.

Also would like to see us up a bunch and Harris gets some burn because it's sort of his homecoming since he played at PVI

 

[Mac9192]

We really need to be dialed in tonight, and moving forward. Don't need to sweat this one out either.

 

[bullcity gamer]

Hope to witness Continued Improvement with Defensive Rebounding, 3 Point Defense, Ball Movement, Post Production on the Offensive End, and Scoring Output from Foster/Evans/Harris

Let’s Go Duke

 

[Dad2ze]

Duke should win by a lot. Coop and Kon with big games. Caleb with 6 or 8. Evans needs to see some minutes tonight especially if Duke is up big late.

Duke - 97
UVa - 57

 

[christophero]

Duke up 37-25. I have a tasty chicken avocado sandwich from Panera Bread. Evans en fuego with 9 points already.

 

[The Only Blue]

Who's that old dude acting like a child and getting thrown out? What a dumb ***

 

[denverexpat]

You can see UVA wants to take Evans to the basket every time on our defensive end. He will need to hit the weight room off-season. He's done well offensively though.

 

[t-towndomer]

Duke up 37-25. I have a tasty chicken avocado sandwich from Panera Bread. Evans en fuego with 9 points already.

And Coors light, right? ........Right?!?

 

[christophero]

No TJ Power yet.

 

[christophero]

And Coors light, right? ........Right?!?

Nah I have to get up early tomorrow.

 

[The Only Blue]

Damn. Hope Maliq good

 

[JimboSlice00]

What in the world happened to him? Looked like the ball just hit his arm?

 

[The Only Blue]

Did it just pop out?

 

[christophero]

Hope the young man is okay. We are much better with Maliq. What happened I am not watching. DBR is guessing separated shoulder.

 

[dukesince91]

Possible bicep injury where it attaches to shoulder area. Just a guess.

 

[christophero]

Damn.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

We lose him, and there is no chance we'll win a title.

 

[christophero]

We lose him, and there is no chance we'll win a title.

Hey I'm supposed to be the Debbie downer here. It does hurt our chances if he is out for long; and it's late in the season. But still a chance.

 

[dukesince91]

I’m hoping shoulder separation at worse. Please no torn bicep.

 

[bullcity gamer]

Who's that old dude acting like a child and getting thrown out? What a dumb ***

Has to be a kentucky fan disguised as a Virginia fan, seems like something uk fans would do

 

[christophero]

43-29 Duke but Maliq's health is far more important.

 

[bullcity gamer]

it looked like his arm popped out of its socket. Hopefully it can just be popped back in. No need for Brown to play the 2nd half tonight; give Ngongba Brown's minutes for the remainder of tonight's game.

 

[christophero]

That happened with Sion and he was back next game. Fingers crossed. Gillis will play more; his stats have gone down since Brown came back.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Hey I'm supposed to be the Debbie downer here. It does hurt our chances if he is out for long; and it's late in the season. But still a chance.

I expect the worst anymore. I've been burned too many times.

 

[christophero]

TJ's either injured or out of the rotation. I thought the goal of transferring was to play more, not less. 20 point Duke lead!

 

[christophero]

I miss the good old days when I actually knew the names of other team's coaches.

 

[bullcity gamer]

Don't know what the commentators were seeing, Flagg absolutely got fouled on the steal/dunk attempt. He got hit across the face.

 

[christophero]

Maliq is on the bench in a sling.

 

[bullcity gamer]

Hoping for the best with Brown!

Ngongba is coming around nicely. He is moving a lot better than he was a month ago and is a threat offensively for Duke.

Brown is the Better Defender and Ngongba is the Better Offensive Player.

Come on Gillis and Foster, make the most of your minutes and continue improving!

 

[christophero]

Pat is a wide body which we will need at some point.
Evans with 15 off the bench.

 

[bullcity gamer]

I am glad Evans is letting it fly! He can really shoot it. A lot of us fans after the game at Louisville were encouraging him to continue shooting the ball. Love the energy Slim plays with!