Official gameday thread- Duke vs Army

[pisgah101]

Cameron Indoor
6:30
espnu

It’s timeeeeeeee. I think every year when I do this first gameday thread I say “this seems to come quicker and quicker each year” and that’s once again true.

you’re number 2 Duke blue devils kick the season off against Army in what should be called the Coach K classic. Army is led by 6’1 senior Ryan Curry (no relation) who last year averaged 13ppg,4rpg, 4.5 assist. The cadets went 11-21 last year including a November loss at home to Duke- 59-114. Kevin Kuwik is entering his fourth season as the army coach with previous stops at Butler amd Ohio State with Thad Matta, for a season Brad Stevens- a few years at both Dayton, Davidson and Ohio. He’s been around the block!

I expect a good hard fought butt whooping from
Start to finish to kick off the season and our quest for 6!

Duke-101
Army-57

 

[sheyduke]

Duke. BB and Pat have a double double . Blackwell hits 3- three’s and Wilkins dunks on someone .

 

[JustAfanatic]

Easy win….

Six in double figure scoring, none with 20.

 

[Mac9192]

Good article in USA Today about Jon and Duke on overcoming March failures. This roster was built to overcome that. We about to find out.

 

[DukeCorey21]

LFG, game day. I’m so ready for the season to start.

 

[JimboSlice00]

Army is picked dead last in the Patriot league so yeah. Hopefully a nice tune up to get into game shape.

 

[The Only Blue]

Finally. Let's go!!!

Also for those that can DVR it, Miami plays Florida at 6. Can see how our competitors look.

 

[AlanInNJ1]

Let's cruise to an easy win with nobody playing more than 25 mins and no injuries.

Any news on Foster?

 

[christophero]

Whatever Army scores we will have double.

 

[The Only Blue]

Let's cruise to an easy win with nobody playing more than 25 mins and no injuries.

Any news on Foster?

Foster played a big against Kansas so unless something bad happened he should be good to go. I'm also seeing that Drewski is available too but that's through Twitter so who knows if true

 

[bullcitygamer]

Let's have a Great 2026-2027 Season Devils Illustrated

LET'S GO DUKE!

 

[The Only Blue]

Foster played a big against Kansas so unless something bad happened he should be good to go. I'm also seeing that Drewski is available too but that's through Twitter so who knows if true

Drewski is available tonight per the official Duke Twitter account

 

[DukeCorey21]

Hopefully the second half the offense will be a little better. Zero 3’s so far

 

[The Only Blue]

Looked so good till the first tv timeout butt then so average

 

[DukeCorey21]

They really struggled in the first half. Coach Scheyer needs to send a message that they can’t live off of the exhibition games.

 

[sheyduke]

Defense was good but the offense got so stagnant . Don’t know if that’s the game plan but somehow you got to get some one scoring . Duke went almost I think 11 minutes without a field goal . That’s unreal especially against army . Don’t know what is being worked on during this game but Duke looks completely different than the team you saw play Tennessee and Kansas. I don’t think Blackwell has a point yet .

 

[Duke Bluu]

Rippey is different. He brings an energy that will require he be on the floor often. And i am not just talking offensively. He has several steals and near steals.

 

[christophero]

Eh we will go on a run.
I'm not getting stressed over Army.

 

[sheyduke]

Eh we will go on a run.
I'm not getting stressed over Army.

I’m not either but you got to admit this does look like the last two seasons start . Defense I get is key but man going 11 minutes against army with out a bucket is kinda crazy . Not to mention hardly any three’s being shot .

 

[DukeCorey21]

Went on a run to begin second half then stopped playing again, down to 14

 

[JustAfanatic]

How long before someone complains about our long bench?

 

[pisgah101]

How long before someone complains about our long bench?

I mean..

 

[sheyduke]

My one pick of this game is game tape . The zone bothered Duke especially Blackwell. I get its army and Duke doesn’t or maybe doesn’t want to throttle them. Learn and play until March .

 

[JimboSlice00]

Still a 34 point win and they didn’t play well. First game of the season and this team is deep. Not a bad night.
Let’s go Western Carolina

 

[The Only Blue]

Hopefully just an off game from 3. Glad to see everyone got decent minutes. Anyone know if anything happened to Drewski? He came in for couple minutes then went out after he scored

 

[christophero]

Drewski following the Christian Reeves model of scoring and being benched the rest of the game. Hope he's healthy.

 

[sheyduke]

Hopefully just an off game from 3. Glad to see everyone got decent minutes. Anyone know if anything happened to Drewski? He came in for couple minutes then went out after he scored

Think there wasn’t any real reason for him to play or risk anything with him. He came in and played solid for missing the preseason now get him into game shape .

 

[Mac9192]

It’s kind of hard to want to curb stomp kids that serve our country. This is going to be a unique year. We’re used to basically a set rotation, built around a phenom. Not this team. We have four guards that would play at least 30 minutes a game if they were almost anywhere else.

 

[sheyduke]

It’s kind of hard to want to curb stomp kids that serve our country. This is going to be a unique year. We’re used to basically a set rotation, built around a phenom. Not this team. We have four guards that would play at least 30 minutes a game if they were almost anywhere else.

Yeah I get that about army , however Scheyer is going to have to run some offensive sets for this team . Especially for shooters to get open and free up the bigs inside . I bet they are working on zone in practice today because it really affected Blackwell’s ability to get open from the arch. Long season lots of growing for this team .

am I the only one that thinks Meyers reminds me of the kid in Adam Sandlers eight crazy nights ?