Duke Game

Marshall fuccin plumlee changed the game.

Quote from: Amaseinyourface2 on January 25, 2015, 04:26:50 PM

Marshall fuccin plumlee changed the game.

Having a second big kills us.   Gonzaga did that in the second half too.   

Obviously the guys played hard, and I thought coach had one of his better games.  The team was prepared and started off well.

Depth continues to hurt us, but no surprise there.  I do think we got tired down the stretch.

Duke is far from a 1 and done tournament team.  They have the best center in the country and three guards who can beat you in Jones, Cook, Sulamon.  And they've already beaten Wisconsin and Louisville.   This duke team is a top 5 team.   Better than gonzga, or at least when we played them.  And better than villanova.

The refs didn't bother me today. 

This was a painful loss.  We'll look back and see this as a good loss, but today it feels like we choked.  Because, well, we did.  We gave it away.
That's not to take anything away from their effort, but we had this game.  We don't know how to win consistently yet, and were a power forward away from having a complete rotation.
 

Its been a brutally called game. No doubt about it but there were points that St Johns took it to Duke. We actually got the benefit of the doubt with the whistles all game long and I usually go to the "Refs screwed us!" well often in a tough loss. De La Rosa once again dodged a clear flagrant foul(Did one vs Zaga), he plays like a goon out there, it's gotta stop.

Duke's a 1 and done team, maybe they get to the field of 32 if they are lucky. Would take a monumental performance by Okafor single handedly or if they are matched up against a smaller team that can't bang inside. St Johns just showed everyone how you beat them, cut the lanes to Okafor off and let the guards try and beat you outside. Cook is a good player but that's about it. Once Okafor gets to touch/dominate the ball, that's when he bails them out. Can't wait to see which mid major draws them this year.

Agree that refs were fine.  Loved JoeyDs foul, simply a good hard foul going for the ball, not nearly a goon play.  a Goon play is when you don't even go for the ball, undercut someone or just level a guy.  THe stare was a little overdone but, hey, send a message..

The Coach K tribute game that was played today has finally ended, I think I have seen enough Coach K montages/highlights every 3 minutes to call it a day. Curse the two ACC teams that beat them that put me through this!

St Johns is a fringe NCAA tourney team, maybe final 4 in if they are lucky. They are severely overmatched in the coaching department, this might be Lavin's last year. This is a senior laden team, no excuses. Unacceptable.

Gave the game right to Duke with sloppy uptempo passing, uncontrolled dribbling and missed open shots. freaking pathetic. So many unforced errors, such undisciplined nonsense and garbage. Can't wait for Lavin to go, this was a game they had. Same with DePaul. Same with Butler. Harrison has been awful this past 1-2 weeks, we lack depth as well. We've got next to nothing coming in after this year, its going to be brutal.

I actually expected much more from this team, what a shame. They might need to run the table to get in come BE Tourney time, and no shot in hell do they have the composure or guts to do that.

DooK thoughts: http://www.bigeastboards.com/

We lost because we have no bench

Lavin's post game comments about this game showing that this team is heading in the right direction infuriate anybody else?

Some former players at the game on both sides. Mullin boys,Felipe. A ton of former Duke players. Mason Plumlee and Lance Thomas were on line in front of me at concession.

Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 25, 2015, 07:52:40 PM

Some former players at the game on both sides. Mullin boys,Felipe. A ton of former Duke players. Mason Plumlee and Lance Thomas were on line in front of me at concession.

Did they all stay for the Iona game?

Iona game should have been played first. Piss poor planning