AHHH! they needed that basket
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hwo the **** do you blow a 3 on 1
that would have sealed it
**** those ****s
f u tsopComment -
I don't know why St John didn't press Duke all game???Comment -
I give up.Comment -
will they cover, won't they cover (Duke).. this game is exciting as of now
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I'm praying!Comment -
st john backers look like they're gonna cash!
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13.5 is so many points at home for a 70% winning team (at home)
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****, just accept the loss! lolComment -
Note to self...STOP TAKING MID TO LOW RANKED TEAMS ON ROAD FAVORED. PERIOD.
**** duke and **** xavier.Comment -
Duke needs 2 to cover!!
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Wow, what a horrible charging call by the refs... Unbelievable how they call charges every dam time. Let em play you numbnuts. We're not watching the game to see you and your dam whistle.Comment -
shouldnt matter
if stjohns cant cover this than i retireComment -
i didn't expect these many fouls with only 36 secs left.. st johns covers..
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Did I mention that I give up?Comment -
Duke missed a bunch of free throws down the stretch as well. I don't see Duke making a huge run in the tourney. They are soft and really can't take pressure.
There folding up the tent right now at the end of the game.Comment -
most overrated team in ncaa year after year
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Hilarious game and thread. Nice call. Superior handicapping of course.Comment -
congrats ryan!Comment -
Let's cash this biach...
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Nice call St Johns backers!!
Took a shot and it bit me in the ass
Oh well.. small play on it only.
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If I knew coach K was going to throw the game I would have been on St Johns. Never witnesses something like that from coach K, telling his players to stop playing at the 7 minute mark. They weren't even looking to score.Comment -
Duke wins by 7...Originally posted by unde0087
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Ya, everyone who had Duke got ****ed. Duke stopped running their offense with 7 minutes to go. The closest St Johns had it when Duke wasn't stalling was 14Comment -
Archie, has some nice insight and some success as of late. Keep it up.Comment -
St Johns had 4 players foul out & Duke still couldnt cover
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thats why I didn't play this game
duke basketball is to get a big lead and then hold the ball for the entire shotclock getting off a poor shot starting under the 10 minute mark in the 2h
thats why when a team can keep it close until that point they can beat duke and pull away.
What you saw tonight was the definition of duke basketball... (pisses me off so much to watch them play)Comment -
Originally posted by Fiasco
it was ridiculous to make any sort of conference comparison based on this game.... and based on duke winning big.
but now that St. John's easily covered, what can we gather from this game? Prob not much of anything
but how many real big east teams have failed to beat SJU by 10 at least?
2,3? total....but none of them were REAL teams....
Heck even cincy beat em by 11 recently...
duke is weak, i'm not sure how strong the ACC is yet.... but I've felt Duke was over-rated since day 1
and remember EVERY SINGLE PLAYER ON SJU'S tonight is a soph or younger...
plus they have Anthony Mason Jr returning next year, and I think they have a top ten recruit from ny..stevenson?
they've been getting experience for 2 years now, come next year they will be a top 4 team in the Big EastComment -
if the refs called this game the way most home big east games go.... sju might win this
but they clearly had a duke bias, that's to be expected I guess
if this game is against a mediocre to below avg team, that can shoot the 3 ball..... Duke loses, with the defense and effort they displayedComment -
I give you credit for a cover Archie, but to say that St Johns made this great comeback to cover.....I don't buy it for one second. If Duke continued to look to score they win double digits easy. Difference here is Duke took their foot off the gas with 7 to play when other teams haven't.Comment -
Experience is over rated IMO in BBall. I'd rather have one and done studs than 5th year seniors. Duke doesn't have enough scorers. Any team with a couple of good defenders will give Duke trouble. Henderson and Sigler are the guys to shut down and there history.Comment -
Originally posted by unde0087
all of the above, should be part of your "intangible" capping.... and that stuff can be huge...
you have to know how a team/coach plays it at the end of games, how the finish and close...do they go for jugular? do they coast?
when you are playing on the road, and you are laying 13 or 14? alot of the above is HUGE.... and why you don't lay alot for road favs.... its hard to cover
you on the other hand said somthing to the effect of "coach K is sick of the big east so he will push the gas pedal and run up the score"
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betting on the psychology of teams and/or coaches is always a failed strategy
"sabathia wont lose this game bc then the phils will be up 2-0"
"jets wont lose bc then theyll be 2 gb of miami"
that type of shit is just nonsense
not saying anyone said that, but people in sbr predicting players feelings, then translating those feelings to winning or losing a game? not the way to cap/Comment -
You have to factor in the "intangibles"... SJU could have won this game if they would have pressed Duke. This would have opened the game up more and would have forced the refs to not call so many ticky tack fouls. Athletic teams give Duke problems we all know that but SJU had a poor gameplan.
I thought the line was whack from the beginning. Thankfully it came to past.Comment -
i agree you can factor stuff in, but guessing how teams feel about this and that,and coaches, i just dont see it
i see a lot of people saying things like, this is amust win game. as if bc the pistons must win tonite, the spurs will therefore allow it. its just nonsense. i know what youre saying.
must wins games are lost everydayComment
