Duke, in the first 7 minutes of playing at Syracuse has hit 7 of 8 threes and has hit 13 of 14 shots. 
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Actually, it was 7 minutes till halftime with those stats.
51/25, 2 minutes from half.
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for now
Tourney a different ball gameComment -
JJ, I just cannot make a Duke believer out of you.
I, again, have serious concerns about Bancherro?
He was 4 for 4 on 3's and 3 for 3 on 2pnt. fgs, giving him 18 points with over 7 minutes till halftime.
He hit ONE shot for the rest of the game!
And get this: One single rebound, but had 9 assists.
He is simply is not a healthy athlete which will probably bring Duke down sooner or later?
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Always a great feeling when you take the favorite and they get hot like that! Never in doubt. We need more of those! lolComment -
JJ's favorite coach is riding high in his saddle as the Big Games soon arrive.
Mr. k., who is our all-time winning basketball coach. And this being the final games he can ever win, his players and his school will be higher than a kite for the coming weeks. You can bet on that.
Other good Duke news:
No. 7 Duke ended up as the highest-ranked team to win on Saturday -- and looked impressive in doing so. What does its result, coupled with the chaos above the Blue Devils, do for their bracket standing?
Not only did the Blue Devils win, they did so on the road, a feat to be celebrated under the circumstances. They also looked the part of a No. 1 seed. The problem for Duke is that, no matter how impressive it plays down the stretch, it cannot match the résumé wins of the non-ACC powers this year.
There could be considerable momentum behind the Blue Devils, especially given the Coach K angle, but it should tell us something that Duke -- despite being the only winner on the top two lines -- leapfrogged just a single team in the seed list. The Blue Devils and Purdue swapped the seventh and eighth positions. It was a day to cherish, not build a new bracket. At least not yet.Comment -
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According to Joey brackets, Duke jumped Purdue on the seed line
So they now are the 7 overall seed for the danceComment -
Next Saturday should be a very nice distraction for Duke. The Unc game. all day Coach K, Espn event for his last game at Cameron. pre game stuff lasting longer than the actual game
Unc boat raced in the first meeting
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Pitt covers
You just cemented it again
But if for some reason they don't fade them after the road sweep just like last time when they got beat by Virginia
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Collge hoops are the greatest sport for entertainment, combined with suspense. Now, if they would simply trim that silly 3-shot.
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Duke!
Guess which highly ranked team is on the best college roll of the season?
The DEVIL, you say?
Correct.
"Do it for the K-man."
Another road clobbering over Pitt, 86/56.
They will enter the top-3 next week, well, if the notorious ABE jinx doesn't get them?
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Come on you anti-Duke fans, give credit where it's due?
* No free image of coach K? What a world of computer greed we have today.
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They didn’t even win anything yetComment -
Johnny V, you are supposed to be the brilliant gambler, so why the negative response?
Who's your team?Comment -
Okay, after looking at the ACC, yes, there's a hair of a chance for Notre Dame or UNC to tie for the ACC Title.
Only a small hair because Duke should be a minimum of a 10-15 point favorite this Saturday against UNC, and if they win as expected, they win the ACC?
I wish I had some odds on this happening.Comment -
This college basketball season is totally unpredictable for me.
Look at Duke against Syracuse.
They wiped them out, and no wonder with tremendous stats from 7-soph Williams [wow], scoring a high game of 28 points--made 17 for 21 total shots, and add, 11 rbs and 3 blks.
Nex game: They destroy Pitt, yet, here are William's stats for this game: Played only 21 minutes, with 2 points, 2 rbs, and 2 blks.
*Does this mean, Duke has the depth now to be among the top 4-Seeds? Or one of them?
I believe it.
Do we have any locks for #1 Seeds? Probably only 2. These two are "lucky" Gonzaga and a much better-looking team than the Zags, late in this season: Arizona.
Gonzaga, being lucky? That conference is no doubt overrated and just how many "Big Major," wins do the Zags truly have?
Both came early in the season: Texas and UCLA. But was UCLA even healthy for that game?
For instance, again: I truly loved Michigan at home against Illinois. Did they ever even lead in this game one time? I doubt it?
Next game and at home again, they clobber Mich. State.
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Hi think they have a nice team but I don’t think they’re real dominant they’re very beatable on a neutral courtComment -
WUT?
Going against 2 old veterans, I feel like an underdog?
Well, knowing me, nah, not me, even though I have been known to get too confident with my basketball opinions.
You've seen better Duke teams? Better how? I haven't checked the college world for shooting stats, but Duke has been hitting close to 50% of their 3's more than just a few times in the month of Feb and, meanwhile, slamming teams on the road by 20 to 30 points.
As I mentioned more than once on PT, they had some wounded warriors not even dressing for some of those early games. And may not have been 100% healthy, team-wise, until these past 3 or 4 weeks?
They will be a top choice to fill 1 of those 2 [I say] open, 2 seeds.
With Boncherro seeming to be finally coming around, heck, I don't know what more is expected of this Duke team?
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I said probably over a month ago I like either Duke or Kansas to win it all in Jjs thread. I still feel the same.Comment -
Baz a legitimate case for at least 15 teams to winComment
