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8 UNC @ 1 Duke game thread

You guys were great. I don't know that UNC would have beaten them and would never say that. I just think they would have had the best shot.

I definitely agree you guys would have had the best shot. I don't think anyone was beating UK in 2012 though. AD wasn't having any of that.
 
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Looks like a horrible finish to the year. Williamson's injury is being listed as a knee injury. Which is what it looked like. Congrats to unc for blowing Duke out in their own house. And congrats to everyone who wanted to see Duke not win a championship this year.

most people do not want Duke to win a championship just like they do not want UK to win another one
but i highly doubt many are joyful that a kid got hurt
if they are happy about that then they are not a very good person
 
I'm not upset....Its just typical UK talk. You don't think that team would have been impacted by losing Anthony Davis, 30 seconds into a game. That's just silly. You think UK was much better....Yet is was a 3-point game at halftime----With Davis. You think UK is plus 3, w/o him? I mean UK was good enough tht they wouldn't have missed AD's 19 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocked shots?

Dude......

We will just agree to disagree.
I never said they wouldn't have been impacted. Let's not act like I said UK wouldn't have been effected. Come on.

I said Cal would find a way to win the game. That team was still very talented.

Now, Duke shot freaking 7 for 38 from three point range Borden. They took THIRTY EIGHT threes. That is why they lost.

Sorry, but you can't just keep jacking threes and hope to win. Tre Jones should have been taking the ball inside. That's why they lost. UK doesn't play like that under Cal, never have and never will.

Yes, there is a shock factor here, but that's not why Duke lost .
 
Looks like a horrible finish to the year. Williamson's injury is being listed as a knee injury. Which is what it looked like. Congrats to unc for blowing Duke out in their own house. And congrats to everyone who wanted to see Duke not win a championship this year.
Mailing it in already? You still have picks #2, #4, and a 1st round PG in the starting lineup. It's a huge loss, but there's no reason Duke shouldn't still be competing at the top.
 
Never thought we would get outshot 8-2 in threes and have a shot. Obviously, lot of that had to do with Zion going out. I'll take it. Hope dude is ok. I really did want to see how Roy would try and match up with him.
 
Hope for a sprain, amigo. And I hope we get to see the game at full strength on 3/9, even tho this gift will be tough to beat (cause playing you without Zion was a gift, no doubt).
You guys came to play man. I have no doubt that the game would have been different with Zion. But all credit goes to unc and their effort . We will never know how the game would have gone. But we know how it did go.
 
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You're kidding?

Wow. Barrett, Delaurier, Bolden, Cam. You have to be joking.

So a team with Barrett, Jones and Reddish can only jack threes? Wow.
 
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Every team has a bunch of those. A rematch in 2012 would have been something though.

Wouldn’t have mattered no matter how much UNc fans wanna think it would. UK was winning the title in 2012!
 
FWIW- Pro football doc on Twitter thinks Zion is just a mild Mcl sprain. Would be gigantic obviously for Duke.
 
Mailing it in already? You still have picks #2, #4, and a 1st round PG in the starting lineup. It's a huge loss, but there's no reason Duke shouldn't still be competing at the top.
This is the stupidest argument ever. Yes, Duke has other first rounders. But they are not contenders without all four freshmen being healthy. Anyone who thinks that they can afford to lose Zion, Barrett or Jones and still win the championship is a dumbass. It is basically trolling to say, well, they still have 3 lottery picks.
 
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You're kidding?

Wow. Barrett, Delaurier, Bolden, Cam. You have to be joking.

Do a team with Barrett, Jones and Reddish can only jack threes? Wow.

Yeah, Duke has better options in terms of true post players than UNC does. They just have to change things up for a bit and feature them if Zion is out for a while.
 
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This is the stupidest argument ever. Yes, Duke has other first rounders. But they are not contenders without all four freshmen being healthy. Anyone who thinks that they can afford to lose Zion, Barrett or Jones and still win the championship is a dumbass. It is basically trolling to say, well, they still have 3 lottery picks.
Yeah, you're right. It's stupid to think a team with 2 lottery picks and another first rounder should still be competitive. Eyeroll
 
You're kidding?

Wow. Barrett, Delaurier, Bolden, Cam. You have to be joking.

Do a team with Barrett, Jones and Reddish can only jack threes? Wow.
Ok....LMAO. Yeah, Cam is a post player...So is Barrett. Bolden? Really....Bolden? There was a reason once Zion went out, that UNC scored 34 points in the paint. DeLaurier? Serious?

C'mon, man...
 
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I never said they wouldn't have been impacted. Let's not act like I said UK wouldn't have been effected. Come on.

I said Cal would find a way to win the game. That team was still very talented.

Now, Duke shot freaking 7 for 38 from three point range Borden. They took THIRTY EIGHT threes. That is why they lost.

Sorry, but you can't just keep jacking threes and hope to win. Tre Jones should have been taking the ball inside. That's why they lost. UK doesn't play like that under Cal, never have and never will.

Yes, there is a shock factor here, but that's not why Duke lost .
Ok....Cal would find a way...But the dude with 1, 200 wins, 5 national titles and 13 FF's couldn't?
Yes that UK team was still very talented. But I think you are seriously underestimating the mental effect a loss like that can have. You could see it in Duke's play. They panicked. Sometimes as a coach, you just cannot fix emotions. No matter how good of a coach you are.

I just think this conversation is yet another example of SOME UK fans---well you---feeling that UK is immune to the normalcy of CBB. No way UK would have panicked...Lost their way....The emotion of losing a kid like Davis would have been "meh".That's just asinine.
 
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