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I would be curious what Duke is getting out of blowing out almost every conference opponent they play...

There is no game pressure, whatsoever, in basically any of these games they are playing.

Will be curious to see how they respond when facing adversity against actual competition (which unfortunately will not happen until the NCAAs).
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I would be curious what Duke is getting out of blowing out almost every conference opponent they play...

There is no game pressure, whatsoever, in basically any of these games they are playing.

Will be curious to see how they respond when facing adversity against actual competition (which unfortunately will not happen until the NCAAs).
Duke can't control the level of their competition in conference play. So what they can get out of it is knowing that they can make who is supposed to be their bitch, their bitch. They played tonight's game on the road and without using Flagg as the go to guy. They focused on getting role players more involved, so you could say they got that out of it.
 
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I would be curious what Duke is getting out of blowing out almost every conference opponent they play...

There is no game pressure, whatsoever, in basically any of these games they are playing.

Will be curious to see how they respond when facing adversity against actual competition (which unfortunately will not happen until the NCAAs).
they are playing illinois in a couple weeks but yeah not much there in ACC
 
I would be curious what Duke is getting out of blowing out almost every conference opponent they play...

There is no game pressure, whatsoever, in basically any of these games they are playing.

Will be curious to see how they respond when facing adversity against actual competition (which unfortunately will not happen until the NCAAs).
Duke not being tested get's mentioned a lot but I'm not sure it matters. 2000-01 Duke won their games by an average of 20.2
2014-15 Duke won their games by an average of 15.5
1996 Ky won their games by an average of 22
2014-15 ky won all theirs by an average of 20

Once the tournament starts I think that "being tested" throughout the season is out the window.
 
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I would be curious what Duke is getting out of blowing out almost every conference opponent they play...

There is no game pressure, whatsoever, in basically any of these games they are playing.

Will be curious to see how they respond when facing adversity against actual competition (which unfortunately will not happen until the NCAAs).
They might do like 5 of the 8 SEC teams did last year, lose in the first round.

You really have an anxiety/mental issue with the ACC. After decades of Kentucky benefiting from a bad SEC, you’re going to say that Duke can’t win because of their conference? Lol
 
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To be honest, Duke is only winning these games (where according to you they are slumping) because their competition blows.

You may say Duke loses these games in other years, I would say they are winning (while playing like garbage), because they are playing midmajor competition night in and night out.

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Haha, still have no idea how UK won that game.

In regards to ACC competition, it has never been as poor as it has been this year, in my opinion. Yes, while the ACC has struggled the past few years and has been trending downward, this year, again in my opinion, is by far the worst I have seen in the ACC in my lifetime.

Duke can afford to play very poorly, and still walkway with double digit wins against almost every team in the conference. While the ACC was awful last year, it wasn't on the level of garbage that it has become this year.

And to be clear, Duke is no doubt a FF/championship contender.

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They might do like 5 of the 8 SEC teams did last year, lose in the first round.

You really have an anxiety/mental issue with the ACC. After decades of Kentucky benefiting from a bad SEC, you’re going to say that Duke can’t win because of their conference? Lol
Where did I say that Duke can't win because of their conference? Please point to where I said that, unless you are just making things up again (which you love to do). The funny thing is (and this probably went right over your head while you were busy obsessing over my posts in this thread) is that you literally quoted a post of mine where I said Duke is no doubt a FF/championship contender team. Hahahaha, what a dope.

Second, this a is a college basketball message board. I post in all threads UK, KU, SEC, ACC, UL, Auburn, UNC, etc. Since you are busy tracking down my posts solely in an ACC thread (where ppl are going to talk about the conference), why don't you go track down all my other posts as well and let me know how obsessed I am with those other schools. You look like a fool.
 
Duke not being tested get's mentioned a lot but I'm not sure it matters. 2000-01 Duke won their games by an average of 20.2
2014-15 Duke won their games by an average of 15.5
1996 Ky won their games by an average of 22
2014-15 ky won all theirs by an average of 20

Once the tournament starts I think that "being tested" throughout the season is out the window.
Not quite sure that logic works.

First, this Duke team pales in comparison to 1996 and 2015 UK, as well as 2001 Duke. All of those teams were beyond dominant from a roster standpoint, and didn't rely for the majority of their output from freshmen. All three of those teams would slaughter this Duke team, in my opinion.

Second, the 2015 Duke team lost three games in the ACC regular season (in what was a vastly superior ACC compared to now), and also lost in the semis against ND in the conference tourney semis. They were plenty tested along the way.
 
Legit all this clown talks about. He has 600 posts and half of them are whining about the ACC being down. Yikes.
Interesting. You are stalking a poster's post count. Then turn around and say it's legit all I talk about. Then say half my posts are about the ACC being down (which directly contradicts what you just said about the ACC is all I talk about).

Since you and the other UL fan are beyond obsessed and concerned what I post about an a college basketball message board, and since you clearly have no lives, please take a look at all of my posts since I started posting on this board a few years ago, and tell me how many are about the ACC? You made the claim that half are, so I would love to see the support for this claim.

We all know you have the time, since you are beyond obsessed with what I post about, that you can perform this exercise. Can't wait to hear the results.
 
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