***Duke vs Kentucky Game Thread***

[JimboBBN]

Go Big Blue!!

 

[WojoRising]

John Cheney should’ve finished the job.

 

[LetsGoDuke301]

Go Duke!!!!!!!

 

[JimboBBN]

Good luck, Duke fans. Got my Woodford out for this one. Gonna be nervous for the next two and a half hours. Here’s to no injuries!

 

[lurkeraspect84]

I read this earlier and thought it was interesting.

"Tonight is the seventh consecutive match up between Kentucky and Duke in which both teams are ranked in the top 10 at the time of the game. In my opinion, that is the mark of two truly historic basketball schools. Duke has never had a streak like this one with any other school. The closest they’ve been is a streak of five consecutive with North Carolina in the late 1970s."

 

[j-doolsheels]

Interested to see how Richards progressed from last year.

 

[RR30]

Setting the odds of me staying up for this entire game at +125

 

[C*A*T*S]

Got a bottle of Weller I’m working on.

 

[bkingUK]

Toss up. Won’t be surprised either way. I’m a bottle of wine in. Let’s do this shit.

 

[Big_Blue79]

Noah's Mill here.

 

[ExitFlagger]

I read this earlier and thought it was interesting.

"Tonight is the seventh consecutive match up between Kentucky and Duke in which both teams are ranked in the top 10 at the time of the game. In my opinion, that is the mark of two truly historic basketball schools. Duke has never had a streak like this one with any other school. The closest they’ve been is a streak of five consecutive with North Carolina in the late 1970s."

That's because they always play at the beginning of the year.

 

[LetsGoDuke301]

At least we get college football crammed down our throats on basketball night.

 

[JimboBBN]

At least we get college football crammed down our throats on basketball night.

I’m with you. Was nice seeing UK at 11 though

 

[SWEc/o95]

Did they delay the start of the game for this bullchit?

 

[lurkeraspect84]

That's because they always play at the beginning of the year.

That's only true for the past couple of games. Others were' mid/late December, and a couple in March.

 

[JimboBBN]

“Kentucky takes up 90 percent of this place”

 

[LetsGoDuke301]

Do we even know when the game starts? Glad we got to see a college football hype segment instead of actually taking about the game we want to hear about. But who am I to criticize?

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Do we even know when the game starts? Glad we got to see a college football hype segment instead of actually taking about the game we want to hear about. But who am I to criticize?

Ummm...a fan of one of the teams about to play. Seriously. WTF with this lasting so long.

My nerves are bad enough, this is just making it worse.

 

[LetsGoDuke301]

Let's fuggin do this! Good luck UK fans.

 

[ExitFlagger]

Let's get this dayum show on the road. Thought it was going to tip 30 min ago.

 

[JimboBBN]

Here we go!

 

[bkingUK]

Will never understand why a player who could be as cool as Zion Williamson would go to Duke.

 

[Big_C_KU]

“Kentucky takes up 90 percent of this place”

Usually at the Champions Classic the crowd is either owned by UK or KU. Most places it's been UK has owned. Surprisingly Chicago has been dominated by KU fans though.

 

[JimboBBN]

Great start for Duke

 

[coryfly]

Threes on one end and drives on the other so far.

 

[bkingUK]

GG

 

[coryfly]

Pretty fun game so far. Almost as pretty as the UNC/Wofford battle from earlier.

 

[Big_C_KU]

I laugh when people say they've never seen a player like Zion Williamson before. Do they not remember Larry Johnson? Zion is as close to a Larry Johnson clone as I've ever seen.

 

[coryfly]

Reddish, Johnson, and Herro all three have pretty shots.

 

[RR30]

Leaving Duke completely open from three is a bold strategy

 

[coryfly]

These people are infatuated with Zion.

 

[Tucson_Cat]

Zion is huge...damn...

 

[LetsGoDuke301]

Reid Travis must have taken some pointers from Grayson Allen.

 

[Noahtogo24]

Surprise Herro is starting over Quickley...

 

[JimboBBN]

Yea, defense has been horrible so far

 

[Big_C_KU]

Looks like UK followed the Duke practice and got their own little annoying white guard.

Kidding. Herro has great form with that jumper.

 

[ExitFlagger]

I had heard that Duke can't shoot?

 

[Big_Blue79]

I'll take the under on Duke continuing to shoot 80% on threes. Holy schnikes. So far Keldon Johnson and RJ Barrett are really impressive. Reddish living up to his reputation.

 

[coryfly]

Reid Travis must have taken some pointers from Grayson Allen.

What did he do? I've never cared for the way he carries himself tbh.

 

[jhmossy]

Kentucky might wanna go back to the Bahamas