What does any of this have to do with your blanketed statement that guys like RJ and Zion are supposed to win? Your guys were sick, but you don't make excuses. Our guys can't shoot for shit. My point is that saying things like, guys like whoever should win, doesn't mean that winning cames easy. If so, why play the game?
Uh, RJ and Zion will be NBA All-Stars. Zion was one of the most impactful players in college ever. Reddish is good. Duke had far and away more talent than any other team. This was maybe the most hyped and heralded freshman class ever. How are you not understanding my point? Not only did Duke fizzle out early, they weren't anywhere close to the elite team they were supposed to be.
It didn't pan out, did it? Hype does not win games. It's been proven yet again this year that elite freshmen with no experienced leadership and talent surrounding them doesn't win championships. And Duke was behind Kentucky and Kansas coming into the season when it comes to title favorites. It wasn't till their game against Kentucky that the hype train started. Before that is was, Zion's fat, Barrett won't want to share the ball and Reddish plays the same position. Convenient how now a lot of the same people who were saying those things are now saying Duke was a huge bust.
And UNC with your 3 1st round picks? Aren’t you supposed to win? You had the great Luke Maye.
I'm sure there's a few stacked Blue Blood rosters the past few seasons that didn't make the FF.
Bruh, everyone but you thinks this Duke team losing is a big deal. I think UNC choked the last 2 years, just not on the level Duke did.
Two guys who carry over 50% of the team's scoring load is staked?
I never said it wasn't a deal. It's just not the deal you are making it to be. Just because espn and cbs hailed Duke to be some unbeatable force doesn't mean they were. You are holding Duke to the media's standards and not to a reasonable standard based on common knowledge of teams that have been successful throughout the years including in the OAD era.
It's like he's tossing you softballs at this point.
It reads to me, you were sold by Duke fans that they would be good this year, and you had little confidence in UNC.
This sounds homerish and don't mean to, but it seems that UK game did more harm than good. They immediately went on a pedestal.
Yes. Most level headed Duke fans, and unfortunately on our home board, there’s quite a few that aren’t, knew Tre wasn’t a shooter, and that Cam was offensively overrated, and our role players haven’t developed. Other than that, Duke was a perfect team.
When it comes to the talking heads, Duke being the best team since this or that year and will cruise to a championship after one game is college basketball's version of Russia collusion. If you were all in it without letting it play out, that's on you.
So in your opinion, you don’t think this Duke team was historically very good to great?
How many Duke fans are you talking about? I was hoping for a FF. Especially after watching all year. Heck, was banned at DI for saying negative things about
Good. Not great. 1999 still haunts me. K was out coached by Calhoun.
They could have been with a legit 2, one or two scorers off the bench and a PG that demanded respect from defenses.
Very strong reader. It’s why I know what a F’ng idiot you are.I guess reading isn’t your strong suit but I know Sunday will bother you for a long time.
Can't find the poll you speak of. Got tired of looking for it. But it is an interesting take by you seeing how after Duke only won by one point against unc, we were seeing so many comments by unc fans saying they were just as good as Duke and they felt good going into the tournament.
