ACC-BIG 10 Challenge

**Unchained** · November 29th, 2011, 08:03 PM

Kicks off now on ESPN2 with a good one #14 Michigan at UVA

**Biggin** · November 29th, 2011, 09:17 PM

Full pairings:

Ohio State at Duke
North Carolina at Wisconsin
Illinois at Maryland
Michigan at Virginia
Nebraska at Wake Forest
Miami at Purdue
Virginia Tech at Minnesota
Florida State at Michigan State

**Unchained** · November 29th, 2011, 09:53 PM

Virginia does their part beating Michigan 70-58

**Biggin** · November 29th, 2011, 11:23 PM

Ohio State is curb stomping Duke, 47-28 at the half.

**1inStripes** · November 29th, 2011, 11:24 PM

tOSU is putting a hurting on Duke at the half. Lebron is in attendance. With this being a big game, I wonder if he shows up in the second half.....

**Biggin** · November 30th, 2011, 01:17 AM

Ohio State ended up winning by 22.

I'm not sure if tOSU is that good or Duke is just average, but if Duke is truly the #4 team, tOSU is a powerhouse and should roll to a title. Maybe Duke's young perimeter players improve and show that they can compete at this level, but if not Duke is in trouble. They were dominated tonight, the tOSU defense just stifled them all game and the Duke D was not able to contain OSU at all.

**1inStripes** · November 30th, 2011, 01:27 AM

I think it was two fold. First, tOSU is just better than Duke. Theres not many matchups there that favor the Devils in that lineup. Second, Duke was probably dead in the legs a little after coming back from Maui. TN sure was last night. Its roughly 20-21 hours in the air coming back from Maui and the teams didn't do that til Friday. Turning back around and hitting the road again is tough.

**TheBeast** · November 30th, 2011, 09:41 AM

OSU is just a much better team and Duke realistically is at best a 8-10 team. I agree with Stripes that they were probly very leg tired not just from the flight but the championship game in Maui made 7 games in 12 days.

**Biggin** · November 30th, 2011, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by TheBeast

OSU is just a much better team and Duke realistically is at best a 8-10 team. I agree with Stripes that they were probly very leg tired not just from the flight but the championship game in Maui made 7 games in 12 days.

a Duke fan with realistic expectations?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?

jesus christ, Stephen A. Smith is jacking Austin Rivers off. The kid is NOT a plus on the chemistry side,he is not a consistent outside shooter, and he is a freshman.

This kid is not Melo, he is not Derrick Rose, hell I believe Brandon Knight last year was a better player. He is a great player, top 10 frosh, but I like Brad Beal and Mike Kidd-Gilchrist over him at least.

**TheBeast** · November 30th, 2011, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Biggin

a Duke fan with realistic expectations?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?

jesus christ, Stephen A. Smith is jacking Austin Rivers off. The kid is NOT a plus on the chemistry side,he is not a consistent outside shooter, and he is a freshman.

This kid is not Melo, he is not Derrick Rose, hell I believe Brandon Knight last year was a better player. He is a great player, top 10 frosh, but I like Brad Beal and Mike Kidd-Gilchrist over him at least.

Your thinkin of UNC and UK fans not Duke fans.

Austin is gonna be a great player and shows flashes of greatness beyond anyone in the college game right now but he is gonna need this season to develop and get used to the college game. He isn't a Kyrie Irving yet and may not become that good but he is gonna develop into one of the best players in the ncaa over the next few years.