Kicks off now on ESPN2 with a good one #14 Michigan at UVA
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Kicks off now on ESPN2 with a good one #14 Michigan at UVA
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
Virginia does their part beating Michigan 70-58
Ohio State is curb stomping Duke, 47-28 at the half.
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.....
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.
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.
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?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBeast
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.
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Originally Posted by Biggin
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.
You really think he stays a few seasons? Ill be surprised if he stays more than this year and maybe next.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBeast
If he is still playing for Duke next year I will be extremely surprised.
I do see him staying at least next year no way he is ready to move to the nba. I would like to think his dad is smart enough to tell him he's not ready and to stay where he is cause he won't get any better coaching anywhere.
I agree with that, because I'm not sure even his dad could give him a better coaching experience than K.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBeast
He doesn't need the money, thats a given, but with his attitude I'm not sure he will settle for playing "lower level" players in college when he could play against the best.
He isnt ready for the NBA, agreed. His body is NOWHERE near where it needs to be and his jumpshot is far from reliable. I am not the most impartial guy in the world about AR, I believe he has a terrible attitude and is not a team first guy, but he has the ceiling to be a great player.
I still like Brad Beal better, and the duo of bigs (Drummond, Davis) but he is near that level.
Oh and blue, 3-1 :p lol