#12 Duke vs Grand Canyon

[HuskyNan]

Duke is up 40-31 at the half.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Grand Canyon is coached by former Stanford great Nicole Powell.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

You think that's bad, FSU is down 6 to Jacksonville State closing in on halftime.

 

[HuskyNan]

Not great body language on the Blue Devils, lots of smiles on the Lopes.

 

[HuskyNan]

Duke up 50-44 with 3:29 left in the third quarter.

 

[HuskyNan]

63-56 Duke with 6:25 left in the game

Duke body language is horrible. What does Coach P do, exactly?

 

[Vowelguy]

Grand Canyon is coached by former Stanford great Nicole Powell.

That's too bad.
GCU is a for-profit (Christian) university, which while I'm not opposed to the concept in theory, the real-world execution of most such schools is horrific thus far.

 

[HuskyNan]

Final - Duke 96-61

No way the score represents how the game was played. Duke outalented GCU at the end.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Wait a minute, Duke outscored little Grand Canyon 35-5 over the last 6 minutes? That can't be right.

 

[HuskyNan]

Wait a minute, Duke outscored little Grand Canyon 35-5 over the last 6 minutes? That can't be right.

You're right, that's the score from 2016. They played the exactly one year ago.

This year's final score is 74-61, Duke.

 

[mhshuskies]

63-56 Duke with 6:25 left in the game

Duke body language is horrible. What does Coach P do, exactly?

Fire up the bus, I sense some players thrown under.

 

[j66kicker]

That's too bad.
GCU is a for-profit (Christian) university, which while I'm not opposed to the concept in theory, the real-world execution of most such schools is horrific thus far.

ASU and the PAC-12 fought it hard a few years ago when GCU got into D1 for hoops. As you said, they are a for-profit private school, and their tuition is more than competitive with the big PAC-12 public schools with bloated budgets. They have a nice little campus and are committed to hoops - great modern arena and Dan Majerle is their men's coach. But their lower costs are due to their questionable academic business model - 90% of their students are online only.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

ASU and the PAC-12 fought it hard a few years ago when GCU got into D1 for hoops. As you said, they are a for-profit private school, and their tuition is more than competitive with the big PAC-12 public schools with bloated budgets. They have a nice little campus and are committed to hoops - great modern arena and Dan Majerle is their men's coach. But their lower costs are due to their questionable academic business model - 90% of their students are online only.

I had heard at some point that there was an "under the table" deal for teams to boycott playing them, but I suspect something like that is a bit impossible to do. Don't expect ASU to be playing them anytime soon, however.

I also think they have debated the "for profit" model back and forth at times. It could be worse, they could be "University of Phoenix".

 

[j66kicker]

I had heard at some point that there was an "under the table" deal for teams to boycott playing them, but I suspect something like that is a bit impossible to do. Don't expect ASU to be playing them anytime soon, however.

I also think they have debated the "for profit" model back and forth at times. It could be worse, they could be "University of Phoenix".

But University of Phoenix has the best football stadium of any school without a football team!