Duke’s starting PG out with a foot injury

[UCLJ0211]

Caleb Foster injury: Duke guard out for 'foreseeable' future after surgery as NCAA Tournament looms

Top-ranked Duke may be without its starting point guard for most of the postseason after surgery

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[RuffRuff]

 

[Stinger92860]

Hate to see it, I was hoping to beat them at full strength

 

[Lafayette]

So is the center for the ACC tourney

 

[HuskyHawk]

Really tough for him, for Duke and their fans. The team seemed poised to be a serious contender. I don't know what they have to replace him and whether this more or less ends their title hopes.

 

[uconngb]

Time for you to hop on the FL bandwagon

 

[Marat]

Would be nice now to get the #2 in the east, but if do well in the BET, that won't be posssible.

 

[superjohn]

Really tough for him, for Duke and their fans. The team seemed poised to be a serious contender. I don't know what they have to replace him and whether this more or less ends their title hopes.

It doesn't end their hopes. He was the weakest of their starters and Cayden Boozer can take over but now they have a freshman point guard running the show and depth becomes an issue. They'll only have 1 point guard.

 

[imno1]

Boozer is the de facto point guard anyways

 

[bendm]

Really tough for him, for Duke and their fans. The team seemed poised to be a serious contender. I don't know what they have to replace him and whether this more or less ends their title hopes.

Tough for the individual but I will never feel sorry for Duke or their fans.
Similar to UM, PG play is Duke’s Achilles heel.

 

[superjohn]

Boozer is the de facto point guard anyways

He is but that's a lot of responsibility and pressure on one player. Flagg had more ballhandling/facilitating help.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Tough for the individual but I will never feel sorry for Duke or their fans.
Similar to UM, PG play is Duke’s Achilles heel.

Their nerdy fans made a tasteless joke on game day about Caleb Wilson.

Never mock injuries - bad karma

 

[bendm]

As always anyone but Duke, and this year UF too, because I don’t want them following our back to back with a second back to back.

 

[That Guy]

He's also one of the only upper classmen that got minutes for that team. They're going to have a severe lack of experience come tourney time.

 

[Stinger92860]

2 seed?

 

[bendm]

2 seed?

They’re still a 1 even if they lose first round of the ACC tourney, just not the #1 overall.

I’m hoping that even if they win the ACC tourney that Zona would jump them as #1 overall if they win the Big12 tourney. That way we can potentially be the 2 in the East even if we’re #5 overall (strongest 2)

 

[gsmooth]

Really tough for him, for Duke and their fans. The team seemed poised to be a serious contender. I don't know what they have to replace him and whether this more or less ends their title hopes.

I don't like seeing a team's title chances derailed due to injuries.

 

[connVA]

Oh no. I’ll have a second beer tonight to honor his memory as the most pedestrian of Duke’s rotation players

 

[Nameless]

I genuinely cannot believe there is a 5 inch difference in height between the Boozer twins. I have never seen such a discrepancy in height between twins.

Agree with those saying this is more of a depth issue for them than anything. However Foster does shoot over 40% from deep. This may hurt their spacing offensively, as Cayden Boozer shoots less than 30% from long range.

 

[uh-no]

Boozer is the de facto point guard anyways

defense is the big impact here. little boozer is a big downgrade from foster, and ngbonga was a generally strong deterrent in the lane.

 

[HooperScooper]

I don't like seeing a team's title chances derailed due to injuries.

Agreed. Unless it's Duke.

 

[RuffRuff]

I genuinely cannot believe there is a 5 inch difference in height between the Boozer twins. I have never seen such a discrepancy in height between twins.

Agree with those saying this is more of a depth issue for them than anything. However Foster does shoot over 40% from deep. This may hurt their spacing offensively, as Cayden Boozer shoots less than 30% from long range.

He was the 5th most impactful starter. Ngongba limited would hurt them much more.

 

[willie99]

I don't want anyone to get hurt. I wish harm on nobody, bad karma. Hope they get to play as close to full strength as possible

 

[caw]

He was the 5th most impactful starter. Ngongba limited would hurt them much more.

Boozer aside, Ngongba is probably their most important starter. They really have no shot without him.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I don't like seeing a team's title chances derailed due to injuries.

These are college kids at the end of the day. I feel bad for any of them who work hard and then lose the opportunity to play in the tournament or have their chances impacted by injury. Even Duke kids.