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Goodness. Mabry is just deadly from deep.


Then Loyd with an athletic putback.

And a very nice runner from Mabry. Irish scoring at will the last few trips.
 
VAMike23 said:
Goodness. Mabry is just deadly from deep.


Then Loyd with an athletic putback.

And a very nice runner from Mabry. Irish scoring at will the last few trips.
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I've always been impressed by Mabrey's shot but she is slow.

If you keep a body on her, her effectiveness will be limited
 
If Louisville and Duke both finish with around 4 losses, could Louisville get the 1 seed?
 
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ND is looking really good, but Duke would, too, if they made more of their shots.

ND shooting 56%. Duke 35%. If both were equal, Duke would be winning.
 
Looks like another "learning experience" for the Dookies.
 
vowelguy said:
Since 49-44, nd gone on 13-2 run. Duke looks done.
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Yeah, Duke doesn't have enough scoring. Missed a lot of shots and didn't guard the ND threes. Tough when you lose a major player to injury.
 
It's time to switch to NC-Miami. Much closer game.
 
ASweet3781 said:
If Louisville and Duke both finish with around 4 losses, could Louisville get the 1 seed?
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No way.

Louisville has just 2 quality wins -- LSU and Oklahoma.
Duke has beaten Cal, Purdue, Oklahoma, Kentucky. And if it beats everyone besides ND, it will also have wins over nc st, unc, unc, and md.

Not even close.
 
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vowelguy said:
No way.

Louisville has just 2 quality wins -- LSU and Oklahoma.
Duke has beaten Cal, Purdue, Oklahoma, Kentucky. And if it beats everyone besides ND, it will also have wins over nc st, unc, unc, and md.

Not even close.
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There is absolutely no guarantee that Duke only finishes with losses to ND. They have a couple of tough games left and just almost lost to Miami.

Louisville is the better team. Much better coached.

And it's not even close.
 
sarals24 said:
How on earth did Williams go from Freshman of the Year to this? She's almost a non-factor. Announcers were commenting on her terrible free throw form earlier too. Weird.
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I have to agree to an extent. She's a perfect example of what kind of production they are getting from her at Duke vs. what kind of production we'd be getting from her at UCONN...

But in Duke's defense, they are without Grey AND Wells...
 
ASweet3781 said:
There is absolutely no guarantee that Duke only finishes with losses to ND. They have a couple of tough games left and just almost lost to Miami.

Louisville is the better team. Much better coached.

And it's not even close.
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Miami is no slouch. They are up 6 over #6 UNC late in that game.

Edit - let me rephrase that. Miami has a craptastic record (11-10 or something) but has played the top teams in the ACC really tough lately. Maybe they got some players back from injury? Or maybe they are just really getting it together?
 
sarals24 said:
How on earth did Williams go from Freshman of the Year to this? She's almost a non-factor. Announcers were commenting on her terrible free throw form earlier too. Weird.
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I thought it was a joke last year, when all the so-called experts of the game were stating E. Williams as the the best center in wcbb. Really ? She is light years behind Dolson in every aspect of the game. I thought they played better in first half without her
 
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Would love face Duke in our region or in the semis (provided they make the FF, which is iffy at this point.)
 
Something of a blowout, isn't it. I've been following the play by play on ESPN.
 
ASweet3781 said:
There is absolutely no guarantee that Duke only finishes with losses to ND.
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Your question said ”if duke finishes with 4 losses..."
2 losses to nd+ ACC tourney loss = all other games are wins
 
I'm embarrassed for E Williams. I can only imagine how she feels. She should have been able to destroy ND's post players. Achonwa showed her up BIGTIME
 
Duke is, for whatever reason, not in the same realm as ND and UConn. Duke is very soft in the post, and guards cannot get it in the bucket. Too many wild "thread the needle" passes against a team that defends passing lanes rather well.

Announcers now have started jabbering about Schimmel and Louisville. "They are not afraid of UConn." Yadda yadda yadda...
 
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Yeah, and if it wasn't raining, the sun might be shining. But it is raining !
 
So the new rankings assuming Stanford beats Cal will likely be:

1. UConn
2. Notre Dame
3. Stanford
4. Louisville
5. Duke

And I agree with that completely. I think that's the correct order from strongest to weakest.
 
Ditto on Williams......
Does the coaching staff not know what to do with her?
Definitely she should be more of a factor in this game....even as a shot blocker
 
This is one of the biggest mystryries of WBB with what happened to E. Willams. How is that even possible for such a talented player to have so little skills her J. year
 
Well that was not interesting. Now for Stanford and California
 
I don't see Duke as a Final Four team. At least not with what they have shown against us and ND. They can't play 40 minutes of focused basketball.

Williams disappeared completely. Achonwa is a very good post player. Not to be underestimated.

I see Duke dropping to 4 or 5 in the rankings.
 
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