Duke @ North Carolina St (10) - 2/24/20

[Shades]

Duke is trying to give away the game. Missed Free Throws. Also IMO the dumb full court pass on the out of bounds play. They should have been running clock. That play took 3 Seconds. Duke didn't score and NC State got the ball right back.

I like making teams pay for the full court press. Don’t see it enough.

 

[triaddukefan]

Double Bye in the ACC Tourney ... here we come

 

[Plebe]

YUGE win for Duke. This certainly seals their NCAA bid. If they continue winning, they could even rise above the dreaded 8/9 game.

NC State, meanwhile, is in danger of dropping to the 3 line and potentially losing their spot in Greenville (although maybe that's a good thing, if they go to Ft. Wayne instead).

 

[triaddukefan]

@Plebe what did I say yesterday..... those Land Grant schools can't stand prosperity... VPI, Miss State, Iowa State, and now NC State.

 

[KY Card Fan]

And an ACC championship for my Cardinals.

 

[LETTERL]

Final: Duke wins in Raleigh for the first time since 2013 with a 70-65 victory, improving to 17-10, 11-5 ACC. NC State loses its third home game in a row (all in front of sell-out crowds) and falls to 23-4, 12-4 ACC. Louisville can clinch the regular season ACC title outright with a win Thursday night.

In a game where Duke led for 37:27 and never allowing NC State to lead for even a second, the Blue Devils shot 45.8% from the field, on 27 of 59 from the field, including 4 of 14 from THREE and was 12 of 14 from the FT line. NC State shot 46% from the field on 24 of 52 from the field, including 6 of 24 from THREE and was 11 of 13 from the FT line. All of Duke's FT occurred in the last 15 minutes of game action.

The Blue Devils took advantage of 16 NC State turnovers, turning them into 23 points. Duke turned the ball over 8 times, but NC State only scored 2 points off turnovers. Duke had 8 steals to 2 for NC State.

Points in the paint were even at 34-34. NC State led in second-chance points, 13-8, and in fastbreak points, 19-9. Both teams had 2 blocks and dished out 16 assists.

The leading scorer for the game was Duke's Haley Gorecki, who finished with 24 points on 8 of 18 from the field, grabbed 4 rebounds and dealt 5 assists. Onome Akinbode-James added 12 points, Kyra Lambert 11 and Leaonna Odom 10 for the Blue Devils. Odom was Duke's leading rebounder with 7 boards.

NC State was led by Elissa Cunane, who finished with 23 points, on 9 of 10 shooting, including one THREE and was 6 of 6 from the FT line. Cunane recorded a double-double, also grabbing 12 rebounds. Jada Boyd added 15 points for the Wolfpack Women, Kayla Jones had 9 points and Ace Konig showed signs of breaking out of her slump with 8.

NC State did win the rebounding battle, 33-28.

Up next: Duke travels to Blacksburg for a matchup with Virginia Tech Thursday evening. NC State will have its senior night against Syracuse Thursday, where seniors Ace Konig, Grace Hunter, Erika Cassell and walk-on and crowd-favorite Katie Wadsworth will be honored.

 

[triaddukefan]

I think I just heard @triaddukefan from the other side of NC.

No yelling... much too early in the week for that.

I would pay good money to see @triaddukefan sitting next to that NC State fan who's always hollering at the refs.

I didnt hear him tonight...... are my ears going bad?

 

[SECbbfan24]

McCallie getting that extension

 

[triaddukefan]

McCallie getting that extension

 

[SECbbfan24]

Unless you want Nikki @triaddukefan

 

[triaddukefan]

Great Win for Duke 70-65 over NC State. IMO also helps UConn as they might get a more favorable #2 Seeding.

You better hope Northwestern starts to falter.

 

[triaddukefan]

Unless you want Nikki @triaddukefan

Something crossed my mind.... but I'd better keep that thought to myself

 

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[Wbbfan1]

How about all UConn fans rooting for Duke to win the ACC Post Season Tournament. NC State dropped to a #3 Seed after last nights loss to Duke. Who knows a Louisville loss to Duke might drop Louisville below UConn on the #2 Seed line.

 

[DefenseBB]

So this begs the question to @triaddukefan and @CamrnCrz1974 -Why does this Duke team, with so much talent have 10 losses? I have always said they had talent this year and yet they still make too many games closer than they should and have lost games they shouldn't. Will the AD see that or was @SECbbfan24 correct that the ink is drying on the extension as we speak...

 

[triaddukefan]

How about all UConn fans rooting for Duke to win the ACC Post Season Tournament. NC State dropped to a #3 Seed after last nights loss to Duke. Who knows a Louisville loss to Duke might drop Louisville below UConn on the #2 Seed line.

We dont need no bandwagon fans......... Uconn had its chance to be a #1 seed and didnt take care of business..
But... if some of yall do decide to root for Duke.... please come down to Greensboro next week.... buy some Duke shirts.. and tickets to the tournament... ..... and if the Blue Devils happen to cut down the nets..... join me in hitting the town and indulging on Krispy Kreme doughnuts and liters of Cheerwine

 

[triaddukefan]

So this begs the question to @triaddukefan and @CamrnCrz1974 -Why does this Duke team, with so much talent have 10 losses? I have always said they had talent this year and yet they still make too many games closer than they should and have lost games they shouldn't. Will the AD see that or was @SECbbfan24 correct that the ink is drying on the extension as we speak...

Health is the primary reason. Early in the season... Lambert had a lot of rust from not playing for 2.5 years... and Boykin didnt play until January. Plus Odom missed a few games as well.

 

[LETTERL]

@triaddukefan Continuing on our theme of "NC State can't have nice things" we started in an earlier thread...in the weakest men's ACC in my lifetime, our men's team got swept this season by Georgia Tech and UNC, arguably the worst UNC team of the last 20 years. This, just after Wake hands Duke a surprising loss. Just shut down the program...shut it down NOW!