Duke Post Game Thread

[thekollieman]

Now Duke is out where does Ruff turn his attention to now

I reckon whomever makes it to the title game from the other side of the FF is “the team to beat.”

 

[thekollieman]

Have we ever seen Bob Hurley Sr. smile? Lol. I'm not sure he even did after the back to back national championships.

“We won. Holy . We ducking won.”

-Bob Hurley Sr.

 

[aceboon]

has it been discussed why Cayden Boozer had a big blood stain on his jersey when speaking with the media postgame? it didn't occur during the game...

 

[Vancat]

I also loved this

 

[knicksin7]

 

[AreBee1969]

The woman in front of Ma Hurley, has a painful grimace on her face, maybe even tears, holding her daughter who's smiling and channeling her inner Karin Kinsella, "It's OK mama. It's going in."

 

[aceboon]

Mick's actually played all 4 F4 teams

Cronin couldn't wait to talk about which player is making a million dollars

 

[HCCForever]

Normally I can't stand Oprah's BFF, but at least Gayle King is showing her CT roots being hyped for UConn.

There is a great deal of excitement here in Central Florida for the potential launch of Artemis II on Wednesday. It was nice to see Dan join the fun by talking to an astronaut today.

 

[DRBackup]

And over at SJU they think they softened up the pukes for us. the best is that the pukes think they got jobbed by the refs.

I rewatched the whole game this morning. In the first half alone there were ELEVEN calls that were either questionable or outright bad calls that benefitted Duke. They can take that crap and stuff it.

 

[Khal Drogo]

Have we ever seen Bob Hurley Sr. smile? Lol. I'm not sure he even did after the back to back national championships.

The kid behind him is fired up

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I don’t know how to read this, please splain.

No worries, the "NetRtg" is essentially the same thing that KenPom calculates and uses to rate team offense and defense. The points the offense scores gets indexed to 100 possessions to standardize. The points the defense allows, the same representation.

NetRtg is the difference between Offensive Pts per 100 (scored) - Defensive Pts per 100 (allowed)

Each site adjusted those numbers for pace of play, the strength of the oppenent, a "luck" factor (did the team have a very hot shooting night that deviates from their average?), etc.

HoopExplorer NetRtg generally tracks similar to KenPom NetRtg, but they will be slightly different.

But can think of it as apples-to-apples comparison, just 2 different varieties of apples.

So, look at the circled NetRtg stats:

When JRoss has been in the lineup, our team has had an Adj NetRtg of +51.7. When he's not in the lineup, we are at +30.8. The offense is more efficient (139.2 AdjPts/100 vs. 134.5 Adj Pts/100), but the defense is really different (87.5 AdjPts/100 vs. 103.7 AdjPts/100).

When you look at the overall NetRtg in KenPom, you can see that the "elite" teams have overall NetRtg in the 30-40 range. Here's up-to-date KenPom:

Of course, it's not all due to JRoss, but the point is that he's really helped our O and D to step up in the NCAAT.

JRoss lineups have been very elite.

 

[Vowelguy]

Just saw crowd reaction of Hurley's parents. Easy to see Mom mouthing: "Holy Friggin $-it!"

 

[JeannoCT]

Just saw this photo. Ball in flight. Wow.

Anybody know who the big guy in the red sweatshirt is all the way to the right?? Family??

 

[Mr. French]

Anybody know who the big guy in the red sweatshirt is all the way to the right?? Family??

First glance I thought it was Rudy but it didn’t look exactly like him and the video I saw wasn’t great

 

[RuffRuff]

Cool words from BM

 

[navery12]

Anybody know who the big guy in the red sweatshirt is all the way to the right?? Family??

Rudy Gay

 

[Jetskies]

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is that cam spencer?

 

[Marat]

is that cam spencer?

yes

 

[upstater]

Burned sage at halftime here...

I changed to my dirty jeans at halftime. Wore them after doing some yard work for the 1st game, so I wore them again against UCLA and Mich St. I brought them with me on a trip as Im traveling, so I got out of my nice pants at the half and into my jeans at halftime.

 

[gmc1055]

Now we know what been wrong with Braylons shot.23 feet is too close

 

[upstater]

Im sure this has been said already, but it's a long thread. Braylon did not know his 3 put UConn ahead.

He thought he had tied the game.

 

[coachcap]

Yes, it's on purchases through Mar 1 I believe.

Actually, only purchases at Jordan's thru February 16th are eligible...

 

[NJHoops]

The woman in front of Ma Hurley, has a painful grimace on her face, maybe even tears, holding her daughter who's smiling and channeling her inner Karin Kinsella, "It's OK mama. It's going in."

That’s Nardi’s wife and daughter.

 

[businesslawyer]

Shades of another huskie 20 years ago in that same building a round earlier.

I was there that night. I had forgotten quite how desperate thing were in the last minute of regulation.

 

[tuvent08]

I thought I was being realistic with putting literally one actual work task on my list today but that is absolutely not going to get done.

 

[DogMania]

Leitner curse lifted.

Somehow many seem to forget that we've ripped out their hearts in 1999 and 2004. The curse, if there was such a thing, was broken over 2 decades ago. I think the curse is on them.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Anybody know who the big guy in the red sweatshirt is all the way to the right?? Family??

It's Rudy.

 

[QuickDraw]

Great picture

 

[auror]

Breakdown of every play in the last 5 minutes

Husky ReView: Duke (3/29/26) - Elite 8 Instant Classic - Last 5 Minutes Breakdown

Possession by possession breakdown of the last 5 minutes of UConn vs. Duke

storrscentral.com

 

[HW611]

Rudy Gay

100% Rudy Gay. Him and Cam were in the building.