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I really like Gray's game. She wasn't talked about as much prior to this year because of an injury that forced her to miss her senior year but she is showing that this team is more than just DD and X.
 
huskies29 said:
Do you really need me to explain it to you?
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come on don't you listen to Kara and Pam and the rest of the bobble heads? Everyone is going to get better between now and March!
 
So glad Duke got a deserved loss, they should have lost about 2-3 more games already.

3rd blowout on their home floor.

Diamond is a stud. UNC should be good for a while. Still play a little too out of control but the players are better. Defense need not apply in game.
 
msf22b said:
Same lead but now 2:36
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I guess North Carolina is a Jekyll and Hyde type team because they've lost games to teams I never thought had a chance (based on their preseason evaluations) and beaten a couple of teams that I thought would have eaten them up (based on their losing to a couple of cupcakes).
 
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Unc also beat a very good and well coached USC team. When you have all those freshmen, you're going to get good with the bad. But on talent alone, unc is likely top 5. If they mature (like the crew of Latta, little, larkins) they will threaten for championship.
 
" Number er, er (looking down at her notes) 15, really hurt us and #er, er, 23 was a terrif point guard.
We can learn a lot from this game
Our defense was just terrible, my team was awful, didn't compete.
We get them completely prepared.
I just can't understand how this bunch of undisciplined freshmen could have beaten my top-rated team."

:):):):D
 
Great Win for UNC, Bad Loss for Duke. There's goes any chance to tie for the ACC Championship and don't see them getting a #1 seed now. If Louisville gets a #1 seed, then they end up at Louisville as a 2 seed. Who knows they might lose a couple of more games in the ACC and end up as a 3 seed.

UNC could be an outstanding team if they valued their possessions more. Had 22 turnovers tonight but it sure felt like more. Will be interesting to see how the ND vs UNC game is played.

According to a Orin Day tweet Chloe Wells is out indefinitely for Duke. She took Chelsea starting PG slot when she was injured. Duke may be in more trouble.
 
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Nice road win for a young North Carolina team. Diamond DeShields drops 30
on the Dookies. Maybe Carolina is growing up at the right time of the yr.
 
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bbsamjj said:
Unc also beat a very good and well coached USC team. When you have all those freshmen, you're going to get good with the bad. But on talent alone, unc is likely top 5. If they mature (like the crew of Latta, little, larkins) they will threaten for championship.
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UNC 's post play is very average. They had 20 turnovers too. ...they beat an overrated team.

Duke played 6 players, which might be a factor in their pathetic defense.
 
UNC is often a high turnover team -- it's how They play. Hatchell has been willing to accept turnovers in exchange for a very aggressive high tempo offense. And there's no doubt that unc's speed In transition hurt Duke.
 
The Tar Heels are not freshmen playing tonight. They are so quick. DD looks awesome.
Duke is in trouble in the ACC......
 
mrmojack said:
Nice road win for a young North Carolina team. Diamond DeShields drops 30
on the Dookies. Maybe Carolina is growing up at the right time of the yr.
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or Duke stinks without Gray

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Bad coaching and a bit of both of the above. Would you not have tried to slow the game down and make UNC try to play some half court offense?
 
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Bad coaching and a bit of both of the above. Would you not have tried to slow the game down and make UNC try to play some half court offense?
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If you were a TV commentator would you not offer some insight into what was going on down on the floor. I felt that they just did not want to touch this one in an intelligent way. Little insight into the game by that crew.
 
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What she really said.
Didn't accept my script, got a different speechwriter.

"I think that defense is something that this team generally wants other people to do," coach Joanne P. McCallie said. "We don't get into defense. We're playing defense to get the ball back on offense. ... Our transition defense has been awful. The difference in the game was transition defense."
 
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If you were a TV commentator would you not offer some insight into what was going on down on the floor. I felt that they just did not want to touch this one in an intelligent way. Little insight into the game by that crew.
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They said quite a bit of that in the UConn and Notre Dame routs of Duke, even imploring McCallie to call timeouts, lose the zone, etc. Not like she was going to change anything anyway...
 
CamrnCrz1974 said:
They said quite a bit of that in the UConn and Notre Dame routs of Duke, even imploring McCallie to call timeouts, lose the zone, etc. Not like she was going to change anything anyway...
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Well, Cam I do not know what to make of that. But Lordy I feel your pain! Maybe you guys need a couple of HS AAs decommitments to get someone's attention.
 
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Pain and suffering oh my and a million dollars a year and 8 high school AA to boot and a very nice campus! We lack effort!
 
In our pre season thread- I think I had North Carolina as my surprise maybe 5th ranked team, with us, Notre Dame & Stamford & Tenn in the Final Four. They are a bit undisciplined, and obviously don't play defense like us----but boy they have alot of athleticism and raw talent on the floor. I think they are a team that will be capable of beating almost anyone in the tournament. Diamond is something and there is alot of players on that team.
 
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Penn State, Md, and even Ohio State scare me more than Duke- they are a paper tiger.
 
EW shows up for a Big Monday game.... but the rest of the Dookies take the night off.
Any team that comes in and shoots 3's well can beat Duke... they just don't defend well.
Does JM ever watch her post game press conferences? Does she realize how detached and clueless she seems?
I was shocked that Duke was ranked #3 today. They could lose three more games this season. they could be the #2 or even the #3 team in UConn's region.
 
UNC shot the ball well over their season average and Duke didn't play defense to stop them. Perhaps a little defense and UNC shoot around 30% and Duke wins by a lot. Duke has struggled and you can blame that on injuries however UConn with injuries went into Duke and beat them. So what does that tell you? No defense and inconsistent focus by the Duke players. All that talent and they lose. I don't think UNC is a good team. They have a lot of talent and they are young and undisciplined and very careless with the ball. They looked great last nite because of Dukes lack of defense. Against ND they will be schooled.

I will stick with my top 4 teams and all have great coaching UConn ND LVille and Stanford. Duke is 5th and a Duke LVille game will be a terrific game in the Regionals .
 
glad Diamond and the Heels won... hushed up a few people, til their next loss!
 
It was a toss up as to which team to root for last night. Hubby said he could never root for the Dookies, and although I've been a UNC men's hoop and women's soccer fan for years, just couldn't root for the baby blue either. And then some of the on court body language and antics at the end of the game - McDaniel doing some sort of funky dance celebrating the win. Glad our coaching staff does what they do. Just saying' ....
 
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