Week of 11/6 Other Games

[caw]

Some here was saying filipowski would provide adequate rim protection. I didn’t forget. It’s an even more asinine claim after what we saw tonight. The book is out. Attack the paint and crash the glass

Yeah he is a sieve defensively. Doesn't protect the rim, doesn't rebound particularly well and doesn't move his feet great either. Add in he is pretty weak and well he will make Flagg look great next year.

 

[AntG168]

Yeah he is a sieve defensively. Doesn't protect the rim, doesn't rebound particularly well and doesn't move his feet great either. Add in he is pretty weak and well he will make Flagg look great next year.

Cooper Flagg watched our team last year…..and then watched that last play call by Scheyer and said, “yea I’ll go with the dufus”. Can’t believe it

 

[JohnnyJr]

Fixed it for you.


Dukes #2 recruiting class:

McCain (#14) 3-8, 9 points
Power (#17) DNP
Stewart (#22) 1-1, 2 points
Foster (#23) 0-0, 0 points


That Tuesday night MSU vs Duke game suddenly looks pretty meh.

How does that not hurt their recruiting? I thought top prospects expect to play

 

[caw]

Cooper Flagg watched our team last year…..and then watched that last play call by Scheyer and said, “yea I’ll go with the dufus”. Can’t believe it

He's got enough hype he could go to Maine and average 10 a game and would get drafted. He won't get better at Duke but he doesn't need to do so.

 

[AntG168]

He's got enough hype he could go to Maine and average 10 a game and would get drafted. He won't get better at Duke but he doesn't need to do so.

If I’m gonna spend 10 months of my life anywhere I’d like to do so winning

 

[HooperScooper]

All those 5 star recruits and all Duke could get from their bench is 5 points?

 

[superjohn]

Yeah he is a sieve defensively. Doesn't protect the rim, doesn't rebound particularly well and doesn't move his feet great either. Add in he is pretty weak and well he will make Flagg look great next year.

Yep, he also looks like he has alligator/T-Rex arms.

 

[REB1094]

Richard Jefferson and JJ Redick are calling the Celtics/Nets game. RJ was teasing JJ about Duke losing tonight and said "Cooper Flagg, it's not too late to change your commitment" lmao

 

[auror]

Can someone explain people’s fascination with Proctor?

I didn't buy it, but the arguments went:

He was one of the youngest freshmen in the country last season, so he's only really like old freshman aged now. His growth during the season was evident and took place as Duke gave him the keys over Roach. He's a two-way player. He shot very well in the last 10 games or whatever when Duke went 9-1, and has shot well at lower levels and had a really high FT% which should demonstrate his touch. He flashed high level skills in some of those games, especially in the NCAA tournament against the #1 defense in the country, Tennessee, where he looked like the best player on the court and made several highlight reel plays.

The rebuttal is pretty obvious:

Don't trust small samples. Just because it's at the end of the year doesn't really mean it's much less random... the overall splits weren't good. His improvement from what his overall season was last year to what he would be required to do for All-American level is massive. Him being that young means, you know, still essentially a freshman this year. Freshmen usually aren't good, or at least usually not All Americans. Aside from Tennessee, the rest of the defenses in that last 10 games stretch were garbage. The ACC was bad, and we're talking like 7/10 of those games against defenses outside the top 80 and 6 were outside the top 100. They lost that Tennessee game pretty handily. He could still be like 2nd team or HM All ACC, but the jump beyond that would be quite the leap indeed.

 

[HooperScooper]

Richard Jefferson and JJ Redick are calling the Celtics/Nets game. RJ was teasing JJ about Duke losing tonight and said "Cooper Flagg, it's not too late to change your commitment" lmao

Richard Jefferson giving it to Redick even more than that. It's hilarious.

 

[caw]

I didn't buy it, but the arguments went:

He was one of the youngest freshmen in the country last season, so he's only really like old freshman aged now. His growth during the season was evident and took place as Duke gave him the keys over Roach. He's a two-way player. He shot very well in the last 10 games or whatever when Duke went 9-1, and has shot well at lower levels and had a really high FT% which should demonstrate his touch. He flashed high level skills in some of those games, especially in the NCAA tournament against the #1 defense in the country, Tennessee, where he looked like the best player on the court and made several highlight reel plays.

The rebuttal is pretty obvious:

Don't trust small samples. Just because it's at the end of the year doesn't really mean it's much less random... the overall splits weren't good. His improvement from what his overall season was last year to what he would be required to do for All-American level is massive. Him being that young means, you know, still essentially a freshman this year. Freshmen usually aren't good, or at least usually not All Americans. Aside from Tennessee, the rest of the defenses in that last 10 games stretch were garbage. The ACC was bad, and we're talking like 7/10 of those games against defenses outside the top 80 and 6 were outside the top 100. They lost that Tennessee game pretty handily. He could still be like 2nd team or HM All ACC, but the jump beyond that would be quite the leap indeed.

Thanks, I didn't watch him much last year, or at least didn't focus on him when I did watch Duke. He never stood out for a game. A play here and there but never for a full game. I also just don't see it. He's tallish but not terribly athletic. Form on his shot is good but his release isn't really that fast. Handle is decent but I didn't see him beat anyone with it. Passes it well but doesn't create with his passes.

 

[caw]

Wiscy is losing but Storr does look good for them.

 

[auror]

Top 25ish buzzy Maryland lost on neutral to Davidson, yikes.

 

[BigTenFan]

Purdue v Xavier Monday night

 

[superjohn]

Purdue v Xavier Monday night

The challenge matchups kind of stink and it's not a challenge with no UConn.

 

[Orc]

Gavin Griffiths had 25 points.

Great. Have fun playing in the NIT lol

 

[EnochRoot]

I watched the Maryland v Davidson game played in Asheville at the 'Asheville Championship' tournament this weekend.

Davidson won, but compared to Maryland they're slower, less athletic, and smaller.

Yet if they had better movement of the ball around the perimeter to get to the hot hand, they probably would've won this game by 20 points.

Maryland is not a good program right now. No clue what Willard's doing.

 

[Orc]

That was an unathletic team they had on the court tonight. They better hope some of the guys on the bench are athletic studs (I don't see it) who are ready because Filipowski and Ryan Young down low ain't it. It took Scheyer all season to get Lively going and they don't have a Lively this season.

Duke is not winning the title this year. The team is soft. Athletic teams like Zona will give them fits

 

[ToolzieFan]

That was such a bad play call out of a time out from Scheyer. The guy still has proven nothing except he can use Coach K’s name to recruit

They would have been way better off just shooting a three on the previous possession. Going for the quick two just to set up a desperation inbounds pass was a pretty bad combination.

 

[caw]

The challenge matchups kind of stink and it's not a challenge with no UConn.

Purdue vs X would have been good if X were healthy.

 

[auror]

 

[HooperScooper]

Is that allowed? That's strange. Bennett certainly didn't think it was allowed.

 

[auror]

Is that allowed? That's strange. Bennett certainly didn't think it was allowed.

The refs are definitely allowed to look at the media angle. I have no idea if they're allowed to call over the refs or bias them. It's probably allowed, but likely frowned upon by the network to interfere. Risk pissing off coaches/fans.

 

[superjohn]

Nicholls State University beat LSU.

 

[caw]

The refs are definitely allowed to look at the media angle. I have no idea if they're allowed to call over the refs or bias them. It's probably allowed, but likely frowned upon by the network to interfere. Risk pissing off coaches/fans.

TBF Alexander went to UVA, right?