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Title: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on February 19, 2009, 07:52:26 PM
Watching it is just terri-bull.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: CTWarrior on February 19, 2009, 08:00:49 PM
Excuse for Duke to play in NY every other year.  St. Johns has upset them a few times when you wouldn't expect it at all over the past decade.  I suppose they could play Fordham or Manhattan or Columbia or something.  Just no good college hoops teams in NYC right now.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on February 19, 2009, 08:09:48 PM
Young Johnnies waited too long to come back in this one. Actually got close towards the end.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: dsfire on February 19, 2009, 08:18:23 PM
I missed a good chunk of the game, but I'm not sure why St. John's did anything other than drive to the basket - Duke couldn't stop them, and SJU was getting a good number of boards on the offensive end.  Biggest problems  for them were ball handling and defending the perimeter.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: Mayor McCheese on February 20, 2009, 09:02:21 AM
Is it just me... or will Duke be the first #1-#2 seed out of the tournament this year... their team is just out of gas, and really isn't that good


The idea of having 1 athletic player and 4 unathletic players around him just baffles me... Scheyer hasn't panned out the way Duke has wanted him to I have to feel.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: Dry White Toast on February 20, 2009, 09:04:32 AM
to improve Duke's RPI (opponent's opponents)...pretty smart actually.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: Avenue Commons on February 20, 2009, 03:06:33 PM
Quote from: Mayor McCheese on February 20, 2009, 09:02:21 AM
Is it just me... or will Duke be the first #1-#2 seed out of the tournament this year... their team is just out of gas, and really isn't that good


The idea of having 1 athletic player and 4 unathletic players around him just baffles me... Scheyer hasn't panned out the way Duke has wanted him to I have to feel.

Not an issue. Duke is not a #1 or #2 seed right now. Things could change, but they aren't one of the top 8 teams in the country right now.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: 77fan88warrior on February 20, 2009, 08:40:53 PM
Quote from: Mayor McCheese on February 20, 2009, 09:02:21 AM
Is it just me... or will Duke be the first #1-#2 seed out of the tournament this year... their team is just out of gas, and really isn't that good


The idea of having 1 athletic player and 4 unathletic players around him just baffles me... Scheyer hasn't panned out the way Duke has wanted him to I have to feel.

I bet you a lot of us would take Scheyer's shooting right now.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on February 20, 2009, 09:39:45 PM
Quote from: 77fan88warrior on February 20, 2009, 08:40:53 PM
I bet you a lot of us would take Scheyer's shooting right now.

Not I.

He's a defensive liability.
Title: Re: Why does the SJU-Duke annual game exist again?!?
Post by: mustever on February 21, 2009, 10:16:19 AM
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on February 19, 2009, 07:52:26 PM
Watching it is just terri-bull.
Beacause "its Duke...its Duke"