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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Warriorfish on April 04, 2015, 10:52:01 PM
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Should be a great game.
Watched their first game in the Caesars Palace sportsbook and UW could not contain Duke's guard play. Will be interesting to see what adjustments Bo makes this time.
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Duke hits outside shots. UK doesn't. I think Duke is going to win by about 8.
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As poised as Duke's freshmen are, I think the veterans win. Hope to God I'm wrong.
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Wow, that point spread surprises me a bit. Figured Duke by 3.
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Wow, that point spread surprises me a bit. Figured Duke by 3.
I agree with you and I'm guess this is because all the emotional Bucky money is pouring in right now. Check tomorrow afternoon when the more rationale betting money starts coming in.
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All the CBS/TBS crew is picking Wisconsin tonight because of their size - too many big men for Duke to cover. I think this is setting up for a Duke win, as too many are focusing on UW beating undefeated UK, and not enough on how Duke thrashed MSU.
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Just a guess - but maybe it's because:
1. Duke shot over 65% in the 1st meeting and we all know it isn't happening again.
2. Dekker played on a bad ankle the last time.
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Just a guess - but maybe it's because:
1. Duke shot over 65% in the 1st meeting and we all know it isn't happening again.
2. Dekker played on a bad ankle the last time.
No debating the second point, but Duke got a ton of layups to get to that number.
UW is better offensively, and Duke is really improved defensively. Should be interesting.
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If my memory serves, didnt Duke beat UW-Madison IN Madison by around 10 earlier this season? What do they think will be so drastically diffeerent this time around? If you have a team at can go in there and handle them, I would think they could do the same thing on Monday night. At least that's what I'm praying for.
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Just a guess - but maybe it's because:
1. Duke shot over 65% in the 1st meeting and we all know it isn't happening again.
2. Dekker played on a bad ankle the last time.
Did you watch Duke's guards tonight? Think UW's will be able to contain them without racking up fouls? If Jones plays Monday like he did tonight, Duke will win.
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Did you watch Duke's guards tonight? Think UW's will be able to contain them without racking up fouls? If Jones plays Monday like he did tonight, Duke will win.
If Dekker plays like he did tonite, Duke won't.
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If my memory serves, didnt Duke beat UW-Madison IN Madison by around 10 earlier this season? What do they think will be so drastically diffeerent this time around? If you have a team at can go in there and handle them, I would think they could do the same thing on Monday night. At least that's what I'm praying for.
My argument would be that Duke may look at that game as the blueprint to beat UW-Madison, whereas Wisconsin will look at it as how the need to evolve. If that's the case, my money is on the team trying to evolve.
My hope is K doesn't pay any attention to what happened in November. That will only hurt Duke.
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Y'all are postin' with yo heart and not yo head. Bucky is on a mission. Just beat the year long #1 team. Bo's squad wins on Monday.
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You guys are mostly hilarious. Wisconsin is the best team in college basketball. The sooner yall
Deal the better you'll feel.
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Anybody think Wojo gives K a scouting report?
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Y'all are postin' with yo heart and not yo head. Bucky is on a mission. Just beat the year long #1 team. Bo's squad wins on Monday.
For real.
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You guys are mostly hilarious. Wisconsin is the best team in college basketball. The sooner yall
Deal the better you'll feel.
Except Duke beat Wisconsin in Madison by double digits and just smoked Michigan State, who took UW to OT in the BTT. So not sure how you can state that as a fact.
Y'all are postin' with yo heart and not yo head. Bucky is on a mission. Just beat the year long #1 team. Bo's squad wins on Monday.
Isn't anybody who makes it to the National Title game "on a mission?"
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My hope is K doesn't pay any attention to what happened in November. That will only hurt Duke.
Especially since they played in Dec. ;)
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Y'all are postin' with yo heart and not yo head. Bucky is on a mission. Just beat the year long #1 team. Bo's squad wins on Monday.
I think I've been with my head the whole time, including today. Don't think UK was as good as people made them out to be and tonight showed. Duke's depth is a concern, however, but they are smarter than UK. Some of the hairbrained stuff UK pulled tonight was funny to watch, but Coach Cal isn't the type of coach to reign it in.
Should be an interesting game....right now I'm leaning slightly Duke, but depth and foul trouble has me very sketchy on that pick.
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Except Duke beat Wisconsin in Madison by double digits and just smoked Michigan State, who took UW to OT in the BTT. So not sure how you can state that as a fact.
We all have our defense mechanisms.
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Except Duke beat Wisconsin in Madison by double digits and just smoked Michigan State, who took UW to OT in the BTT. So not sure how you can state that as a fact.
Isn't anybody who makes it to the National Title game "on a mission?"
Sooner you see it the better.
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Sooner you see it the better.
One of the best for sure, but going up against what I would argue is their equal. We'll see. Should be a fun game.
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Sooner you see it the better.
They could certainly win the game Monday. But to say right now that anybody who thinks anyone other than Wisconsin is the best team in the country is thinking with their heart rather than their head is going against what we actually have seen so far this season.
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If Dekker plays like he did tonite, Duke won't.
Duke guards scored 42 points tonight, UW's scored 21.
UW's F's and C's scored 50, Duke's F's and C's scored 39.
If Okafor and Winslow can stay equal with Kaminsky and Dekker, the advantage is Duke.
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No doubt they're worthy but UW wins.
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I think I've been with my head the whole time, including today. Don't think UK was as good as people made them out to be and tonight showed. Duke's depth is a concern, however, but they are smarter than UK. Some of the hairbrained stuff UK pulled tonight was funny to watch, but Coach Cal isn't the type of coach to reign it in.
Should be an interesting game....right now I'm leaning slightly Duke, but depth and foul trouble has me very sketchy on that pick.
Wisconsin has no depth either. Duke primarily plays 6, Wisconsin 6 or 7 depending if you count Jackson. Neither Okafor nor Kaminsky can guard each other. Foul trouble key on both sides. Hot shooting team wins Monday night.
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ESPN just said the game is now a pick'em
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The Badgers just have a look that screams team of destiny. F***!!! >:(
That said, Duke had a cakewalk tonight, while the Badgers had to grit out a win with a very thin bench. They pointed all year to a Kentucky rematch, got it, and won. We'll see if they can muster up the same emotional edge in less than 48 hours. I really believe tonight took its toll emotionally and physically on them, and it may very well show Monday night. Oh how I hope it comes in to play Monday night.
Please Duke, please.
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The Badgers just have a look that screams team of destiny. F***!!! >:(
That said, Duke had a cakewalk tonight, while the Badgers had to grit out a win with a very thin bench. They pointed all year to a Kentucky rematch, got it, and won. We'll see if they can muster up the same emotional edge in less than 48 hours. I really believe tonight took its toll emotionally and physically on them, and it may very well show Monday night. Oh how I hope it comes in to play Monday night.
Please Duke, please.
Butler had destiny screaming twice, too. Should be a good game.
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Butler had destiny screaming twice, too. Should be a good game.
Yeah, they did, I truly hope for similar results Monday to 2010 and 2011 for Butler.
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If my memory serves, didnt Duke beat UW-Madison IN Madison by around 10 earlier this season? What do they think will be so drastically diffeerent this time around? If you have a team at can go in there and handle them, I would think they could do the same thing on Monday night. At least that's what I'm praying for.
That was four months ago. Duke has shown that if they aren't hitting shots that they are beatable. (v. ND in the ACC Championship Game for instance.) Rasheed Suliamon had 20+ points that game and he isn't on the team any longer. (Justice Winslow had 5 as a counterpoint.)
Whoever hits their shots is going to win.
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Everyone needs to throw out the Duke-beat-Wisconsin-by-10-at-home argument. November happened a long time ago. Every team is way different now than they were back. A great game to look forward to Monday night. These are 2 great team-basketball playing teams.
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That was four months ago. Duke has shown that if they aren't hitting shots that they are beatable. (v. ND in the ACC Championship Game for instance.) Rasheed Suliamon had 20+ points that game and he isn't on the team any longer. (Justice Winslow had 5 as a counterpoint.)
Whoever hits their shots is going to win.
Sulaimon had 14 but yeah you can't really look at the first game and expect anything to be the same. Dekker bum ankle, Traevon Jackson had 25, Duke shot 65% (58% on 3's), Hayes & Okafor foul trouble, Winslow a non-factor, etc.
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Oh by the way, the first Duke/Wisconsin game was Dec. 3 people. Stop saying November!
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Sulaimon had 14 but yeah you can't really look at the first game and expect anything to be the same. Dekker bum ankle, Traevon Jackson had 25, Duke shot 65% (58% on 3's), Hayes & Okafor foul trouble, Winslow a non-factor, etc.
Has Sulaimon said where he is going next year? Prison for rape?
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Oh by the way, the first Duke/Wisconsin game was Dec. 3 people. Stop saying November!
Good point. Big big difference. Still 4 months.
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Has Sulaimon said where he is going next year? Prison for rape?
He might transfer to Blacksburg, Va
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Duke guards scored 42 points tonight, UW's scored 21.
UW's F's and C's scored 50, Duke's F's and C's scored 39.
If Okafor and Winslow can stay equal with Kaminsky and Dekker, the advantage is Duke.
There were 68 possessions in the Duke game and 58 in the Wisconsin game. If you normalize for that the Duke F/Cs scored 33 pts and their guards scored Gs 36. This is to say nothing of the fact that Wisconsin was playing the best defense (up to that point) in the KenPom era, whereas Duke was playing the 15th best of this year.
I think Duke is going to win, but using raw point totals from two different games to make your point is poor analysis.
I also like the question from another poster about whether Wojo would provide Coach K a scouting report.
Wojo: "Hey, Coach K, great to talk to you. Do you need a scouting report on Wisconsin?"
K: "Um, Steve, we played them 3 days before you did."