Duke... In game chatter

[MUEng92]

Cmon keep it single digits

[Rockmic87]

We really need to recruit more descent big men that are 6'10 +

[🏀]

DB killed our chances tonight.

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

I've been watching on and off, but I think we held our own considering we're unranked and half our guys are newbs and they're the #1 national champions and refs be all up on their junks.

Cadougan and Gardner...great combination...don't look prototypical ballers but they are gonna be a great combination throughout the years.

[Hards Alumni]

Gotta love how this is somehow "somebody's" fault.

It can't be that Duke is just better.

Give me a break.

[🏀]

Who was out of bounds there?

[jtsanto]

Despite looking like crap for a 5 minute stretch in the second half I think that this team is going to be alright. I thought going into this tournament that if we went 1-1 that I would be very happy. So let's see if they can bounce back tomorrow night and get the split.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Too many questionable calls went Duke's way...SHOCKING!

[MerrittsMustache]

If Plumlee puts on 20 lbs he is unstoppable

Agreed...but only if he always plays teams with no bigs.

[nyg]

Nice effort against #1 team.  Plumlee was real tough and MU had no height to guard him.  

[MUEng92]

So it is Dickies job to tell people that they should be ashamed to not like Duke.  I actually like them more than I hate them, but that pisses me off.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

While the officiating did suck, Duke is the better team. Plumlee was tremendous.  Buzz will need to come up with something for the next time we face a talented big.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

we gave away too much height as usual.
the guys played hard MU ball

[HouWarrior]

Very good effort, accurate gauge of where we are--I agree with commentators we look better than 8th best in BE. As they play more as a unit, improve shot selection, I can see a pretty good year...at least making  the tourney.

[Blackhat]

Lets not totally knock Otule.  He did some good things too this game.   Had some nice post ups and blocked a shot or two.  

Needs to be more of a presence on D and rebound better.  You're born with good hands, so he'll have to adapt as best he can on that.

[chren21]

We were 4-21 from three...  Man that stinks.

[Jam Chowder]

I've been watching on and off, but I think we held our own considering we're unranked and half our guys are newbs and they're the #1 national champions and refs be all up on their junks.

Well said... I laughed out loud reading that.

[79Warrior]

Gotta love how this is somehow "somebody's" fault.

It can't be that Duke is just better.

Give me a break.

+1

[MerrittsMustache]

While the officiating did suck, Duke is the better team. Plumlee was tremendous.  Buzz will need to come up with something for the next time we face a talented big.

+1

Buzz can't coach guys to be 6" taller so they'll need to do a better job boxing out and staying in good position on D - too many put-backs and easy shots. Being able to hit from the perimeter on the other end wouldn't hurt either.

[wojosdojo]

They played good tonight. A lot of great teams can't stay with the #1 team, we did. This was by far NOT ONE persons fault (DB). Like Dick said, were going to be good this year.

Also, was this Juniors best D1 game yet? That's pass to Jae was sick.

[mileskishnish72]

I think from where the pad was, Ox didn't have a shoulder dislocation but rather an AC sprain - also a "shot" before the game could help the AC joint but wouldn't make sense if there had been a dislocation.

There's signs of promise - it's only November.

[karavotsos]

We were better than all their bigs but one.  When the other Plumlee and that other big were out there, we pretty much just took the ball away from them to the extent that they went 4 small to win.  

The way I see it is Otule has to be able to hold his own against the better Plumlee because no one else has the physical credentials.  At times you can see he gets it, but he's got to be more consistent and more natural in finding his way around the court, knowing where he needs to be and what he needs to be doing.  At this point in time, he is inconsistent enough that Buzz thinks Crowder and Gardner are both better options when Plumlee ate them up at the key time of the game simply because of his size.  Buzz would rather take a chance on their skills than go with the size which is a necessary prerequisite to stopping Plumlee because Otule is not who he needs to be yet.  Otule needs to be the sheriff.    

[Sheriff]

I can tell you from experience that a dislocation requires a sling to prevent the arm from coming out again and you are looking at 6 - 8 week before rehab can start.

[tower912]

Ox did many good things tonight, but we saw his attention waver on defense and we saw the result.    If his position isn't perfect, he is in trouble because he does not have the quicks or ups to recover.    And he failed to get defensive rebounding position a number of times.    Freshman.    Great hands and feet.   He will probably be starting by the BEast season with Otule matching up against the other team's back up big. 

[MUEng92]

you are looking at 6 - 8 week before rehab can start.

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