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Feb 28, 2012 11:19 PM
After building a 60 to 38 second-half lead over Wake in Winston-Salem, the Blue Devils stop guarding the perimeter, miss a flurry of jumpers and the Demon Deacons go on a 21 to 2 run and eventually crawl back to within six points with under two minutes to play. Gut check time. That's the type of second-half performance that led to an Arizona knock-out punch in the regional semis last year.

The Blue Devils get the win, though, and improve to 8-0 on the year in the ACC. It was only the fifth time in the history of school that a Duke team finished undefeated in ACC road action for an entire season. There were some close-calls along the way, but it's quite an accomplishment. It doesn't happen very often in college basketball. Duke and Kentucky are the only major-conference teams with that distinction this season.
Feb 28, 2012 11:19pm
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Feb 28, 2012 11:41 PM
Question still stands where does the live by the three percentage begin?
The correct barometer would be 3's taken as a percentage of FG attempts. Using that metric 38% of Duke's shots are 3's.OSU, MSU, and UK are all around 26%.

The cutoff point is subjective. I would think any team 10% above the norm would be considered a 'live by the 3, die by the 3" team. But, that is just my opinion.
Feb 28, 2012 11:41pm
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Mar 1, 2012 8:17 AM
UNC by 4 :cool:
Mar 1, 2012 8:17am
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Mar 1, 2012 9:42 AM
I would love to see the Devils get a victory, but I just can't fathom one.
Given how the team has played at home and how the Tarheels have looked over the last two weeks, it seems unlikely.

Thornton would have to pressure Marshall into turnovers and the Carolina bigs would have to miss quite a few chippys. When the pace is slower Carolina got to the line and hit free throws, when the pace is quick, Duke can't contain Henson and Zeller in transition.

I expect Carolina to win by 8-10 points, but if Duke found a way I wouldn't be shocked either. Kind of how it has been for both teams.
Mar 1, 2012 9:42am
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Mar 1, 2012 2:26 PM
Correction to my earlier post: Duke's 8-0 record on the road in the ACC this season marks only the fourth time an ACC team in history has capped a regular-season conference slate while going undefeated in the eight-game format. The Blue Devils account for three of those four unblemished seasons. That is a remarkable achievement.

Duke's 8-game ACC road winning streak will again be put on the line next winter as the Blue Devils will attempt to pursue the all-time longest ACC road winning streak of 24 games, which was, not ironically, set by Duke from 1998 to 2001.
Mar 1, 2012 2:26pm
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Mar 5, 2012 11:07 PM
With its sixth-place ranking in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll, the Duke Blue Devils surpassed the Kentucky Wildcats as owners of the second-longest streak of consecutive Top Ten AP appearances in college basketball history at 92 straight weeks. Famed UCLA coach John Wooden led the Bruins to 155 consecutive AP Top Ten in the 1960s.

More than anything else, consistency has defined the program in Durham under the guidance of Michael K.
Mar 5, 2012 11:07pm
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Mar 16, 2012 7:31 PM
ccrunner609;1118731 wrote:Duke is struggling on offense against Lehigh
That's because duke sucks
Mar 16, 2012 7:31pm
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Mar 16, 2012 8:01 PM
DeyDurkie5;1118738 wrote:That's because duke sucks
reps
Mar 16, 2012 8:01pm
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Mar 16, 2012 9:11 PM
Obviously Coach K will forget more about basketball than we'll ever know, but I wonder why he doesn't ever construct an offense that doesn't live/die by the three. God knows they haven't had a reliable big man in forever, so if the three-pointers aren't falling, the offense isn't worth shit.
Mar 16, 2012 9:11pm
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Mar 16, 2012 9:30 PM
Duke sucks.
Mar 16, 2012 9:30pm
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Mar 16, 2012 9:37 PM









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Mar 16, 2012 9:39 PM
LOL
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Mar 16, 2012 9:41 PM
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Mar 16, 2012 9:42 PM
ccrunner609;1118996 wrote:K needs to go back and watch all the game fill of his late 80's and early 90's teams where everything was worked inside out.
you are what you recruit
Mar 16, 2012 9:42pm
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Mar 16, 2012 9:46 PM
You could tell by how the season ended...blown out at home by UNC, ugly first round win in the ACC then losing in the second round...that the tournament was going to be bad. I thought they'd play some below-average game and win by single-digits then lose in the second round. Duke almost lost to a #15 seed a few years ago, too.
Mar 16, 2012 9:46pm
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Mar 16, 2012 9:57 PM
Someone call reclegend and make sure he's alive.:D
Mar 16, 2012 9:57pm
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Mar 16, 2012 9:58 PM
Ha.

Ha.

Ha.
Mar 16, 2012 9:58pm
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Mar 16, 2012 10:12 PM
ccrunner609;1066886 wrote:They can beat you inside and they can beat you outside.
unless they're playing Lehigh
Mar 16, 2012 10:12pm
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Mar 16, 2012 10:28 PM
ironman02;1119036 wrote:Someone call reclegend and make sure he's alive.:D
And tell him to finally change that weak avatar
Mar 16, 2012 10:28pm
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Mar 16, 2012 10:34 PM
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Mar 16, 2012 10:46 PM
robj55;1119003 wrote:you are what you recruit

Hence, Coach K is a Plumlee
Mar 16, 2012 10:46pm
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Mar 16, 2012 10:47 PM
LOL where is reclegend. THat dude is a fucking chump and a creep. I am pretty sure he would suck coach k's dick! LOL
Mar 16, 2012 10:47pm
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Mar 16, 2012 10:48 PM
karen lotz;1119088 wrote:

Careful man....ND might lose on a 50 footer
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