swamisez
Posts: 1,990
Jan 8, 2010 5:02pm
Big game for the Devils, Saturday 2pm from Atlanta
Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors are primed for this match-up on national television. Tons of scouts will be on hand, so Duke will most certainly get a test.
Duke has had trouble with long athletic teams in the past, but this year it seems they are more equipped to rebound with them and play less aggressive on the ball defense (THANK GOD)
predictions?
Clubber Lang says...........PAIN
Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors are primed for this match-up on national television. Tons of scouts will be on hand, so Duke will most certainly get a test.
Duke has had trouble with long athletic teams in the past, but this year it seems they are more equipped to rebound with them and play less aggressive on the ball defense (THANK GOD)
predictions?
Clubber Lang says...........PAIN
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ironman02
Posts: 4,989
Jan 8, 2010 6:22pm
Favors and Lawal may give Duke a lot of problems, but it's hard for me to predict a GT win. I really haven't seen them play yet, so I don't have enough information to make an educated pick. That said, the safe money is probably on Duke since they're most likely the better team overall.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Jan 8, 2010 7:38pm
Pretty excited for this one. My kid sister has a varsity game at the same time that I'll most likely head out to, so I'll probably have to DVR this one.
Coming off that loss to Georgia last weekend, Tech will surely be primed for Duke. Like iron, though, I haven't watched enough of the Yellow Jackets to make an educated guess. My heart, obviously, says Duke.
Coming off that loss to Georgia last weekend, Tech will surely be primed for Duke. Like iron, though, I haven't watched enough of the Yellow Jackets to make an educated guess. My heart, obviously, says Duke.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Jan 8, 2010 9:27pm
Duke 76
Georgia Tech 71
Georgia Tech 71
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 9, 2010 1:27am
Tech by 3.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jan 9, 2010 3:10am
Should be a good game, but I think Duke may be a little too much for the Yellow Jackets who are coming off a loss to Georgia I believe?
Duke 79
GTech 67
Duke 79
GTech 67
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Jan 9, 2010 4:23am
Yeah, Georgia.
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slidepiece
Posts: 35
Jan 9, 2010 10:22am
Hopefully duke loses this one just like they just lost out on SF recruit Roscoe Smith, but I don't see it happening.
duke 82
GT 67
duke 82
GT 67
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burt07
Posts: 600
Jan 9, 2010 2:35pm
Very, very sloppy game thus far as Georgia Tech leads 19-18 at the under 8 timeout. Duke's been struggling with Tech's press and have been terrible shooting outside the perimeter. Meanwhile Tech has not been able to get Favors involved in the offense at all but Lawal has stepped up at times. Should be a close one most of the way.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 9, 2010 2:42pm
Every time Favors touches the ball he turns it over or makes a bad play, he's really struggling.
swamisez
Posts: 1,990
Jan 9, 2010 2:43pm
when did Roscoe commit to UConn? I totally missed that one.
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burt07
Posts: 600
Jan 9, 2010 3:03pm
Duke up 35-29 at the half. Duke getting decent play out of the frontcourt out of the Plumlees and even something out of Zoubek. Scheyer doing his usual thing with 13 points at the half. Could use some more production out of Smith and Singler in the 2nd half. Meanwhile, Favors is still at goosegg points-wise. It feels like Duke should be up more in this game but Tech has kept it close with some 3's.
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burt07
Posts: 600
Jan 9, 2010 3:04pm
On another note, I've been pretty disappointed with the Thriller Dome crowd, I thought the place would be rockin today with Duke coming to town and the Jackets seemingly making another rise to prominence, at least for this season with Favors. But they have been deader than dead this afternoon.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jan 9, 2010 3:08pm
I think that loss to Georgia, their biggest rival, took the air out of this game in a way...burt07 wrote: On another note, I've been pretty disappointed with the Thriller Dome crowd, I thought the place would be rockin today with Duke coming to town and the Jackets seemingly making another rise to prominence, at least for this season with Favors. But they have been deader than dead this afternoon.
If Tech could have won that game, this game would have been bigger in the sense that GTech was coming in on the right note..
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Jan 9, 2010 3:31pm
Yesterday.swamisez wrote: when did Roscoe commit to UConn? I totally missed that one.
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september63
Posts: 5,789
Jan 9, 2010 4:04pm
Scheyer doesnt shoot so well against quality competition this day. 2-10 beyond the arc with 2:35 secs left.
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burt07
Posts: 600
Jan 9, 2010 4:04pm
Tech up 60-58 with 2:55 left. Lawal has been nearly unstoppable in the 2nd half for Tech while Duke has struggled mightily beyond the arc and from the free throw line.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 9, 2010 4:14pm
Big time win for the Jackets.
september63
Posts: 5,789
Jan 9, 2010 4:27pm
Scheyer threw up a few uglies!! 3-13 from 3t land.
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ironman02
Posts: 4,989
Jan 9, 2010 5:02pm
Even though I picked Duke in the picks contest, this surely brightened my day.
Big win for the Jackets.
Big win for the Jackets.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 9, 2010 5:04pm
And I almost said Tech by 4. Damn.wildcats20 wrote: Tech by 3.
ohiotiger33
Posts: 1,500
Jan 9, 2010 6:23pm
Always makes me happy.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jan 10, 2010 12:54am
Wow, great win by the Jackets... Shocked the hell out of me.
Always a great day when Duke loses
Always a great day when Duke loses
swamisez
Posts: 1,990
Jan 10, 2010 8:53am
Tough road game in the ACC, not upset about this L at all to be honest. What will be disappointing is watching Georgia Tech flounder against teams like UVA and State. They are real young, so they will more than likely drop half of their ACC road contests.
Duke played poorly and still lost by just 4 to a team built to beat them. It looked like a replay of the Clemson game from last year in stretches. Long athletic teams full court pressing and trapping. Thankfully most teams in the country aren't capable of doing what Clemson GaTech can do. Why they don't do this to most teams?
Gani Lawal was a man yesterday, Kyle Singler was not.
Duke played poorly and still lost by just 4 to a team built to beat them. It looked like a replay of the Clemson game from last year in stretches. Long athletic teams full court pressing and trapping. Thankfully most teams in the country aren't capable of doing what Clemson GaTech can do. Why they don't do this to most teams?
Gani Lawal was a man yesterday, Kyle Singler was not.