Duke beat Georgia Tech 71-58 regaining tie for 1st in the ACC with UNC. Duke played great defense and that is what helped them win the game against Georgia Tech.
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Duke back on winning track.
After two losses Duke got back on the winning track by beating St. Johns. Lets all hope that this is what Duke needs to keep winning.
Another Loss from Our Sucky Defense On the Ball
Well, it seems as if someone cracked our software code and has inserted a virus. I guess once someone discovers that Paulus cannot play defense they take advantage of it. Whats really embarrassing is the fact that Coach K leaves him in to get torched by the points guards for two games in a row now.
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Here a few observations from tonight.
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1. Why did Paulus jack the three pointer up fading to his left late in the game. It amazes me that Duke doesn’t give up the ball to a the hot player in the game…in this case Scheyer. They ran plays for JJ back in the days. Damn, at least if someone is hot give him the ball. This is the one thing that sucks about college basketball. They usually don’t let the hot player keep shooting. Maybe its just Duke.
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2. The comment of the night came from dumbass Billy Packer - “Jon Scheyer is not a good shooter”. Scheyer finished with a career high and drained three’s all night. Are you an idiot Billy Packer? Don’t answer that, I already know.
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3. Singler didn’t step up. He played like the freshman he is.
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4. I’m not looking forward to the rest of the season as our defensive rest on Paulus to stop the point guard.
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5. Paging Gerald Henderson…..paging Gerald Henderson. Is this guy still playing for Duke? I thought he might leave Duke after three years. He showed me tonight he’s not even close to the level I thought he was at.
Dukes Loss Tonight
Can be contributed to the refs as well as their lack of a defensive stopper on Wake’s point guard. I find it a little out of the ordinary that the entire starting lineup for Duke fouled out. Yeah, thats not too odd……
Duke 77-Maryland 65
Duke downed the Terps last night in what turned out to be closer than expected in the second half. Singler helped the Duke down the stretch and closed the game with 26 points. Duke came out cold in the second half as they drove to the hoop time and time again only to come up empty handed. Paulus also had an off night from three point range….well at least compared to his recent games. He was 4-8 from behind the arc and had 20 points.
Vasquez for the Terps tried his best to keep Maryland within striking distance with 25 points but eventually faded down the stretch.
The win propels Duke to 10-0 in the ACC and has the Mac Attack talking about going undefeated in the ACC. It will be interesting to see what happens in the near future and lets hope the Devils can keep their undefeated record in tact.
Next up, the Deacons of Wake Forest.
Duke’s Last Night Man Handling of Carolina
What a great game last night right? The excuses are coming in fast and heavy since last nights loss to the Duke Blue Devils. I’ll recap some players, some plays, and throw in some of my own barbs because frankly I’m sick of listening to the crybabies over in UNC.
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5- The Matchup That Never Was - Every blog, newspaper article, that I’ve read in the past few days regarding Hansbrough and Henderson, you would have thought they were bringing their gloves to the basketball court. The Tarheel fan base tried to desperately make a mountain out of a mole hill and failed miserably. Why? Because they are scared to face the truth. What is the truth? Henderson called Hansbrough and apologized for the foul. Hansbrough accepted that apology. Then they proceeded to play pickup games against each other and together! UNC tried to make it appear like World War III, when in fact, it wasn’t even close to it.
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4- Lawson - What a joke. UNC fans are coming out of the woodwork making up excuses about Lawson not playing. What that really tells me is that your team sucks just because one player is out. If Duke loses Nelson, Scheyer, Henderson..whoever, we would still win. Duke can talk crap about not having a big man to match up against Hansbrough but we don’t. We didn’t recruit one and it appears we don’t need one. Everyone is bitching about Lawson’s ankle. What happens when you shut down Lawson when he plays? Maryland is what happens. Clemson is what happens. Georgia Tech is what happens. They didn’t lose them all but when you’re team is so heavily dependent upon one guard, its time for your team to re-evaluate your offensive strategy. Enough excuses already. I’m sick of your crying.
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3- Flopper of the Game Award - As stated in my previous post, how does a a 6′9″ 250 pound Center managed to draw 3 offensive fouls (almost 4) in the first half from gaurds that are half his size? For all the bullshit Paulus puts up with about flopping, I have news for you. Hansbrough really took the cake the first half with his fake flops. What a joke you UNC fans are.
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2- On to Duke - Why They Won - Duke won because they executed their game plan from start to finish the entire night. Drive and dish, drive and dish. Three, Three, and Three again. When you have a balanced team that can drain three pointers from everywhere its no surprise this game plan worked out just like it has all season. Whats so great about the drive and kick out is that Henderson or Nelson might just throw down when they drive. Any team has no choice but to collapse and stop the ball only to be beaten by a kick out and three pointer from down town.
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1- The number one reason we won last night - We’re Just Better Than You - period!
Mr. Flop Award for the First Half - Tyler Hansbrough
Everyone makes fun of Paulus and his flops…this just in for you UNC cry babies…
Hanbrough flopped 3 times in the first half.
I can’t wait to see the second half!!
Update: I posted this with 4 minutes left. Tyler just flopped for number 4 but this time he actually picked up the foul.
Less Than 24 Hours Until Game Time
Its no wonder why this is known as the biggest college basketball rivalry ever. We even have our own “Rivalry Week” set aside by our friends at ESPN. Yes there are a few other conference rivalries taking place but don’t kid yourself, Rivalry Week exist because of whats going down on Wednesday night at 9pm.
What to Expect:
Let’s be honest. The Carolina fans are in a tissy about Henderson rearranging Hansbrough’s nose last year. I’d be too actually. But no matter if it was intentional or not, the Heels are going to complain and make more of a show out of it than what it really was. A foul. I apologize on behalf of the Carolina Fans that have their heads so far up Hansbrough ass that they can’t deal with the facts. We’re just better than you. Yeah you might have won last year but unfortunately for you, that was last year. You guys suck this year. It will be physical and we will take your big man to 5 fouls by the time the 7 minute mark rolls around and will take our 5 point lead and turn it into 20. After all Lawson won’t be around (unless he’s faking, then I’ll be sure to post one hell of a blog post if thats the case) to penetrate and run up and down the court like he could have.
Rumor mill also has it that the Carolina fans will be holding up flip flops everytime Paulus touches the ball. I have to admit, thats kinda funny……if you’re wearing wimpy Blue colors.
Paulus will have the game of his life, yup I said it and posted it. He’s playing with tremendous confidence and he just needs a little room to step back and make a few threes.
Henderson will drive and throw down on Hanbroughs nose again because they’ll least be expecting it. Singler will take care of business as usual but nothing spectacular.
Whats the over under on the number of times we get watch Henderson rip Tylers nose open during the replays on Wednesday. Maybe I’ll post a few stills for everyone 
Duke Over Miami Easily
Duke defeated Miami 88-73 this past weekend in the only game I’ve been able to see this year. Cameron was of course packed but unfortunately the refs called one of the worst games I’ve seen in quite a while. Not only was this the only trip I will make all year, it had to be the one where the refs were whistle happy.
Paulus hit the deck on a no call and we all know what that means. He flopped right? If he did it was a helluva an acting job because he wasn’t on the floor for some time. Now that the word on the street is that he’s a professional flopper, the refs won’t be calling the serious fouls anymore.
So be it. It really doesn’t matter at this point. The kid is playing with a tremendous amount of shooting confidence going into the big game on Wednesday. He could be the factor that makes the difference in the game.
Singler played well in the second half as well. What really kept the ballgame under 30 points was the horrible free throw shooting in the first half. Duke was 26 of 40 but more like 1 of 20 in the first half (ok I made that last statistic up but statistics show that 87% of statistics are made up on the spot).
In order for Wednesday to play out like Duke wants, all wheels need to be turning and the throttles on high.
Duke 92 - State 72
Except for the first half and as I predicted in my previous post at halftime….
“That was Easy”