Game Thread [2019-20] #10 Duke at Virginia Tech

[DUKERULES14]

Feels so good to finally get a win in this godforsaken dungeon

Watching Duke play up there has been as enjoyable as humping a cactus lately. Glad to get the win

 

[DrKlahn]

Hey all, I’m on work travel and I decided not to watch the game tonight

 

[DrKlahn]

Like Christ, I’m willing to make these kinds of sacrifices

 

[DurhamSon]

K has kept his promise, we are playing 9 to 10 deep, kinda.

 

[dukeboy911]

Still won't believe it until we get to february. Been let down by K one too many times.

 

[childress22]

And if you accept that Duke is better without Carey, then you have to accept that no giant is a positive player in basketball anymore.

But we fucking desperately need to sign another 7-footer to back up Mark Williams, because playing Coleman or Brakefield or Jalen Johnson at the 5 is an abomination and they'll get bullied by all the other giant 5s.

 

[DrKlahn]

Got the game taped on YTTV. Think I’ll just watch the first few minutes to get a feel for how it went

 

[Slap the Floor]

10-10 from the FT line tonight.

 

[best4heisman]

K has kept his promise, we are playing 9 to 10 deep, kinda.

As we should be. Goldwire being consistently playable in big spots is kind of crazy to me.

 

[aiw]

biggest surprise of the game? 10-10 from the line. Can't remember the last time we were perfect for a game. (Thread reply)

Because it rarely happens. Min 10 attempts, Duke has hit 100% of their FT 3 times: South Carolina (14-14, 1961), VT (29-29, 1966), Davidson (24-24, 1978)

 

[dukeboy911]

^ sports-reference?

 

[aiw]

Duke 2019-20 media guide

 

[aiw]

2019-20 Duke MBB Media Guide (PDF) - Duke University

2019-20 Duke MBB Media Guide (PDF)

goduke.com

 

[aiw]

 

[aiw]

Last time it happened we won the Natty Champer!!!!!!!

 

[ZackM]

How did we only attempt 2 FTs for an entire game?

 

[dukeboy911]

2019-20 Duke MBB Media Guide (PDF) - Duke University

2019-20 Duke MBB Media Guide (PDF)

goduke.com

How have I never seen these media guides before? This is awesome.

 

[rome8180]

How did we only attempt 2 FTs for an entire game?

In an NCAA tournament game at that.

 

[rome8180]

And yet somehow we won easily. I remember that game the announcers said Steve Fisher had the flu. He looked like a corpse on the sideline. I've rewatched that game about five times and I've wondered if their whole team wasn't deathly sick. I remember their energy being pathetic.

 

[childress22]

In the post-game, K mentioned that VT was well prepared to defend Duke's sets, so at some point Duke scrapped that and went to no-set-plays motion offense the whole rest of the game.