Game Thread [2021-22] Duke at Virginia

[Devilsforlife]

Unless they meet again in the ACCT, K will finish his career 13-5 against Tony Bennett. Fucking NC STATE has one more win against us in this timeframe.

 

[Hammy-O]

Coach K talked about Jeremy’s verve in the post game pc

 

[aiw]

59% for the game outside of Paolo

 

[aiw]

+/- says it all

 

[Devilsforlife]

This was also our first road win a two possession or less game since the famous 2020 UNC game. Had been 0-7 in them until tonight, lmao.

 

[DrKlahn]

You may not have liked it, but Virginia was a top-20 team in efficiency margin in February, and a borderline top-40 team since New Year's. So that's a win over a tournament caliber team on the road. More to the point, Virginia is the most physical team in the league and will always wear you down mentally regardless of their talent. That's what most of the NCAA field will be like. So it is pretty encouraging that Duke won especially without playing anything close to a perfect game.

 

[Devilsforlife]

Fucking Kihei Clark going 6/7 from three in the first half when his previous career high was 4 was also ridiculous.

 

[childress22]

Also, we won a decently tough road game with both Banchero and Moore playing like total ass in the same game.

 

[Grit]

+/- says it all

Sucks to be the guy being subbed in for only defensive possessions.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

If Mark is in fact being used in offense/defense subs, then his +/- is not very useful. Need efficiency splits.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

Knowing that Virginia has been better in the last month or so, and selecting January 20 as a random date starting point, they have been the 33rd best team in the country in that one month ish span, making tonight's road win a bit more impressive than the season-long metrics would suggest.

 

[physicsfactor]

Just watched a 10 min highlight video. Looks like this would have been an easy win if not for a fluke shooting performance by their tiny guy. Also, how hilarious is it for a P5 guard to be so small and weak that he can’t get a half court shot to the rim?

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

You may not have liked it, but Virginia was a top-20 team in efficiency margin in February, and a borderline top-40 team since New Year's. So that's a win over a tournament caliber team on the road. More to the point, Virginia is the most physical team in the league and will always wear you down mentally regardless of their talent. That's what most of the NCAA field will be like. So it is pretty encouraging that Duke won especially without playing anything close to a perfect game.

Missed this post, which way more eloquently made the point I did down thread.

 

[rome8180]

Thank god Kihei is graduating. He was a real fucking thorn in our side this year.

 

[rome8180]

Shot under 40% on the season. Was somehow Boston-era Isaiah Thomas against us.

 

[dukeboy911]

Zero excuse not to go 3-0 idgaf about @cuse

Don't know if this is optimism, but it isn't the typical kill yourself pessimism we usually see from dukeboy

Amen brother

 

[best4heisman]

We always win in Charlottesville by going insane from three against the packline. Tyus/Quinn at the end in 2015, Tatum in the second half in 2017, RJ/Cam in 2019. I'm thinking we get a big AJ game on Wednesday.

Can't gloat about this prediction too much since he was just 4-11, but AJ's takeover down the stretch reinforces my theory about winning @ UVA. Give the ball to your most talented perimeter scorers and let it rip. Unfortunately, K is under the impression that our most talented perimeter scorer is Paolo.

 

[childress22]

That seemed like the gameplan early on -- the first 3 FGA of the game were missed threes by Keels, AJ, and AJ again.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Duke vs. Virginia Box Score (Men), February 23, 2022 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Duke vs. Virginia Box Score (Men), February 23, 2022

www.sports-reference.com

Banchero: 32% usage, 69 ORtg, -7.1 BPM, didn’t even rebound well, which had been his consistent saving grace. One of the very worst performances of Duke’s OAD era.

Roach: Tremendous. Duke needed every bit of his 2x overperformance in true shooting and offensive efficiency to win this game. A mere great performance from Roach wouldn’t have been enough. He had to be brilliant for Duke to overcome Banchero.

Besides Roach, Mark had the best net rating on Duke.

Kihei Clark’s numbers tell the story of one of the best individual performances against Duke ever. .787 TS, 51% assist, 28.7 BPM.

 

[physicsfactor]

Thank god Kihei is graduating. He was a real fucking thorn in our side this year.

So I’m dumb and don’t really understand who gets a free COVID 5th year. Is Clark eligible to come back next season?