Game Thread [2022-23] at Georgia Tech

[DrKlahn]

good time to play a ton of Grandy and Young

 

[aiw]

The Shittier Heads about to come in

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Taking everything into account, is this the best performance in sports history?

 

[DrKlahn]

Incredible game from Schutt

 

[Devilsforlife]

86-43 final. Our biggest road win since 1999. This team will always have this game.

 

[DrKlahn]

wow a double up score

 

[aiw]

GT had 5 OR in the first 3-4 minutes of the game and ended the game with 5 OR

 

[Devilsforlife]

Our defensive rebounding has been really good this year overall.

 

[Slap the Floor]

One of the reasons why the end of K's tenure felt fatiguing is because we had decades of evidence to sort of predict how teams might play out at a certain point in the season. We have no idea whether this team will take off and become a team that can make a nice run in the NCAAT, stay the same, or implode, which makes this kind of fun tbh.

 

[Devilsforlife]

Yeah, under K you basically knew by the end of November whether Duke would be a contender or not. We’d either hover around the same level, or trend down by March.

 

[aiw]

 

[DrKlahn]

I’m just glad that Duke can still go down to Georgia Tech when they badly need a win. The day that Duke can’t beat Tech, that’s the day that the athletic department should fold.

 

[DurhamSon]

Glad we caught this team before Pastner was fired

 

[physicsfactor]

Lively made a three? Lol. Definitely watching this one later.

 

[CK86]

Only betting on Georgia Tech because my confidence in this team winning on the road is so low. Go Duke, make me lose money!

Love being wrong when it means Duke wins!

 

[Pantone287]

My favorite moment was the Mitchell drive sometime in the second half where it looked like everyone just stopped playing as he slowly loped unimpeded through the lane to his floater. I wish we could play GT every week.

 

[DurhamSon]

@rome8180 clearly your rule is not only right, but it's true that the more miserable losses that are banked by the basketball gods while in the misery cycle, the bigger the proverbial load finally is when Duke starts winning again

 

[Pantone287]

One nice thing was Proctor clearly being the PG and Roach the SG, despite Roach being back to big minutes. Roach only shot two twos, and Proctor has 8 assists.

I do think playing a terrible, full-time zone team is as ideal of a Proctor matchup as there is, and that he'll continue to struggle with good pressure defenders. But that delineation of roles is pretty close to ideal.

 

[Pantone287]

Also notable that Lively, Flip, and Mitchell each played between 24-27 minutes, and Young only 10. Obviously this was an abnormal situation, but it still made me happy.

 

[deepdarkblue]

Lively made a three? Lol. Definitely watching this one later.

You'll like it, it was a lot of fun.