Game Thread [2023-24] Bucknell

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Friday, November 17, 6pm ET, ACCN
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Kenpom: #335 overall, #328 offense, #334 defense

Bucknell has a sophomore 7-footer who is putting up 29% usage so far. He’s terrible, though. This is a worthless opponent to schedule.

 

[DurhamSon]

Bucknell, more like Sucknell?

 

[aiw]

Who gives a Fucknell?

 

[rome8180]

Bucknell = Suckwell = SuckPoorly = BadBlowjob

 

[Pantone287]

40 minutes of Sean Stewart, please. Let me have some fun watching a game for once.

Hopefully Power gets some positive minutes, too. I'd like to see him do some cool stuff, even if he's not destined for meaningful minutes yet.

 

[dukebluedevils05]

Speaking of minutes, I present without comment:

 

[Pantone287]

Weird thing to say. I assume/hope it made more sense in context, and he isn't actually giving up on Power and Reeves already.

 

[dukebluedevils05]

Yeah, I had the same thought. Seems very odd to say that so soon.

 

[mkvl04]

Are we better on the road than home?

Hmm

 

[DukeNukem05]

Hmm

 

[childress22]

Weird thing to say. I assume/hope it made more sense in context, and he isn't actually giving up on Power and Reeves already.

It reads "okay" in context, but the context does seem to imply that Reeves isn't a big part of the rotation right now. It didn't feel quite as much like "I've decided on my rotation forever" as much as "we've replaced Lively with a third guard in our lineup configurations, so we need to do different things to not rebound assily like we did in the first two games."

"...you always know [Izzo's] teams are going to play hard, they're going to defend, and they're going to rebound. And for us, you know, we came off our first two games where we didn't rebound the ball well, and so to outrebound a Michigan State team is -- that's a big deal for us. You know, we're going to play the guys you saw tonight. We're not as big as we have been, but we're tough, and five guys need to be on the boards, which I think you saw tonight."

 

[DrKlahn]

I think I read it as “Dereck Lively isn’t walking through that door” more than I read it as “X isn’t coming off that bench”

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Duke is favored by 35.

 

[Dukenation12]

LETS GO DUKE NATION!!

Will we see all the guys who are eligible to play, play tonight?!

 

[torontoduke]

Gotta let TJ cook

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

Great intersectional matchup!

 

[Inveigle]

Reeves will get to play along with that small guy, what's his name.

 

[ZackM]

Go Duke

 

[deepdarkblue]

This is exciting

 

[aiw]

annoying