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yes, i will admit that as a tar heel fan i probably shouldn't be starting this thread, but it just baffles my mind what's going on with Duke. this team looks like they're primed to see an early exit in the tourney this year. they're a 2 man team and it appears, at least early this season, that you can shut down one of their 2 studs and run with them. memphis took them to the limit and Drexel played them tight for crying out loud. At the moment, Indiana has the lead on them and Duke hasn't scored a field goal in over 4 minutes. this looks like yet another argument for doing away with preseason polls.
SkinsKY
12-01-2005, 04:39 AM
Give it time. They will fall. Duke is not as dominant as the pollsters think ad they probably realize that now. I'm not a big fan of preseason polls either. It's pure guessing.
DUCKIN_TACKLERS
12-01-2005, 04:55 AM
Im not a big fan of college ball until March Madness so I dont know a whole lot about individual players but who is that guy on duke with a billboard for a forehead. Seriously that guy should rent out space on that thing to advertise for Ron Artests record label.
RedskinsDave
12-01-2005, 02:51 PM
Duke is young and will mature during the season. Even last night you could see Paulus growing up some. Show me any team that can't be stopped by shutting down their two best players.
CarMike
12-01-2005, 02:52 PM
dook will run the table on a down year in the ACC. Not trying to bash by no means. Those are my true feelings. I thought they would be further along than they are. I'm surprised their freshman aren't playing better.
The best team so far this year has been UCONN. Even if they did have a hard time shaking ARMY. lol
HAWGZHEAD
12-01-2005, 03:58 PM
Im not a big fan of college ball until March Madness so I dont know a whole lot about individual players but who is that guy on duke with a billboard for a forehead. Seriously that guy should rent out space on that thing to advertise for Ron Artests record label.Gotta be Sheldon Williams. Does anyone notice that duke always has at least one guy with an abnormal head? Battier, Williams, Capel, Coach K, the list goes on lol.
Duke certainly doesn't look as impressive as suggested in the preseason, and when is jj going to graduate? He seems like he has been there for a decade now.
All of this has been said completely without bias :)
HAWGZHEAD
12-01-2005, 04:02 PM
dook will run the table on a down year in the ACC. Maybe but alot of teams are getting better in the ACC like FSU and Clemson. They certainly won't go undefeated but will probably win the Acc title (BOOOOO!!)
ShaggySkins
12-01-2005, 06:02 PM
Duke isn't doing that great now but its still really early in the season. They are relying heavily on young players like Paulus and McRoberts. I'm not a big Duke fan but I do think they will be strong for the rest of the year. Those young guys are only going to get better.
828791Redskins
12-01-2005, 06:13 PM
Give it time. They will fall. Duke is not as dominant as the pollsters think ad they probably realize that now. I'm not a big fan of preseason polls either. It's pure guessing.
Sure they will fall but they will be tough to beat this year when fully healty.With three returning seniors two of them starters and 2 of the nations top players.Nelson looked like he was going to have a good year until he got hurt.And five highly touted freshman.What isn't pre-season number one about that?
The Skinsinator
12-02-2005, 10:56 AM
Duke hasn't looked quite as good as I thought as well, but as already stated it is very early and by midseason I will be surprised if they aren't very dominant. Just too much talent and experience with Redick/Williams. They really are playing those freshmen way more than I figured they would, but evidently Coach K feels they are the best ones for the job. They can enjoy this year and UNC shall dominate again come next season.
Duke is young and will mature during the season. Even last night you could see Paulus growing up some. Show me any team that can't be stopped by shutting down their two best players.
shut down both, of course, but a national championship caliber team has to be able to survive if you shut down one of them. this team doesn't look like it can survive against the big guys if they don't have redick AND williams both performing at their best.
CarMike
12-02-2005, 12:04 PM
Duke isn't doing that great now but its still really early in the season. They are relying heavily on young players like Paulus and McRoberts. I'm not a big Duke fan but I do think they will be strong for the rest of the year. Those young guys are only going to get better.
Disagree Shaggy. dook has more elder players than they do youth. And its at the positions that are needed. Guard and PF/C. Plus they have a couple of guys back from last years team who may not have started, but got plenty of playing time last season.
The Skinsinator
12-02-2005, 01:23 PM
shut down both, of course, but a national championship caliber team has to be able to survive if you shut down one of them. this team doesn't look like it can survive against the big guys if they don't have redick AND williams both performing at their best.I agree however you can't expect their vaunted frosh class to come in and dominate especially when you consider Duke's competition up to this point. I hope I'm wrong, but I think Duke will be rolling come midseason.
828791Redskins
12-02-2005, 06:31 PM
Duke hasn't looked quite as good as I thought as well, but as already stated it is very early and by midseason I will be surprised if they aren't very dominant. Just too much talent and experience with Redick/Williams. They really are playing those freshmen way more than I figured they would, but evidently Coach K feels they are the best ones for the job. They can enjoy this year and UNC shall dominate again come next season.
I can't remember the last time the heels dominated Duke,maybe you meant because the won the championship.I think the freshman will step up and Redick and The Landlord will take care of the rest.Losing Nelson hurts though.
Dolla Bill
12-02-2005, 08:01 PM
Gotta be Sheldon Williams. Does anyone notice that duke always has at least one guy with an abnormal head? Battier, Williams, Capel, Coach K, the list goes on lol.
Duke certainly doesn't look as impressive as suggested in the preseason, and when is jj going to graduate? He seems like he has been there for a decade now.
All of this has been said completely without bias :)
Speaking of abnormal appearances. Coincidence that Coach K looks like Quagmire?? Coincidence? I think not!
Patrick
12-05-2005, 08:27 AM
dook will run the table on a down year in the ACC. Not trying to bash by no means. Those are my true feelings. I thought they would be further along than they are. I'm surprised their freshman aren't playing better.
The best team so far this year has been UCONN. Even if they did have a hard time shaking ARMY. lol
ummmmmm............want to bet that one????
Speaking of abnormal appearances. Coincidence that Coach K looks like Quagmire?? Coincidence? I think not!
giggity giggity
LadyNRedskinsfan
12-05-2005, 03:53 PM
damn dook. :devil2: those lucky bastards....i definitely expect an early exit from them because they are going to have to depend on some underclassmen and i think they'll buckle at some point.
go terps! :D
LadyNRedskinsfan
12-05-2005, 03:54 PM
Im not a big fan of college ball until March Madness so I dont know a whole lot about individual players but who is that guy on duke with a billboard for a forehead. Seriously that guy should rent out space on that thing to advertise for Ron Artests record label.
LOL!
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