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Post by Tizu on Feb 10, 2014 7:12:37 GMT -5
Should be a good matchup. UNC has been playing really well as of late but so has Duke. Huge rivalry, usually a huge game. Wouldn't surprise me to see a UNC win at the Dean Dome. Duke is going to have to box out and get all the rebounds they can as UNC is great in the transition game. They need Parker, Hood, Sulaimon, Jefferson and Cook to play very well. We'll have to see how Parker handles this game being a freshman and all...but he seemed to do well in the Syracuse game, so we'll see.
I think Duke still wins, but maybe not by a very large margin.
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Post by Ken D on Feb 10, 2014 14:24:09 GMT -5
Should be a good matchup. UNC has been playing really well as of late but so has Duke. Huge rivalry, usually a huge game. Wouldn't surprise me to see a UNC win at the Dean Dome. Duke is going to have to box out and get all the rebounds they can as UNC is great in the transition game. They need Parker, Hood, Sulaimon, Jefferson and Cook to play very well. We'll have to see how Parker handles this game being a freshman and all...but he seemed to do well in the Syracuse game, so we'll see. I think Duke still wins, but maybe not by a very large margin. I tend to think of Carolina as being a poor outside shooting team, both because their foul shooting is so awful and so is their 3 point shooting. But the last few times I've seen them play, they don't even shoot well from within a few feet of the hoop. They get a lot of offensive rebounds, but they can't seem to make the putbacks. They'll need to do both to win against Duke. |
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Post by Marty Da Hungry Wolf on Feb 10, 2014 20:51:41 GMT -5
..... yawn .....  |
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Post by Tizu on Feb 12, 2014 8:52:29 GMT -5
I'm going to make a prediction. It's going to be a lot tougher game than a lot of people expect. UNC has a lot of talent and when they all play together they are very, very good. If they play like they did against highly ranked teams early in the season Duke will likely lose the game. They definitely have the edge in rebounding. I think Duke has enough offense to stay with them, but they cannot allow too many transition baskets and they have to shut down the lane as much as possible. Duke doesn't have to be world beaters to win, though. They don't even have to hit 20 three's. Just play good defense, hit the shots and make the free throws when it's time.
Duke by 5.
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