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YTD Record
Totals 227-149-3, +81.55 units
Sides 83-76-4, +9.7 units
1h 7-5, +1.85 units
2h 32-11, +20.9 units
Overall 344-238-8, +114.0 units
I've been looking at the GT/Duke game and have a few thoughts. First of all from a motivational point of view, I think Duke really will want this game with the mindset that it will guarantee them a #1 seed. Is this deserved over WVU, maybe not imo? Lose and I think it would be a travashamockery that WVU didn't get the #1. GT has played well enough to win two games in this tournament. In the MD game despite 26 TO's they were able to pull the game out on the basis of an extremely good shooting night 62% in the 1h and 55.8% for the game including 8/12 from the 3pt line. The downside for GT is that they are terrible from the FT line 13/27 against MD and not much better vs. NCST at 19/32. GT continues to turn the ball over at an alarming rate with 16 yesterday and avg. 16.3 TO's on the year and a very pedestrian .85 A/TO ratio. In fact, they just don't do a very good job of ball distribution but are just so tough on the offensive boards that they make up for a lot with garbage buckets and offensive put backs. Duke will emphazie a lot of ball pressure on the perimeter today against the GT guards who are very susceptible TO's and bad decision making. Duke does have the size and enough depth on the inside and fouls to give with Zoubek, Thomas and the Plumlee brothers. Its not a bad thing to send Lawal 56% or Favors 61% to the line and I would expect Duke to be aggressive with their post defense and use their fouls to their advantage. I think the difference in this game will be the strength of the Duke perimeter game both offensively and defensively. I expect them to really come out with a lot of energy to start the game and try and get a GT team that will be tired down early and step on them. Duke though has not started well in their two previous tournament games, but I think it will be a point of emphasis for Coach K today. I am considering a 1h play on Duke and possibly game play as well. I think GT may have problems getting to 60 today.
GL on the action
Totals 227-149-3, +81.55 units
Sides 83-76-4, +9.7 units
1h 7-5, +1.85 units
2h 32-11, +20.9 units
Overall 344-238-8, +114.0 units
I've been looking at the GT/Duke game and have a few thoughts. First of all from a motivational point of view, I think Duke really will want this game with the mindset that it will guarantee them a #1 seed. Is this deserved over WVU, maybe not imo? Lose and I think it would be a travashamockery that WVU didn't get the #1. GT has played well enough to win two games in this tournament. In the MD game despite 26 TO's they were able to pull the game out on the basis of an extremely good shooting night 62% in the 1h and 55.8% for the game including 8/12 from the 3pt line. The downside for GT is that they are terrible from the FT line 13/27 against MD and not much better vs. NCST at 19/32. GT continues to turn the ball over at an alarming rate with 16 yesterday and avg. 16.3 TO's on the year and a very pedestrian .85 A/TO ratio. In fact, they just don't do a very good job of ball distribution but are just so tough on the offensive boards that they make up for a lot with garbage buckets and offensive put backs. Duke will emphazie a lot of ball pressure on the perimeter today against the GT guards who are very susceptible TO's and bad decision making. Duke does have the size and enough depth on the inside and fouls to give with Zoubek, Thomas and the Plumlee brothers. Its not a bad thing to send Lawal 56% or Favors 61% to the line and I would expect Duke to be aggressive with their post defense and use their fouls to their advantage. I think the difference in this game will be the strength of the Duke perimeter game both offensively and defensively. I expect them to really come out with a lot of energy to start the game and try and get a GT team that will be tired down early and step on them. Duke though has not started well in their two previous tournament games, but I think it will be a point of emphasis for Coach K today. I am considering a 1h play on Duke and possibly game play as well. I think GT may have problems getting to 60 today.
GL on the action
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