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Duke overated big time

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appleseed2010

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Posted: Apr. 3, 2010 - 11:39 PM ET #151

This was the dumbest poste ever. YOu KNEW Duke would make noise because they were the ONLY one seed no one even considered average let alone good. They havent even been challenged. Theyve destroyed everyone. NO ONE wants to admit how good they are and people keep betting against them yet they BLOW OUT every single team. Have they even played a close game this tourney? Most sound team weve seen in MANY years. Of course all of you will bet Butler

mrusso

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Posted: Apr. 4, 2010 - 12:22 AM ET #152

Appleseed, did you not see the Baylor game? A late technical foul, now it's part of the game, may haver been Baylors undoing. That game could have gone either way for about 39 minutes, but the more disciplined team pulled it out in the end. Kudos to Coach K and his "smart " kids, who will be cutting down the nets Monday night-

"I'm afraid all we may have done is awakened a sleeping giant."

aszzzbrokerman

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Posted: Apr. 4, 2010 - 11:43 AM ET #153

Quote Originally Posted by aszzzbrokerman:

I don't understand this argument.

Duke played maybe the top 4 toughest road games of any team this year. They lost each one but how many teams are going to have even 1 win @ this group who had 8 total home losses all season. Wisconsin(1), Gtown(4), Maryland(1), and Georgia Tech(2).

On top of that look at Duke's average points scored in their 5 losses. They only failed to score 70 points once against 4 good defenses. That is huge and should be the elephant in the room where Duke is considered overrated.

They are going to score against all opponents. They have to be able to get some stops and they don't have a tough game in their bracket if you ask me. 4 of their 5 losses came against big guys who can score. Tracy Smith, Jon Leur, Greg Monroe, and Favors/Lawal. They don't run into one of those anywhere in their bracket except for against Utah St. if they can make it. And that guy plays for Utah St.

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