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re: Michigan St vs Duke Thunderdome thread

Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:39 pm to
Posted by Black n Gold
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:39 pm to
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They are at a different level than the soft ACC.

ACC BBall = Big12 Football


So I take it you've never watched the B1G/ACC Challenge.
Posted by floridatigah
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:46 pm to
Duke played best on offense against their non-conference schedule- Louisville, Minnesota, VCU, Ohio State, only the best defensive teams in the country. They did not.pad their offensive stats against the bad ACC teams.

And who said that Duke played awful against Creighton? They smothered a top 10 offense and won comfortably despite a terrible foul situation and their shots not falling. I think any Duke fan would rather be playing great on dedense, and ok on offense coming into this game as opposed to the other way around. They're starting to flash the elite defense that they had the beginning of the season.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80558 posts
Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:48 pm to
SEC teams get beat up EVERY DAMN WEEK playing a brutal schedule, other TEAMS can't DO that! They CAN"T HANdle IT!



Wait, what?
Posted by Black n Gold
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:52 pm to
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Duke played best on offense against their non-conference schedule- Louisville,


Funny how everyone has glossed over the fact that Duke beat Louisville, and did so while shooting like shite from 3.
Posted by parkjas2001
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:55 pm to
Posted by kballa6
Houston
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 1:16 pm to
Duke always plays great at the beginning of the year against tough competition. I think it has a lot to do with how Coach K prepares them in the offseason. Duke always seems to be in mid season form early in the year. As the year progresses though, other teams improve while Duke kind of plateau's.

Duke will need a big game out of someone outside Curry, Kelly and Plumlee. If Sulaimon can keep composed and Hairston can stay out of foul trouble and produce off the bench Duke will win easy.
Posted by biglil3
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:15 pm to
I give the Big 10 basketball conference schedule just as much respect as an SEC football slate...that said, I'm pretty confident Mich St wins. Other than winning big at Chapel Hill, Duke has been very unimpressive the last month...Izzo has had a week to completely shut down Curry's slow arse

Sparty by 10
Posted by FootballNostradamus
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:16 pm to
Michigan State winning would be huge for me!
Posted by SpartyGator
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:50 pm to
Michigan State, obviously, but I think this will be a damn good game.
Posted by kballa6
Houston
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 3:12 pm to
Agree. The ACC isn't what it was 6 years ago. This is a classic matchup of two great HC's. Mich St just struggles to score sometimes and that's why I picked Duke.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 3:44 pm to
Izzo's teams play over their heads in the tournament just about every year and after watching Duke all year I think they're a little soft.

MSU wins if Appling doesnt choke (a huge if considering how he's played down the stretch).
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 3/27/13 at 4:01 pm to
Duke...b/c People are discounting them which is funny.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 4:58 pm to
SPARTY KICKS DUKES arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 3/27/13 at 4:59 pm to
Thanks alot.

...and because I hate Duke.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 5:05 pm to
Normal situation I'd pull for MSU, but I really need duke to make the title game if I have any chance at winning my bracket pool soooooo go duke.
Posted by SpartyGator
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Member since Oct 2011
82662 posts
Posted on 3/27/13 at 5:29 pm to
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SPARTY KICKS DUKES arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90499 posts
Posted on 3/27/13 at 5:30 pm to
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SPARTY KICKS DUKES arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So duke wins..awesome.
Posted by WDE85
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 6:27 pm to
Michigan State
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 6:35 pm to
quote:

So duke wins..awesome.


Not this time.................
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