Thursday, January 5, 2012

What to think of Duke's lost against Temple?

Yesterday the 3rd ranked Duke Blue Devils lost to Temple 78-73 in Philadelphia. I'm not going to go on a rant about how Duke is overrated, even though I think they are but, Duke struggles on the road in hostile environments against big guards. Do I think Duke is a top 5 team? No, but I do think they are a top 10-15 team only because of Coach K who will always has his team prepared to play. Austin Rivers, the highly touted freshmen who is the son of Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers, is the only Duke player who can create on his own shot gets out of control at times. Both Dawkins and Curry are streaky shorts the only time they are a sure bet to show up is when they're in Cameron Indoor. Where they will struggle is in the paint the Plumlee twins aren't any good in my opinion they are athletic and can block some shots but that's about it. I like Quinn Cook coming off the beach, he provides a spark as the only true point guard on the roster not taking shots at Tyler Thornton but the kid shouldn't even see the floor in my opinion. At the end of the day you never can overlook them, due to the simple fact they have shooters that can get hot at any moment during a game. With that being said, I see Duke possibly making the Sweet 16 the only way they get further than that is if they are making three pointers. You never know what team will show up when they take the floor, but that's why we watch the game to find out.

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