Duke coach whining that his team was tired
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Well at some point, the "one and dones" take their toll. I think we see this a bit with UK this year also.
I actually thought they did look gassed early, but just about all ACC teams do too at this point.
I didn't hear him whining, I heard him trying to explain his team's performance. It wasn't an excuse - he gave Pitt all the credit for playing very well. The fact that Duke played a zone for the last several minutes of the game, and didn't try to pressure Pitt in an effort to make a comeback, is proof that they were not at the top of their game.
Dumb post. The ACC has always been a beast of a league, the SEC of college basketball.
And Duke probably is tired. They play 6-7 guys all game, every game. That doesn't take anything away from the manhandling we gave them, and I don't think Coach K is suggesting otherwise. You forgot to mention these postgame Coach K quotes, but don;t let objectivity get in the way of your narrative:
"Their defense was outstanding and their pursuit of the ball was even better," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "They were superb and I'm not sure if we were. We were out of character."
“We might have played great tonight and not beaten them,” he said. “I’m not one to discredit a superb performance, and that Pitt team was terrific today.”
I thought Coach K was very classy in the part of the interview I saw. Said his team didn't play well because Pitt made them not play well. He was very complimentary to Pitt.
Nah. The OP had it right. Coach K's like a school in the summer time: No Class:
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Several specific reasons for THIS year, and one general reason for Duke:
The Amile Jefferson injury has shortened their roster and thrown off their rotation considerably. He has missed a long portion of the schedule and really, no one has stepped up.
One 5-star, Chase Jeter appears currently to be over matched. He's really not ready to play much but has been pushed into more minutes than he is capable of handling.
They probably weren't ready to lose their freshman PG last season after only 1 year. But, after a great Finals, he was drafted. It is REALLY hard even for a blue blood program to lose most of their stars every year and plug in big-name freshman.
Kids used to be reluctant to sign somewhere they would be sitting behind other stars. Teams sometimes used to have almost bi-modal recruiting, stars and practice players. Duke used to keep their stars for several years and rarely recruited many kids not able to be stars. We need a full roster becuse our recruits need time to develop. They really didn't need a 13 man roster because most of their recruits were ready to play early.
If everyone is healthy and no one is a miss or bust, all is well. When they have one of each, even Coach K can have problems like mere mortals.
Coach K is a class act.
Unlike the arrogant, duplicitous, egomaniacal hypocrite so called ex class act to the east.
Both legends.
One in actuality.
One in the minds of a sick cult.
Unlike the arrogant, duplicitous, egomaniacal hypocrite so called ex class act to the east.
Both legends.
One in actuality.
One in the minds of a sick cult.
