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Topic: Under-The-Radar Key To Tuesday’s Duke-UK Game
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catmandoo
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posted 11-04-2018 03:08 PM
“Much like the preseason, however, don’t expect Tuesday night’s opener to be the most efficient 40 minutes of basketball both teams play this season. Both teams have had a rather short time to not only build chemistry but also put together a complete game of basketball against a legitimate opponent.
“Though much will be made in regards to the outcome of the game, the result will hardly define either team’s season. In fact, it wouldn’t be irrational to find these two clubs meeting again this coming spring.”
One of the early spins has been that it’ll be Kentucky’s bigs against Duke’s positionless approach. But here’s another way to approach it.
Kentucky has much more experience than Duke does. However, Coach K has consistently, for a very long time, done a better job of getting his team ready early than just about anyone else in college basketball.
So you might argue, in addition to if not in place of the above, that an important aspect of this game is Kentucky’s size and experience vs. Duke’s ability to prepare a smaller, younger and dynamic team.
We’ve said many times that one of Mike Krzyzewski’s underappreciated talents is time management. You can look at this game as a sort of supreme test of that - and he doesn’t necessarily have to win the game to win the preparation part of things.
In other words, Duke might be more prepared and still for various reasons lose, but if Duke isn’t on the fast track with this young group, the Blue Devils will almost certainly lose.
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Tiptree
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posted 11-04-2018 04:53 PM
More propaganda from the "wrong shade of blue"...
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I will take Cal's way over Coach K's way every day of the week.
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“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson
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PaulCat
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posted 11-06-2018 08:45 AM
True, Tip. Dook is usually better than us in November, but we're usually better than Dook in March. I'll take that all day long.
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ukman
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posted 11-06-2018 10:35 AM
I definitely want us to beat them head to head. I think it does help in recruiting if we handle them any time we play. Big game from that standpoint, but insignificant for the rest of the current season. As long as we compete hard, play together, and get better; then it will help for this season. I just want to see us fight every possession, and show some basketball IQ.
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WildcatFanatic
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posted 11-06-2018 05:59 PM
This ^
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