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unless the free throw line bias towards Duke is reversed in the second half, we are hosed.
Sadly, too true.My man Solo is hurting us tonite.
Guys are gassed. If we can play like this against the lower tier we should be okay this season. Carter being out has killed us inside
0/6 at the charity stripe... HorrendousFor a team whose strength is scoring inside we are awful at getting the ball down there. The entry passes to the low post are just nonexistent, and outside of the random Tre Golden drive, we rarely attack the basket with our guards. Georges-Hunt has some bright spots, but it's just too inconsistent.
The injuries have hurt, but I've been pretty disappointed with what I've seen thus far.
Looks like AE will think it's a win...
Can't do anything but agree with you. The acc should come down hard on the refs. Hopefully a new big dog like cuse Pitt nd (not sure if they play again) or Louisville next year gets f'd as a result and makes noise. We just sound like sore losersFirst of all, I can't find any stats to support this...
...but this Duke bias with regards to fouls has got to stop. I know that I'm conditioned to hate them, so it's hard to see through a clear lens, but no one can play defense that aggressively and have as few fouls called as they do. I thought the new hand check rules would help, but they seem to be immune to them. Here's some of the crap I saw tonight (haven't watched a replay, so I could be wrong...)
Meanwhile any graze of a Duke player while they are in the air results in a shooting foul.
- Miller goes up for a dunk, gets smacked on the wrist and loses the ball, no foul...viewed as a block
- Scramble for loose ball. We have it, Duke player ties up the ball...ball is held for a few seconds, no call...Duke player rips the ball away for a steal...may not have been a foul, but at the very least it needed to be a jump ball. If I recall the situation correctly, it looked like there were a couple tie ups during that sequence
I understand that better players know how to draw fouls, but some of this stuff is so blatantly missed that it just drives me crazy. The only time of year where it seems to go the other way is when they get into the NCAA tournament...then the games seem to be called more fairly when it's not an ACC crew that K has made his b#&*@...and then they lose to Lehigh...
Not trying to make excuses, because we aren't going to win until our offense improves. Just saying that we don't exactly need help losing to them...
First of all, I can't find any stats to support this...
...but this Duke bias with regards to fouls has got to stop. I know that I'm conditioned to hate them, so it's hard to see through a clear lens, but no one can play defense that aggressively and have as few fouls called as they do. I thought the new hand check rules would help, but they seem to be immune to them. Here's some of the crap I saw tonight (haven't watched a replay, so I could be wrong...)
Meanwhile any graze of a Duke player while they are in the air results in a shooting foul.
- Miller goes up for a dunk, gets smacked on the wrist and loses the ball, no foul...viewed as a block
- Scramble for loose ball. We have it, Duke player ties up the ball...ball is held for a few seconds, no call...Duke player rips the ball away for a steal...may not have been a foul, but at the very least it needed to be a jump ball. If I recall the situation correctly, it looked like there were a couple tie ups during that sequence
I understand that better players know how to draw fouls, but some of this stuff is so blatantly missed that it just drives me crazy. The only time of year where it seems to go the other way is when they get into the NCAA tournament...then the games seem to be called more fairly when it's not an ACC crew that K has made his b#&*@...and then they lose to Lehigh...
Not trying to make excuses, because we aren't going to win until our offense improves. Just saying that we don't exactly need help losing to them...
Can't do anything but agree with you. The acc should come down hard on the refs. Hopefully a new big dog like cuse Pitt nd (not sure if they play again) or Louisville next year gets f'd as a result and makes noise. We just sound like sore losers