Thursday, February 15, 2007

They're Baaaack


This is what expected from Duke this year
-Crazy tough defense
-Lots of Assists
-Dunk after layup after Dunk


We finally got it, they look like the Duke of old (even if "of old" only means 4 weeks ago).


I haven't seen a team want the ball or a win more than Duke did in the first 30 minutes of that game. Josh played 39 nearly perfect minutes.

Oh, it was just like old times another way too. Coach K started running clock way too early and turned a blowout into a close game.

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Who can figure out teams not showing up. Al Skinner and Roy Williams haven't figured it out yet. There is something magical about the mood set by sitting on top of the ACC, having several days to read and hear about how great you are, then going to play a game you should win easily. And whatever it does to a team, it apparently takes about 30 minutes of playing time to get over, based on this game and Carolina's game against State.

Can we at least put an end to all this Duke Bubble talk now?


Official Basketball Box Score
DUKE vs BOSTON COLLEGE
2-14-07 9 p.m. at Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA


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VISITORS: DUKE 19-7, 6-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 Josh McRoberts...... f 9-13 0-1 0-0 3 8 11 2 18 5 4 0 3 39
14 David McClure....... f 2-4 0-1 0-2 2 0 2 5 4 1 2 0 0 24
03 Greg Paulus......... g 6-9 2-5 1-3 0 4 4 3 15 7 3 0 3 38
21 DeMarcus Nelson..... g 6-11 3-5 0-1 2 4 6 3 15 3 4 0 1 33
30 Jon Scheyer......... g 4-12 3-7 1-2 3 0 3 2 12 1 0 1 3 35
05 Martynas Pocius..... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
15 Gerald Henderson.... 4-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 14
42 Lance Thomas........ 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 13
55 Brian Zoubek........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEAM................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 33-59 8-20 4-10 13 18 31 20 78 19 15 1 10 200


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-33 54.5% 2nd Half: 15-26 57.7% Game: 55.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 40.0% 2



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HOME TEAM: BOSTON COLLEGE 18-7, 9-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Jared Dudley........ f 4-5 0-0 3-5 1 3 4 4 11 3 4 0 0 39
34 Shamari Spears...... f 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 19
32 John Oates.......... c 1-5 1-3 2-3 1 6 7 2 5 2 1 1 0 23
04 Tyrese Rice......... g 6-11 1-3 9-9 2 3 5 4 22 3 6 0 3 39
23 Sean Marshall....... g 7-11 3-5 6-7 0 2 2 3 23 1 2 1 1 37
00 Marquez Haynes...... 1-3 1-2 0-2 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 22
22 Tyler Roche......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
44 Tyrelle Blair....... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 17
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 21-40 6-13 22-28 5 17 22 16 70 12 19 5 4 200


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-19 57.9% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 52.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 46.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 15-17 88.2% Game: 78.6% 2



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Officials: Jamie Luckie, Sean Hull, Jose Carrion Diaz
Technical fouls: DUKE-None. BOSTON COLLEGE-None.
Attendance: 8606
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
DUKE.......................... 43 35 - 78
BOSTON COLLEGE................ 32 38 - 70
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Points in the paint-DU 48,BC 20. Points off turnovers-DU 28,BC 17.
2nd chance points-DU 10,BC 5. Fast break points-DU 8,BC 0.
Bench points-DU 14,BC 5. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-7 times.
Last FG-DU 2nd-00:36, BC 2nd-03:04.
Largest lead-DU by 24 2nd-12:53, BC by 4 1st-17:03.

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