Team Report: Duke Blue Devils

[JRoll]

Duke Blue Devils
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No. 9 AP/No. 10 ESPN
Last Week: No. 11 AP/No. 12 ESPN

Leaders:
Points: Daniel Ewing- 39 (19.5/gm)
Assists: J.J. Redick/Daniel Ewing- 6 (3.0/gm)
Rebounds: Shelden Williams- 21 (10.5/gm)
FG %: Sean Dockery- 1.000
FT %: J.J. Redick- .833
3PT %: Sean Dockery- 1.000
Steals: Daniel Ewing- 9 (4.5/gm)
Blocks: Shavlik Randolph- 4 (2.0/gm)

Previous Games:
11/20 vs. Tenn-Martin W 88-46
11/22 vs. Davidson 74-61

Upcoming Games:
11/27 vs. UNC-Greensboro
11/30 vs. No. 9 Michigan State

Next Report: 12/1

[JLove22]

good stuff, my thoughts on the season so far...

negatives...
- season is going to be rough
- shav isnt coming around offensively like I hoped he would but im confident that he will
- both williams and shav have shown they still cant finish around the rim, I wish they would just go up strong a dunk it
- jj hasnt shot very well from 3 point line, and seeing that is a large part of his game, he needs to def get the touch back.
-as predicted depth looks like it may be a huge factor, because offensively the freshman mclure and nelson, along with love and lee mel does not seem to be there, for duke to be succesful they must start contributing on offense.
-offense is my biggest worry, im still unsure of where are scoring is going to come from, and we really have no go to guy, duke needs a guy that can penetrate with the drive and finish, our best chance is through ewing although i doubt i see him doing this much

positives...
- dockery looked good against davidson, I would like to see him in the starting lineup, his ball pressure and defense could really help alot, plus it seems his shot has gotten much better.
- shav and williams seem to be staying out of foul trouble which is def good to see
- they havent lost yet;) ...carolina fans
- williams is pulling down rebounds very nicely
- they arent really turning the ball over or making many mistakes which is good


duke fans feel free to add to this list, im kinda looking for some more positives, hehe

[Nittany Tar Heel]

- they havent lost yet;) ...carolina fans

You'd have to play someone first.

Besides Oklahoma and the ACC/Big 10 challenge, I struggle to find anyone on your non-conference schedule as good as Santa Clara (not making an excuse or anything).

What's up with that? You guys usually at least make another decent team or two come to Durham to play you. Not even that?

[JLove22]

1. just a joke, so take it easy

2. Coach K knows that our teams is weaker this year so he didnt schedule many tough opponents, and please dont hype santa clara up to be great, i know they beat stanford but they also lost to new mexico by 34 and to pacific

[Nittany Tar Heel]

1. just a joke, so take it easy

2. Coach K knows that our teams is weaker this year so he didnt schedule many tough opponents, and please dont hype santa clara up to be great, i know they beat stanford but they also lost to new mexico by 34 and to pacific
I did take it easy. I was just joking back.

[Nittany Tar Heel]

1. just a joke, so take it easy

2. Coach K knows that our teams is weaker this year so he didnt schedule many tough opponents, and please dont hype santa clara up to be great, i know they beat stanford but they also lost to new mexico by 34 and to pacific
Oh, and I hardly said Santa Clara was "great". In fact, I didn't mention them at all.

[JLove22]

I struggle to find anyone on your non-conference schedule as good as Santa Clara (not making an excuse or anything).
you sure you didnt mention santa clara

[Nittany Tar Heel]

you sure you didnt mention santa clara
Whoops.

Point is still the same though...I never mentioned them as "great" or even "good" for that matter, as you said.