College Hoops Around The Country [TN opponents, RPI, others]

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TheMookieMonster said:
Kentucky wins. Jon Scheyer is such an overrated coach. All that talent and can’t win big games.

“Superstar” Cooper Flag turned the ball over twice in the final 30 seconds by over-dribbling.
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Cooper Flag is still a good ball player.

Kentucky looks better but our physical style of defense should give them fits.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
Cooper Flag is still a good ball player.

Kentucky looks better but our physical style of defense should give them fits.
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He is very good. But those were some freshmen mistakes to close out the game. If Duke doesn’t have anyone more veteran to turn to on their roster in clutch moments, it’s going to be tough for them in close games.
 
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It’s tough to win with youth, even youth as talented as Duke, when there’s so much experienced talent spread out throughout the country in the NIL/portal era.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Kentucky wins. Jon Scheyer is such an overrated coach. All that talent and can’t win big games.

“Superstar” Cooper Flag turned the ball over twice in the final 30 seconds by over-dribbling.
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He's an average coach at best and his teams are too young. They get bullied against these older teams.
 
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I already dislike Duke about as much as one can, but them not beating Kentucky makes me like them even less. That was one game I wanted them to win all season.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
He is very good. But those were some freshmen mistakes to close out the game. If Duke doesn’t have anyone more veteran to turn to on their roster in clutch moments, it’s going to be tough for them in close games.
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I mean, it's his third game and he had dominated to that point. With the game on the line, you want the ball in the hands of your best player, which Flagg clearly is for Duke. Regardless of experience, who else do you really want to have the ball there? As exciting as the game was, titles aren't won/lost in November. UK has a team full of veteran players (7 seniors), and Flagg is learning how to be a star at the highest level. This game will do a heck of a lot towards his development come March, and Duke learns as much, or more, about their team in this loss as UK does in the win.
 
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orangemadam said:
Although he had a rough patch at the end of the game, Flagg is an amazing player.
Whenever he leaves, he'll be a top 3 pick for sure.
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He's the 1st pick barring an injury and it won't even be close.

People forget he reclassified and should still be playing in HS right now. He's still only 17.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I mean, it's his third game and he had dominated to that point. With the game on the line, you want the ball in the hands of your best player, which Flagg clearly is for Duke. Regardless of experience, who else do you really want to have the ball there? As exciting as the game was, titles aren't won/lost in November. UK has a team full of veteran players (7 seniors), and Flagg is learning how to be a star at the highest level. This game will do a heck of a lot towards his development come March, and Duke learns as much, or more, about their team in this loss as UK does in the win.
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Fair enough. I’m not saying that I don’t think Flagg was the right player to handle the ball at the end. But his decision to just basically take the ball in iso and then over-dribble the ball in two separate possessions cost them the game. Scheyer could have helped him by trying to run an actual play rather than just space the floor and hope he makes something happen.

Besides, my point isn’t that Flagg isn’t any good. My takeaway is just that I think Duke is going to struggle some in close games because they have no true PG and rely mostly on freshmen. Usually not a great recipe for success in big moment and Scheyer hasn’t done anything his first two seasons to give Me confidence he can figure it out with the pieces he has.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Fair enough. I’m not saying that I don’t think Flagg was the right player to handle the ball at the end. But his decision to just basically take the ball in iso and then over-dribble the ball in two separate possessions cost them the game. Scheyer could have helped him by trying to run an actual play rather than just space the floor and hope he makes something happen.

Besides, my point isn’t that Flagg isn’t any good. My takeaway is just that I think Duke is going to struggle some in close games because they have no true PG and rely mostly on freshmen. Usually not a great recipe for success in big moment and Scheyer hasn’t done anything his first two seasons to give Me confidence he can figure it out with the pieces he has.
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And now I think all that is fair criticism. It seems more like a coaching and personnel issue.

Starting that argument with "Superstar" Cooper Flagg turns it over twice... was probably not the best lead-in to it, however. That made it seem like it was aimed at him.
 
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final score was 119-116 for the ones who may not be able to view it. idk why the score gets cut off.
 
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