Mercer v Duke

[WesternKyVol]

Team is well-coached.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

White boy can dance.

 

[Orangedogsrule]

Uh-oh! Dukes 1&dun & gonna come hire The Zo away.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Awesome, that shot there was a Vol fan celebrating in the shot.

 

[UTK]

The road to the sweet 16 is open. We just have to take it!!

It's not an easy road my friend but we can do it!

 

[ShoalCreekVol]

2 days is not a lot of time to recover from the emotional high of this win, so getting them Sunday would be nice.

FYI I am impressed by Mercer's coach, their FT shooting and poise, and their athletic ability.

 

[AZVOLSFAN]

Well, there goes my billion dollars...

 

[BACKDOC]

Mercer has a 6' 10" and a 6' 11" player; both are sr.

 

[Volfan2012]

Good Bye Duke. Mercer is a good team beat us at home last year. If we make it past UMass will be a tough game.

 

[PagingDrVol]

What a great service just provided by Mercer!
Knocked Duke out of our way, and taught the Negavols a little about last years NIT.

 

[SaintLouieVol]

And that's a wrap, MERCER beats DOOK by 7

I'll take the bracket hit just to see the look on Coach K's face

Not really a bracket hit since 99.99% of us picked Duke over Mercer.

 

[WesternKyVol]

Mercer is better than UMass, IMO. But Duke would've just been a lot to ask. If we can keep that clamp down on defense we've got a shot.

 

[BACKDOC]

Don't kid yourself; Mercer is good.

 

[VolGee4]

Can you believe that Duke lost and at one point late, Duke had 13 threes and were shooting about 45% from 3. If they hadn't shot well from 3, it might not have been close.

 

[orangefreak21]

Do we match up with mercer or duke better?

Should probably be worried about the team we play today, which is UMASS
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[ShoalCreekVol]

Not really a bracket hit since 99.99% of us picked Duke over Mercer.

I'm in a league with KY and NC fans. They almost all had Duke losing just for spite.

I had us beating Duke in their own backyard.

 

[VolGee4]

Don't kid yourself; Mercer is good.

They weren't last year when we lost to them in the NIT

Or at least that's what others would tell you.

 

[Hacksaw]

Well, there goes my billion dollars...

lol

Yeah, you and just about everyone else. Almost makes you believe in conspiracies. A billion is a lot of motivation.

 

[rickyyrs]

This is setting up for an Elite 8 run holy ****

If we beat U Mass and Mercer then that would put us in sweet 16 then probably have to play Michigan for elite 8 berth.

 

[ShoalCreekVol]

Apparently Mercer has 7 seniors. Dang that's a lot of experience, even though it's not NCAA tournament experience (which we don't have either).

 

[peyton4heisman]

Duke just got Dookied on.. what you getfor playing like Dookie I guess. Road to Sweet 16 paved in gold now. Sweet 16 gift-wrapped and handed to Cuonzo.. he better not squander it!

 

[VolGee4]

Apparently Mercer has 7 seniors. Dang that's a lot of experience, even though it's not NCAA tournament experience (which we don't have either).

That is why I don't always think the NBA caliber one and dones win big games in the NCAAT. Experience counts for something. Cal's most talented team with several draft picks didn't even win the title.

The NCAAT is a big stage and even the most talented can have trouble when they have only played a season's worth of games.

 

[golfballs]

If we beat U Mass and Mercer then that would put us in sweet 16 then probably have to play Michigan for elite 8 berth.

I think we would matchup well with Michigan

 

[NEVolFan]

Round 1 is difficult on the high seeds... good to see.

 

[Shaun1985]

Round 2 is difficult on the high seeds... good to see.

fyp for the purpose of saying we won a game in this tournament already