Tennessee to face Duke in the Maui Invitational.

#27
#27
Crap... My in-laws worship Coach K and Duke... This is all I will hear about for the next few months and if Duke wins it will be a year.
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VolOnTheBayou said:
Crap... My in-laws worship Coach K and Duke... This is all I will hear about for the next few months and if Duke wins it will be a year.
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You're related to a very rare form of Duke fan indeed; ones that proceated.

But I guess if it wasn't for other Duke fans, Duke fans would never get laid.
 
#31
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wesrucker247: What would JaJuan Smith do? What would Ron Slay do? They'd put on headbands and trashtweet the Dookies into Bolivian.

wesrucker247:Dear Tennessee basketball players on Twitter: Vols of old would have already started trashtalking Duke by now.
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Really?? Someone tell this goofball that we have a coach that instills discipline now.
 
#32
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Chris4Vols22 said:
"wesrucker247: What would JaJuan Smith do? What would Ron Slay do? They'd put on headbands and trashtweet the Dookies into Bolivian."

Really?? Someone tell this goofball that we have a coach that instills discipline now.
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I didn't know those two spoke Bolivian.
 
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#38
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Sorry it's so small; I had to do a lot of shizz to make it as big as it is.

The times in the parentheses are EST.
 
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#39
#39
Duke won't be any good this year. The only talent they'll have on their team will be freshmen, which means that they will take a lot of abuse this year. Getting them in the Pre-Season Maui Invitational, UT (even as bad as they will be) may have a shot at beating Duke's freshmen. Be glad UT isn't playing Duke at the end of the year, by which time Duke's talented freshmen will have gained a lot of experience. Be really glad that UT doesn't play UNC. That would be really ugly this year.
 
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Vol423 said:
Duke won't be any good this year. The only talent they'll have on their team will be freshmen, which means that they will take a lot of abuse this year. Getting them in the Pre-Season Maui Invitational, UT (even as bad as they will be) may have a shot at beating Duke's freshmen. Be glad UT isn't playing Duke at the end of the year, by which time Duke's talented freshmen will have gained a lot of experience. Be really glad that UT doesn't play UNC. That would be really ugly this year.
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Mason Plumlee is much better than anyone UT has down low. Seth Curry is also better than most of the Volunteers, and he's not a freshman either.
 
#41
#41
I'm calling the W. We have not a damn thing to lose. Not even dignity or pride because it's been gone for awhile.
Score will be in the 50's but we take the game, 59-56.
I'll be claiming I called it if it hits, and I'll claim you misheard the prediction if it misses.
 
#42
#42
It is frustrating that every other team in Maui, with the exception of maybe Memphis, is going to be at less than their standard and UT is not in a position to capitalize.
 
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#43
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hatvol96 said:
It is frustrating that every other team in Maui, with the exception of maybe Memphis, is going to be at less than their standard and UT is not in a position to capitalize.
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I'm trying to figure out why Duke is playing UT while UCLA gets Chaminade. Seems like the favorites should be switched.
 
#44
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VKAman said:
I'm trying to figure out why Duke is playing UT while UCLA gets Chaminade. Seems like the favorites should be switched.
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As I mentioned in the other thread, K may be attempting to tie or break Knight's record in the first game in Maui. My guess is that ESPN didn't want him doing that against Chaminade.
 
#45
#45
hatvol96 said:
As I mentioned in the other thread, K may be attempting to tie or break Knight's record in the first game in Maui. My guess is that ESPN didn't want him doing that against Chaminade.
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Duke put a stipulation on their participation in Maui, that they wouldn't get paired with Chaminade. That's why this whole tournament seems off-kilter. It should be:

Duke-Chaminade
UCLA-Michigan
Kansas-Georgetown
Memphis-UT

However, I'm happy that Memphis and UT aren't paired up as we've got a game later in the year. We could meet in the second round, though.
 
#46
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hatvol96 said:
As I mentioned in the other thread, K may be attempting to tie or break Knight's record in the first game in Maui. My guess is that ESPN didn't want him doing that against Chaminade.
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I also read somewhere that Coach K (or Duke) has a policy against playing Division II schools. Also ESPN is desperately hoping for a Duke vs Kansas or Duke vs UCLA final for ratings purposes.
 
#48
#48
I was a Duke fan long before I went to school at UT (my Dad is Duke alumni). I have been waiting for this game for YEARS!!! I'm beyond excited but I realize this will be a rough year for UT basketball. I'd been hoping we'd schedule Duke, like we did Kansas or UConn but I can't see Coach K doing that (I'm not stupid I know he don't wanna play an away game like that). I just wish this game would have been closer, I would have gone in a heartbeat. Maui is a little out of my budget :(
 
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