I think we need to shoot at least 42% from three to have a chance to win; and stay out of foul trouble defensively.
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Said this on twitter I think, but 40% from 3 and then some amount of time I havenāt exactly figured out yet before we let Duke into the bonus are the keys to victory for me.
Probably simpler to just do a total fouls number, but that wasnāt as close to what I was trying to convey spirtually.
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Seems like everyone is giving this Duke team a lot more credit than I think they personally deserve. This team is really good but itās not the super team of last year.
They beat a good Michigan team but that team also is flawed compared to any of last yearās final four teams (donāt quote KenPom metrics since those arenāt perfect apples to apples year over year). There isnāt a clear S-tier this season in my opinion.
UVA doesnāt need to go nuclear from 3 or have a bunch of calls go their way or some other unnatural break our way to happen for them to win. Just go play good basketball, shoot well, guard and play our game and we should be in a good position.
If our bigs play well, and guard this should be a great game. If Caleb Foster goes for 30+ and we lose that way well then hats off to him but their backcourt isnāt special. Great day to go be great tomorrow for the Hoos!
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I was so skeptical of their backcourt going into the season, but Foster and Evans (kind of a stretch as a backcourt member I guess..) have really impressed me this year. I thought they were set up for a huge let down with no guards capable of running the show for their frontcourt, but Scheyer has done a pretty decent job (
) getting production out of them (and more importantly keeping them from inhibiting their Boozer and co).
I think we can win, we have a pretty experienced team, and Iām hoping this is an Indiana football situation, but I think Duke is pretty damn good this year.
Fully agree with you though, let Caleb Foster and their backcourt try to beat us. Iām not convinced the production is real. If they beat us and make me eat my words, Iāll live.
(maybe a hot take, but outside of Evans, I think Iād take like 3 members of our backcourt before their next backcourt guyā¦.)
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Evans is good but heās due to shoot them out of a game this year, letās have it be this one
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I do feel like we have a very good chance in this game. Duke is good, but so are we.
Their biggest weakness is that they are heavily reliant on Cam Boozer. Their biggest strength isāheās really good. They donāt just rely on him to score a ton, but they use him as a facilitator for the rest of the team. His gravity allows others to get open looks and open lanes.
Our biggest strength is our numbers. We make hockey line changes and play hard on both ends for 40 minutes. We also have lots of guys who can go off on any given night. We just need to play our best on the defensive end and have a good shooting night to pull off the upset. Let Boozer get his, but donāt let the others get theirs.
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Line went from 9.5 to 10.5. Hope not TDR related. D
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TDR is good to go. Donāt worry.
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Not a hot take in the slightest, I think Foster has been a let down from what he was billed as and itās pretty clear why Sion James took over as the starter.
Heās not a scrub but doesnāt have the offensive pop of Thomas, White, or Mallory and doesnāt feel like heās got enough glue to him to be a Dallin Hall. Now Isaiah Evans clears all of these guys in my opinion but Iād much rather have our backcourt than theirs.
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DO NOT DOUBLE HIM. AND DONT JUMP ON HIS PUMPFAKES. LET HIM GET HIS
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Absolutely agree. Let him get his. TDR will have to body him up the best he can.
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My good friend Michael Allenby is the founder of the Festy. I saw Billy Strings there too. Many awesome bands over the years - Lake Street Dive, Infamous Stringdusters, Sam Bushā¦
We teamed up in 2019 and I co-produced the Festy when we brought it to IX Art Park in Charlottesville. Lineup included Dawes, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Della Mae, Samantha Fish, Anders Osborneā¦ a good time was had by all.
Also, donāt go into the music business. A lousy way to make a buck!
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I want so much to feel like we will beat Duke tomorrow, but Iāve watched Michigan a lot this season and an having trouble seeing us beat a team that beat them. Please prove me wrong, Hoos! Note: just watched Michigan destroy a really good Illinois team on the road. Big Ten is sooo physical this year. If we beat Duke, thatāll take my belief in this team to another level.
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Our team is good whether we beat Duke or not. I donāt really understand why having to beat the #1 team in the country on the road is some kind of āmeasuring stickā so to speak. I hope we show well tomorrow, Iāll be over the moon if we pull off an upset, but dude, theyāre -10.5. If Duke beats us, Iām not changing how I think about our team. Weāre good and weāre gonna be a tough out in March the way weāve been playing as of late.
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because they are by far the best team we have faced this year. Why is that hard to understand?
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There are a few too many Puke š¤® highlights in the below tweet, but it does end on the very rare Jay Huff forward dunk, so it gets a like.
https://twitter.com/theaccdn/status/2027534219086385285?s=46&t=vkjgQUekzGC7z44tIfnIRQ
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UVA/Duke. It always delivers.
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Illinois has had injuries