Virginia Tech is giving Duke all they can handle as they have a 52-51 lead with a little over 11 minutes to go. Please VT, hold on and beat those Dukies for a second straight year!
Wow! Dockery hit a halfcourt three with 0.5 seconds left to win the game for Duke. J.J. Redick's shot was really horrible tonight. Had it not been for a bullsh*t intentional foul that gave Duke five points late in the game, it would have been a Hokies win. Duke isn't horrible, but they're not that great. I can easily name five to ten teams better than them. #1 is waaay too high of a ranking for the Dookies.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow! Dockery hit a halfcourt three with 0.5 seconds left to win the game for Duke. J.J. Redick's shot had really been horrible tonight. Had it not been for a bullsh*t intentional foul that gave Duke five points late in the game, it would have been a Hokies win. Duke isn't horrible, but they're not that great. I can easily name five to ten teams better than them. #1 is waaay too high of a ranking for the Dookies.</div> Yeah...you just knew the refs would give Duke more time to work with. There was originally just 1 second on the clock but of course the refs knew Duke wouldn't have enough time to get a shot off so they just had to put .6 more seconds on. This crap just pisses me off!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting UKOwnstheSEC:</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah...you just knew the refs would give Duke more time to work with. There was originally just 1 second on the clock but of course the refs knew Duke wouldn't have enough time to get a shot off so they just had to put .6 more seconds on. This crap just pisses me off!</div> That didn't really make me mad. You see that in just about every game. There were other horrible calls in the game that handed them the game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Duke 77, Virginia Tech 75 DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke's magic at Cameron Indoor Stadium is alive and well. Sean Dockery made a heave from about 40 feet with less than a second left, giving the top-ranked Blue Devils an improbable 77-75 victory over Virginia Tech on Sunday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. The frantic finish denied the Hokies a stunning upset after they rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final 4? minutes. Coleman Collins capped the comeback by tipping in a miss by Zabian Dowdell, and after conferring with TV replays, the referees put 1.6 seconds back on the clock for the Blue Devils (7-0). Coach Mike Krzyzewski drew up a play with freshman Josh McRoberts throwing the inbounds pass, and he lofted a perfect one to Dockery just over halfcourt. He took one quick dribble and launched his shot from the "Coach K Court" decal near the sideline.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=253380150
Duke hasn't blown out opponents like everyone expected them to this season. That being said, they have found ways to win in every game they have played. I think everyone's expectations were to high for this Duke team coming into this year both fans and non-fans alike. I swear that unless they win by 20 points a night people are going to constantly complain about how they shouldn't be the number one team, etc. I know there not these high of expectations(total domination of every game) placed on the likes of Texas, Villanova, Conneticut.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting UKOwnstheSEC:</div><div class="quote_post">Duke are the most luckiest pieces of **** i've ever seen!</div> As I watching that game. I yelled out Take the defender off the inbounds pass and have Duke play 5 on 6. Then when Dockery's defender just let him catch the ball and give him an open shot. I couldnt believe it. I understand that the VT defender did want to foul but you also dont want to let a good shooter have an open look at the basket. This is not HIll Laettner Part 2. It was a good shot though.
Duke is so beatable at this point it's not even funny. If I were a Duke fan (which by any means I'm not) I wouldn't be happy with my teams play so far. Sure they are undefeated but they went down to the wire with Memphis, Drexel, and Virginia Tech. This is no National Champion...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting HASAN33:</div><div class="quote_post">As I watching that game. I yelled out Take the defender off the inbounds pass and have Duke play 5 on 6. Then when Dockery's defender just let him catch the ball and give him an open shot. I couldnt believe it. I understand that the VT defender did want to foul but you also dont want to let a good shooter have an open look at the basket. This is not HIll Laettner Part 2. It was a good shot though.</div> I think it was the right decision to put a large postman on the ball. That way McRoberts couldn't have a clear pass to wherever he wanted. What got me was how wide open Dockery got. That was a great shot for 1.6 seconds.
