Absurd to say these guys in the tourney already. Va Tech has 9 losses with a month to go. They have some REALLY bad losses- Maryland, Boston College, Wake. Blown out by UNC at home, lost to BYU at home.
Still have Dook twice, FSU, NCSU, Virginia, at Miami and at Clemson then ACC Tourney. That's 5 losses easy. You think NCAA wants them with 14 losses and three of them to awful teams?
coach prob crawled thier ass and they dont want to slip up and lose a chance to contend for 1st place in the conference
VT is not as good as they have been in the past and they prob wont make the bubble this yr so greenburg wont have anything to complain about
lets hope i'm right b/c i think i'm rollin with Duke tonight
Mike Krzyzewski was furious after watching Duke go through the motions and nearly squander a 20-point, second-half lead in its latest victory.
The Blue Devils (18-3, 5-1) took a break from conference play Saturday to host St. John's, and seemed well on their way to victory while leading 60-40 with just over 13 minutes remaining.However, Duke suddenly got sloppy. It was outrebounded 15-8 while committing six turnovers in the final 10 minutes. The Red Storm pulled within four points with 20 seconds to play, but free throws helped the Blue Devils hang on for an 83-76 victory."To me, it was a loss," Krzyzewski said. "We did enough to win, which almost makes me sick to say. I hate saying that we did enough to win. I mean, that's not who I am and not who this program is. You don't do 'enough to win.' We play really good basketball, and then hopefully we win. But that's the story. ... I'm not pleased one bit. One bit."
To those that said "VTech always plays Duke close", where are you seeing that? In their last 6 VTech has one win (last year), 4 of the other 5 were Duke DD wins and the other was a 7pt win. Not that any of that matters, since the teams are not the same. But VTech last year was MUCH more competitive, and despite the fact that Duke is not as dominant as years past, they should have no issue winning this by 10+.
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A win over Duke doesn't even put them CLOSE to the bubble. They have ONE quality win (UVA) and plenty of bad losses (Maryland, BC, Wake, Minnesota). VTech is NIT bound, IF they can stay above 0.500.
Mike Krzyzewski was furious after watching Duke go through the motions and nearly squander a 20-point, second-half lead in its latest victory.
The Blue Devils (18-3, 5-1) took a break from conference play Saturday to host St. John's, and seemed well on their way to victory while leading 60-40 with just over 13 minutes remaining.However, Duke suddenly got sloppy. It was outrebounded 15-8 while committing six turnovers in the final 10 minutes. The Red Storm pulled within four points with 20 seconds to play, but free throws helped the Blue Devils hang on for an 83-76 victory."To me, it was a loss," Krzyzewski said. "We did enough to win, which almost makes me sick to say. I hate saying that we did enough to win. I mean, that's not who I am and not who this program is. You don't do 'enough to win.' We play really good basketball, and then hopefully we win. But that's the story. ... I'm not pleased one bit. One bit."
I'd agree. I don't like dook but gotta say coach rat is one of the best ever and makes the most out of anything he has. May lay off this game
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