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Do I go with the faster Grds or do I go with the taller men down low... We all know defense and rebounding wins games and Duke is the better team at that department but speed kills and Nova has the speed and better ball handlers... Scottie Reynolds and Corey Smth would have to help with rebounds and defending the perimeter does'nt help them in that area face it Nova is to small... Brain Zoubek and the size of Duke will make a difference...
 
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NOVA ALL DAY
 
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I'm from Philly so trust I like Nova but I also love  
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Nova is more physical than them, Texas played pretty bad against Duke and still was a nailbiter to the finish.
 
Villanova will outrebound them and keep it down low.
 
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Zoubek is going to get his ass handed to him by cunningham....Henderson is going to get shut down and i would expect reggie to be covering him and scottie will have his best game of the tourny....Nova -2 is the play and also like the over
 
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Also adding
 
Missou vs Memphis over 141
UCONN -6.5
X-men vs Pitt  -6.5
 
 
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Vegas is doing the same as last week Nova-2 vs UCLA and Nova wins by 20... Cuse-2 vs ASU and Cuse wins by 11 and here we go again Duke-2 vs Nova and Duke will win by double digits best of luck to you Nova backers but Duke is the play.
 
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nova too small................what???????
 
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Nova has only one player over 6'9 everyone else is 6'8 and smaller
 
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Nova
 
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Scottie is going tgo light them up. Nova+2
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Nova +2.5 but locked and loaded with UCONN -6.5
 
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and to think I was worried everyone would be on the dukies...thank you guys. 


scottie reynolds is the man, don't get me wrong.....but come on......

DUKE is moneyyyyyy







 
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is the public all over NOVA?? is this the smart public were going to get tomorrow. bc you seen underdogs ran the table today in Hoops. The theing that scares me is DUKE COACH. hes a WINNER. he just gets it done. But will see what this line does....
 
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ot buzzer beater....................
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Vegas99:

Nova has only one player over 6'9 everyone else is 6'8 and smaller

And what size does Duke have exactly? Zoubek? Give me a break. Cunningham, Redding ans Stokes will have a field day on the offensive glass.

 
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I cant remember the last time Brian Zoubek and his 4 pts and 3 rebs was the X factor. Its not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. Villanova plays ALOT bigger then there height lists and if anything they will be the physically stronger team.
 
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To say that Zoubek is the difference maker is like saying the most important part of a jack and coke is the stirring straw.  Zoubek is horrible, sure he is a nice guy, but he is not a game changer.
 
I like Duke in this spot, I think Vegas is begging us to hop on Nova after they dismantled UCLA.  I thought this line should have been pickem or Nova -1...
 
Tough game to call, and there are better bets on the board, but I think that Nova will fold away from Philly.  Duke prepares all year for games like this, and I am just not sold on their role players being able to step up on a bigger stage.
 
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The more athletic team doesn't always win.
 
Krzyzewski > Wright
 
With that being said, I'm not sure I would be willing to lay any points in this game. Duke will find a way to win in the end, IMO.
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by flashspom:

To say that Zoubek is the difference maker is like saying the most important part of a jack and coke is the stirring straw.  Zoubek is horrible, sure he is a nice guy, but he is not a game changer.
 
I like Duke in this spot, I think Vegas is begging us to hop on Nova after they dismantled UCLA.  I thought this line should have been pickem or Nova -1...
 
Tough game to call, and there are better bets on the board, but I think that Nova will fold away from Philly.  Duke prepares all year for games like this, and I am just not sold on their role players being able to step up on a bigger stage.

They have prepared for games this forever but that doesnt change the fact they havent dont anything noteworthy in quite sometime.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by LTE23:

is the public all over NOVA?? is this the smart public were going to get tomorrow. bc you seen underdogs ran the table today in Hoops. The theing that scares me is DUKE COACH. hes a WINNER. he just gets it done. But will see what this line does....


He hasn't gotten it done the past few years.

And I don't think the ACC season prepares them for this.  They are coddled by the refs in the ACC.  Now Villanova isn't the most physical team in the world, but they played the whole year in the very tough, physical Big East.  Not the ACC where Duke gets charge calls if their defender falls over backwards without there being any contact.  They are just plain WEAK inside and without the ACC refs helping overcome that weakness, they will go down.
 
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Zoubek making a difference 
 
 
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Duke by 10
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