770 - (4) Virginia Tech vs. (1) Duke
NCAA Tournament regional semifinals
March 29 at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC
CBS
"dribble drives"
13:52 left in first half, Bill Raftery
769 - (5) Auburn vs. (1) North Carolina
NCAA Tournament regional semifinals
March 29 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO
TBS
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Showing posts with label duke blue devils. Show all posts
Games 749-750: Semifinal Friday
750 - (3) Duke vs. (2) North Carolina
ACC semifinals
March 15 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC
ESPN
749 - (3) Cal State Bakersfield women vs. (2) UT Rio Grande Valley
WAC semifinals
March 15 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV
ESPN +
Other games watched:
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Georgia Southern (Sun Belt quarterfinals)
Charleston Southern women vs. Campbell (Big South semifinals)
"she just ran out of basketball court"
Oregon vs. Arizona State (Pac 12 semifinals)
ACC semifinals
March 15 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC
ESPN
749 - (3) Cal State Bakersfield women vs. (2) UT Rio Grande Valley
WAC semifinals
March 15 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV
ESPN +
Other games watched:
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Georgia Southern (Sun Belt quarterfinals)
Charleston Southern women vs. Campbell (Big South semifinals)
"she just ran out of basketball court"
Oregon vs. Arizona State (Pac 12 semifinals)
Games 590-591: Moving on to the Sweet 16
591 - (12) Florida Gulf Coast women at (4) Stanford
March 19 at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, CA
ESPN2
590 - (5) Duke women at (4) Georgia
March 19 at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, GA
ESPN2
Very rarely do you get a 4-5 matchup in the second round of the tournament and it turns into a blowout.
That happened Monday as Duke was in control from the early stages of the second quarter and won 66-40.
It was just a three-point game after one, but the Blue Devils dominated the second, holding Georgia without a point for 7 1/2 minutes and just two points in the period. Que Morrison's lay-up at the 2:41 mark finally put an end to the drought and made it a 28-14 game, though Duke scored the final seven points of the first half and led by 20 or more for the entire second half.
A combination of really good Duke defense and a ton of close shots missed by Georgia turns into a horrifying night for Georgia, which shot 23% (16-of-68) from the field.
Leaonna Odom led the way for the No. 5 seed, scoring 16 points, while Lexie Brown added 14 points, six assists and seven steals, becoming the school's single-season steals leader in the process.
Duke, which has played in the national semifinals four times but has never won a title, heads to Albany for the regional semifinals and will play unbeaten Connecticut.
Other games watched:
(11) Buffalo women at (3) Florida State
(7) Arizona State women at (2) Texas
March 19 at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, CA
ESPN2
590 - (5) Duke women at (4) Georgia
March 19 at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, GA
ESPN2
Very rarely do you get a 4-5 matchup in the second round of the tournament and it turns into a blowout.
That happened Monday as Duke was in control from the early stages of the second quarter and won 66-40.
It was just a three-point game after one, but the Blue Devils dominated the second, holding Georgia without a point for 7 1/2 minutes and just two points in the period. Que Morrison's lay-up at the 2:41 mark finally put an end to the drought and made it a 28-14 game, though Duke scored the final seven points of the first half and led by 20 or more for the entire second half.
A combination of really good Duke defense and a ton of close shots missed by Georgia turns into a horrifying night for Georgia, which shot 23% (16-of-68) from the field.
Leaonna Odom led the way for the No. 5 seed, scoring 16 points, while Lexie Brown added 14 points, six assists and seven steals, becoming the school's single-season steals leader in the process.
Duke, which has played in the national semifinals four times but has never won a title, heads to Albany for the regional semifinals and will play unbeaten Connecticut.
Other games watched:
(11) Buffalo women at (3) Florida State
(7) Arizona State women at (2) Texas
Games 586-587: Saturday matinees
587 - (7) Rhode Island vs. (2) Duke
NCAA Tournament second round
March 17 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA
CBS
586 - (11) Central Michigan women vs. (6) LSU
NCAA Tournament first round
March 17 at St. John Arena in Columbus, OH
ESPN2
The Chippewas certainly are enjoying the program's 50th season of womens basketball.
Tinara Moore was outstanding, scoring 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting, freshman Micaela Kelly added 17 points as Central Michigan won its first-ever NCAA game, 78-69.
Moore's lay-up at the 5:37 mark of the opening quarter gave her team the lead for the remainder of the day. LSU got as close as two points on a few occasions, but the Chippewas hit half of their shots (28-of-56) and showed why they're one of the top free throw shooting teams in the country, knocking down 15-of-17 to seal the historic win.
The MAC champions rely heavily on their starters and each of the five contributed Saturday. Reyna Frost added 12 points and 12 rebounds (CMU won the rebounding battle 41-29) before fouling out late in the fourth, Presley Hudson had 12 points and handed out eight assists and Cassie Breen hit a pair of 3-pointers to finish with eight points.
Other games watched:
(11) Loyola-Chicago vs. (3) Tennessee
(6) Houston vs. (3) Michigan
NCAA Tournament second round
March 17 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA
CBS
586 - (11) Central Michigan women vs. (6) LSU
NCAA Tournament first round
March 17 at St. John Arena in Columbus, OH
ESPN2
The Chippewas certainly are enjoying the program's 50th season of womens basketball.
Tinara Moore was outstanding, scoring 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting, freshman Micaela Kelly added 17 points as Central Michigan won its first-ever NCAA game, 78-69.
Moore's lay-up at the 5:37 mark of the opening quarter gave her team the lead for the remainder of the day. LSU got as close as two points on a few occasions, but the Chippewas hit half of their shots (28-of-56) and showed why they're one of the top free throw shooting teams in the country, knocking down 15-of-17 to seal the historic win.
The MAC champions rely heavily on their starters and each of the five contributed Saturday. Reyna Frost added 12 points and 12 rebounds (CMU won the rebounding battle 41-29) before fouling out late in the fourth, Presley Hudson had 12 points and handed out eight assists and Cassie Breen hit a pair of 3-pointers to finish with eight points.
Other games watched:
(11) Loyola-Chicago vs. (3) Tennessee
(6) Houston vs. (3) Michigan
Games 566-568: Quarterfinal Thursday
568 - ACC quarterfinals
(6) North Carolina vs. (3) Miami
March 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
567 - ACC quarterfinals
(10) Notre Dame vs. (2) Duke
March 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
Marvin Bagley is good.
The freshman put together a 33-point 17-rebound night (his fourth 30-15 of the season) and the second-seeded Blue Devils rolled into the semifinals with an 88-70 win.
Senior Grayson Allen was also great - 23 points on 5-of-6 from three-point range - and freshman Trevon Duval handed out 11 assists.
Matt Farrell did Duval one better with a career-high game of 12 assists, but hit just 3-of-11 from three (the Irish were 5-of-23 as a team).
566 - (5) Kent State vs. (4) Ball State
MAC quarterfinals
March 8 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
espn3.com
Basketball phrases/nonsense
"attack the tin with ferocity"
"three point marksmanship"
"that looked to me like a basketball play"
"Zach Gunn, and he has that holster always ready to trigger"
"took him to the woodshed"
"international flavor"
"MACtion"
"a great kick ahead"
"the show and go"
(6) North Carolina vs. (3) Miami
March 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
567 - ACC quarterfinals
(10) Notre Dame vs. (2) Duke
March 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
Marvin Bagley is good.
The freshman put together a 33-point 17-rebound night (his fourth 30-15 of the season) and the second-seeded Blue Devils rolled into the semifinals with an 88-70 win.
Senior Grayson Allen was also great - 23 points on 5-of-6 from three-point range - and freshman Trevon Duval handed out 11 assists.
Matt Farrell did Duval one better with a career-high game of 12 assists, but hit just 3-of-11 from three (the Irish were 5-of-23 as a team).
566 - (5) Kent State vs. (4) Ball State
MAC quarterfinals
March 8 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
espn3.com
Basketball phrases/nonsense
"attack the tin with ferocity"
"three point marksmanship"
"that looked to me like a basketball play"
"Zach Gunn, and he has that holster always ready to trigger"
"took him to the woodshed"
"international flavor"
"MACtion"
"a great kick ahead"
"the show and go"
Games 477-478: Wednesday doubleheader
478 - LSU at Arkansas
January 10 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR
SEC Network
Not sure we've seen a worse shooting half at this site than Arkansas' first 20 minutes. The Razorbacks were 6-of-33 (!) in the first half and went down 41-21 at the break on their way to a 75-54 loss.
LSU, on the other hand, was excellent in both halves (55%, 50%). Point guard Tremont Waters struggled with his shot (just 3-of-10 from the field), but handed out eight assists, while the inside belonged to the visitors as 6-11 Duop Reath (11 points, 5-of-10 shooting) and 6-10 Aaron Epps (13 points, 11 rebounds, 5-of-7 shooting) led a 44-26 advantage in the paint.
477 - Duke at Pittsburgh
January 10 at Peterson Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN2
Complete dominance from Duke, which got 16 points and 15 rebounds (nine offensive!) from Marvin Bagley in an 87-52 win.
The Blue Devils, who lead the country in scoring, jumped out to leads of 10-0, 32-12 and 43-13 (at that point Pittsburgh was out-scoring Bagley just 13-12), had 21 assists to just six turnovers and had six score in double figures.
January 10 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR
SEC Network
Not sure we've seen a worse shooting half at this site than Arkansas' first 20 minutes. The Razorbacks were 6-of-33 (!) in the first half and went down 41-21 at the break on their way to a 75-54 loss.
LSU, on the other hand, was excellent in both halves (55%, 50%). Point guard Tremont Waters struggled with his shot (just 3-of-10 from the field), but handed out eight assists, while the inside belonged to the visitors as 6-11 Duop Reath (11 points, 5-of-10 shooting) and 6-10 Aaron Epps (13 points, 11 rebounds, 5-of-7 shooting) led a 44-26 advantage in the paint.
477 - Duke at Pittsburgh
January 10 at Peterson Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN2
Complete dominance from Duke, which got 16 points and 15 rebounds (nine offensive!) from Marvin Bagley in an 87-52 win.
The Blue Devils, who lead the country in scoring, jumped out to leads of 10-0, 32-12 and 43-13 (at that point Pittsburgh was out-scoring Bagley just 13-12), had 21 assists to just six turnovers and had six score in double figures.
Game 355 - (12) Clemson vs. (5) Duke
ACC second round
March 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
This was the first time I've seen Duke play this season and my goodness is it fun to watch Jayson Tatum.
He's 6-8, but is perfectly capable of driving and either scoring in a variety of ways at the rim or distributing like a guard, and the freshman had a 20-point, four-assist day in a 79-72 win for the Blue Devils.
Luke Kennard shook off a tough first half (three points, 1-of-9 shooting) to score 17 on 8-of-11 shooting in the second (Frank Jackson also played very well & scored 20 points).
Tatum and Kennard are the kind of duo that when both playing well can carry a team to a league championship. I'm not saying Duke is going to win this league championship, but they might if Kennard/Tatum keep playing like they did in Wednesday's second half.
March 8 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
This was the first time I've seen Duke play this season and my goodness is it fun to watch Jayson Tatum.
He's 6-8, but is perfectly capable of driving and either scoring in a variety of ways at the rim or distributing like a guard, and the freshman had a 20-point, four-assist day in a 79-72 win for the Blue Devils.
Luke Kennard shook off a tough first half (three points, 1-of-9 shooting) to score 17 on 8-of-11 shooting in the second (Frank Jackson also played very well & scored 20 points).
Tatum and Kennard are the kind of duo that when both playing well can carry a team to a league championship. I'm not saying Duke is going to win this league championship, but they might if Kennard/Tatum keep playing like they did in Wednesday's second half.
Game 295 - Syracuse women at Duke
February 10 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC
ACC Network
The Orange came into the night averaging 80.5 points (13th nationally), but were held to 25 below their season average in a 72-55 loss.
Syracuse struggled mightily shooting the ball (25% overall), and in particular from three-point range where the visitors made just 10-of-37. Duke's defense is fifth nationally in field goal percentage defense and tied with Connecticut for ninth in perimeter defense, but Friday was more about Syracuse just missing a number of good looks from behind the arc.
The main culprit was Brittney Sykes, the ACC's second-leading scorer who was held to just 11 points & missed 13 of the 16 shots she attempted.
Meanwhile, the Blue Devils got a near-triple double from Lexie Brown (nine points, eight assists and 11 rebounds), 18 points and 10 rebounds from Rebecca Greenwell and a dominant effort in the paint (out-scored Syracuse 44-8) in improving to 14-0 at home.
ACC Network
The Orange came into the night averaging 80.5 points (13th nationally), but were held to 25 below their season average in a 72-55 loss.
Syracuse struggled mightily shooting the ball (25% overall), and in particular from three-point range where the visitors made just 10-of-37. Duke's defense is fifth nationally in field goal percentage defense and tied with Connecticut for ninth in perimeter defense, but Friday was more about Syracuse just missing a number of good looks from behind the arc.
The main culprit was Brittney Sykes, the ACC's second-leading scorer who was held to just 11 points & missed 13 of the 16 shots she attempted.
Meanwhile, the Blue Devils got a near-triple double from Lexie Brown (nine points, eight assists and 11 rebounds), 18 points and 10 rebounds from Rebecca Greenwell and a dominant effort in the paint (out-scored Syracuse 44-8) in improving to 14-0 at home.
Game 201 - (4) Duke vs. (1) Oregon
NCAA Tournament regional semifinals
March 24 at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
TBS
Other game watched:
(5) Maryland vs. (1) Kansas
March 24 at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
TBS
Other game watched:
(5) Maryland vs. (1) Kansas
Games 191-192: Tourney rolls on
192 - (12) Yale vs. (4) Duke
NCAA Tournament round of 32
March 19 at Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI
CBS
A nice, solid group of basketball phrases & general nonsense from the broadcast team during this 71-64 Duke win:
"Skill set"
"Leave it out here on the floor"
"Got his hand in the cookie jar"
"Feathery touch"
"Dribble drive"
"Taking the air out of the ball" (said twice)
"You have to believe in yourself"
191 - (14) Stephen F. Austin vs. (3) West Virginia
NCAA Tournament second round
March 18 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
CBS
After this 70-56 win by Stephen F. Austin (and with No. 11 seed Northern Iowa knocking off sixth-seeded Texas late Friday), eight teams seeded 10th or lower won first-round games.
NCAA Tournament round of 32
March 19 at Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI
CBS
A nice, solid group of basketball phrases & general nonsense from the broadcast team during this 71-64 Duke win:
"Skill set"
"Leave it out here on the floor"
"Got his hand in the cookie jar"
"Feathery touch"
"Dribble drive"
"Taking the air out of the ball" (said twice)
"You have to believe in yourself"
191 - (14) Stephen F. Austin vs. (3) West Virginia
NCAA Tournament second round
March 18 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
CBS
After this 70-56 win by Stephen F. Austin (and with No. 11 seed Northern Iowa knocking off sixth-seeded Texas late Friday), eight teams seeded 10th or lower won first-round games.
Games 183-184: Day 1
NCAA Tournament second round
184 - (9) Connecticut vs. (8) Colorado
March 17 at Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA
TNT
183 - (13) UNC Wilmington vs. (4) Duke
March 17 at Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI
CBS
We opened my favorite day of the NCAA Tournament with a "Coach K" count of seven, though just two came after halftime in Duke's 93-85 win in the West Region.
I expected much more from this announcing team & in particular, Chris Webber.
Luckily, Ian Eagle provided the first of what I'm hoping is dozens of ridiculous sentences over the next few weeks:
"Plumlee, the plumber, with the flush!"
Other games watched:
(9) Butler vs. (8) Texas Tech
184 - (9) Connecticut vs. (8) Colorado
March 17 at Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA
TNT
183 - (13) UNC Wilmington vs. (4) Duke
March 17 at Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI
CBS
We opened my favorite day of the NCAA Tournament with a "Coach K" count of seven, though just two came after halftime in Duke's 93-85 win in the West Region.
I expected much more from this announcing team & in particular, Chris Webber.
Luckily, Ian Eagle provided the first of what I'm hoping is dozens of ridiculous sentences over the next few weeks:
"Plumlee, the plumber, with the flush!"
Other games watched:
(9) Butler vs. (8) Texas Tech
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