This is going to be a big test for Duke.

Air Force is a high scoring, fast paced Princeton style offense with TONS of experience. They've beaten Stanford and Colorado by 30+ points each on tough away games and this one is in Kansas City. Dean Smith and John Wooden are there watching it. Should be a great game.

11/20/2006 7:06:27 PM

agreed

11/20/2006 7:10:14 PM

haha did anyone see the air force bird dancing in the background behind the interview

11/20/2006 7:29:49 PM

and dick V saying how butch davis was gona get it done "take that to the bank" in his words

chuck'own

11/20/2006 7:32:51 PM

lord dicky v is more amped than a who concert in the 1960s

11/20/2006 7:34:17 PM

duke looks pretty darn good...zoubek is a beast down low too...he just has to learn how to play smarter against crafty defenders who will take a flop.

11/20/2006 7:34:29 PM

Lance Thomas FTW.

11/20/2006 7:34:32 PM

coach k and other duke insiders said that 95% of the time in practice, lance thomas is the best player on the team...

that's the 3rd or 4th offensive foul on duke post players...

duke's defense looks surprisingly good against a team that prides themselves on execution.

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 7:39 PM. Reason : .]

11/20/2006 7:38:04 PM

dick vitale = watching with no sound

11/20/2006 7:40:46 PM

lance thomas is eerily similar to marvin williams in his style of play

11/20/2006 7:42:44 PM

i can't even understand what he's saying

i just feel it through the screen

11/20/2006 7:43:01 PM

lol, Rated T

11/20/2006 7:44:34 PM

Quote :

"duke's defense looks surprisingly good against a team that prides themselves on execution."

Duke's D matches up well with Air Force because duke pressures the ball and denies the wings extremely hard so air force has to start their offense way farther out than they are used to

11/20/2006 8:19:34 PM

this did not need its own thread, we arent fags like wolfood

11/20/2006 8:37:30 PM

it did need its own thread because it's early in the basketball season and lots of people may have forgotten about this game

11/20/2006 10:33:59 PM

I thought whats his name was out all year or something

11/20/2006 10:53:23 PM

all rumors from carolina journalists...i said all along paulus wouldn't miss a game...he looks to be 100% too, but only time will tell.

11/20/2006 10:58:53 PM

yeah, he 100% sucks, and this is coming from a duke fan. i cringe every time he touches the ball. he is a turnover waiting to happen and cant guard his own shadow.

11/21/2006 2:28:22 PM

^you have zero basketball knowledge if you think that. he hit the two biggest shots of the game for duke last night (both threes), controls the pace of the game, and had several great assists.

he did have 6 turnovers last night, which is to be expected coming off a foot injury, but he also had 6 assists. duke isn't the same team without paulus.

11/21/2006 2:35:52 PM

Quote :

"he did have 6 turnovers last night, which is to be expected coming off a foot injury"

"Ouch...my foot hurts....bad pass."

11/21/2006 2:37:05 PM

^More like "Man...I'm not in game shape since I haven't been playing and have only averaged 20 minutes per game up to this point."

Don't be retarded...show me a player who plays his best coming off an injury that has restricted his or her minutes and playing time with a young team.

11/21/2006 2:40:16 PM

im not basing this on his performance so far this year, im including watching him last year. big freaking deal, he led the acc in assists as a freshman while passing the ball to two AA's. perhaps he will come around, but he was getting blown by against air force guards, AIR FORCE guards.

and i have just as much basketball knowledge of anyone on here. just my personal opinion that he is average at best. yeah, he a few big shots last night but i still think he is more of a liability than anyone else on the team. who cares if you get 6 assists when you give the ball to the other team just as much.

[Edited on November 21, 2006 at 2:46 PM. Reason : .]

11/21/2006 2:44:27 PM

he was getting blown by the SYSTEM...NOT the individual players. they beat everyone with back door cuts and it wasn't just paulus. the only player who didn't get beat defensively was demarcus nelson because he had that one guard's crossover move on lock.

11/21/2006 2:46:42 PM

im not talking about back door cuts. im talking about the several occasions when his guy had the ball in front of him and went around him at will. his ball handling ability is average and can make some great passes at times. but those get more than negated when he turns it over and over.

11/21/2006 2:48:24 PM

Paulus doesn't have the quickness or athletic ability like most acc guards but his court awareness and leadership are what make him valuable. Right now and parts of last year he was a turnover machine but you have to expect that to change as he gets into game shape bc he only had 3 or 4 practices before his first game. What you don't see from paulus is what makes him so valuable.

11/21/2006 6:51:43 PM