yeah, he has a perfect build. good size. great athleticism (very dahntay joneslike). im personally very interested to watch lance thomas. hes the type of athlete (playing the 3/4) that duke hasnt had in a long time. offensively he might not set the world on fire but he will rebound and be able to guard guys like al thornton, etc.

11/7/2006 4:10:46 AM

you sound like you are describing shane battier to me

11/7/2006 5:02:41 AM

anyone that thinks duke will fall out of the top 25 is retarded. they were pretty solid the other night against shaw. granted, shaw sucks, but scheyer and zoubek are going to be great freshman for duke. they will probably still get a 3 or a 4 spot in the tournament

11/7/2006 10:58:45 AM

you guys are insane. the beat goes on at Duke. This team will be very good. sure, it won't hold the #1 ranking for the majority of thel year but that doesn't mean it will suck.

And you gotta mention Nelson's shooting. The guy was slowed last year with the injury but this will be a huge year for him. Didnt he shoot over 40% 3s last year?

11/7/2006 11:09:35 AM

tubby smith is continuing to drive my 'cats into mediocrity

11/7/2006 11:16:53 AM

i see duke losing 4-5 conference games let alone their non conference ones

11/7/2006 11:26:03 AM

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"i see duke losing 4-5 conference games let alone their non conference ones"

Yep. No one is saying Duke will be bad, I don't think, and I think Duke will always get a few throwaway votes. Regardless, Duke will be on the high end of mediocre this year. Maybe a #4-#5 ACC finish but at least 2 or 3 conference games out of #1-#2.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

11/7/2006 11:34:15 AM

what 3 or 4 teams (ill give you carolina) will be so much better than them?

11/7/2006 3:30:11 PM

UNC, FSU, Gtech and UNC thats there 4 losses

11/7/2006 3:31:34 PM

At least 1 of the UNC games, probably both.
1 from @GA Tech, FSU
@ BC

And perhaps one super-duper upset (UVA? Maryland? NCSU?).

It's gonna be bumpy.

11/7/2006 3:43:27 PM

No way in hell Duke doesn't finish top 2 in the acc. Unc will be hard to beat out for #1 but it is a good possibility.

unc
duke


bc
gt
everybody else

11/7/2006 3:46:49 PM

i just moved to Omaha and looking forward to seeing some Creighton and MVC games this year. ps - Hoggman quit gaying up this board

11/7/2006 5:45:20 PM

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"OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Wichita State 181, Southern Illinois 131, Gonzaga 129, Xavier 99, Florida State 65, Louisville 62, Villanova 37, Illinois 31, Hofstra 24, Arkansas 20, San Diego State 19, DePaul 16, Indiana 16, Oklahoma State 13, Virginia Tech 8, Michigan 6, Bucknell 6, Houston 5, USC 5, Kansas State 4, Missouri State 1, Oregon 1, George Mason 1, Akron 1, Brigham Young 1."

????????????????

11/7/2006 5:48:25 PM

vt will be a solid team

not top 25

but they'll make a run at the bubble

11/7/2006 5:51:42 PM

11/7/2006 5:52:23 PM

dowdell, collins, washington, gordon, etc... they still have a pretty solid nucleus

^find one of dell curry dunking, then you'd impress me

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11/7/2006 5:53:22 PM

washington is going to blow up now that he's moved from 4 to 3

it's going to be fun to watch


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11/7/2006 5:57:52 PM

good thing Tennessee isnt a basketball school or I might be pissed about being ranked so low... 25 SUCKS! gosh

11/7/2006 5:58:52 PM

yeah, they'll be a pretty good-sized pain the ass this year

V HAHA, nice

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 6:00 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2006 5:59:55 PM

DELL CURRY!!!!!!!!






[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 6:02 PM. Reason : ;]

11/7/2006 6:00:29 PM

remy, dont even get me started! so you officially made the move?

11/8/2006 12:15:07 AM

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"UNC, FSU, Gtech and UNC thats there 4 losses"

so a team like tech that has just as many if not more of the same question marks that duke has is better than them? yes, they brought in quite a bit of talent, but it wasnt that much more significant than dukes. and also, if you think that fsu is going to bring the same effort against state or clemson or virginia that they do against duke, you are just plain wrong. fsu always plays duke tough and then comes back to reality against other teams.

11/8/2006 12:17:54 AM

i just stated their losses, not what they had on their team the question marks or whoever they would lose to or anything like that

the question was presented, i answered.

11/8/2006 12:25:06 AM

well the actual question was what 3 or 4 teams are so much better than duke that they will finish 4th or 5th in the conference, not how many losses

11/8/2006 12:34:55 AM

on that given day

not on the season, dont skew the whole conversation by taking that one line out of context.

11/8/2006 12:36:51 AM

[quote]you sound like you are describing shane battier to me[quote]

actually he is very un-battier like. hes kind of slender, not as built as shane. much better athlete all the way around. will not be as good a shooter as battier.

11/8/2006 12:39:59 AM

how am i skewing the conversation, i said what 3 or 4 teams are going to be that much better than duke that they finish 4th or 5th in the conference? you responded by telling me they will lose to bc, fsu, unc, and tech. doesnt prove or attempt to prove how duke settles in 5 out of those 5 teams.

11/8/2006 12:46:21 AM

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"if we had simmons we'de be around 15"

mmmmmm, nahh!!

11/8/2006 1:34:15 AM

well thats how good we would be.

11/8/2006 1:38:23 AM

those jerseys are badass

both of em

11/8/2006 1:40:51 AM

the rim is badass too

11/8/2006 1:57:10 AM

so is that chick. second from left on front row

11/8/2006 2:06:11 AM

omfg! dukes not gonna be that good. they might have 4-5 acc losses!
duke finished 11-5 in the acc in 2005 and finished #3 in the ap poll. anyone who thinks they will finish 4th or 5th in the acc is obviously smoking crack. i would bet on them finishing second and definitely no worse than 3rd. imo, they will be top 10 by the end of the season.

11/8/2006 5:32:53 AM

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"this freshman class is better than the one 4 years ago."

you really think there's more than 2 all-americans in this class? henderson i could maybe see, but who else? zoubek? scheyer?

11/8/2006 8:20:19 AM