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Mar 30, 2025
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Undefeated
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True that. I was just thinking about the reasons behind how Alabama got so hot.
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Duke disrupted Alabama and got them out of rhythm. We didn't disrupt them, got
Undefeated
Mar 30, 7:56am
We clearly didn't have the athletes or length to disrupt them like Duke.
SinkingQuffa
Mar 30, 7:59am
Yep. Or the scheme. We couldn't have executed it with our players as well asDuke
Undefeated
Mar 30, 8:03am
Schemes got us to the over-achieving position of 4th in Big12 & a Sweet 16 run.
SinkingQuffa
Mar 30, 8:08am
Did you think I forgot what we achieved this year? Did you think I didn't know
Undefeated
Mar 30, 8:39am
Yup. We were good enough to be sweet 16, but high level to elite guard play is what gets you to the elite 8 and beyond
RootieBoy
Mar 30, 8:06am
Having two 7 footers to cover Sears off the screen helped Duke.
idcougarfan
Mar 30, 8:26am
For sure. I alludedto that in my post but maybe should have gotten more specific
Undefeated
Mar 30, 8:43am
Defending the 3 has been a problem all year.
JoeExotic
Mar 30, 8:08am
Yup. I posted several times that our defensive game plan was basically hoping
byubyu
Mar 30, 9:00am
We were worried about their guards getting into the paint and scoring or getting
75Coug
Mar 30, 8:52am
True that. I was just thinking about the reasons behind how Alabama got so hot.
Undefeated
Mar 30, 9:23am
Duke's shortest contributor is 6' 5". That's also helpful.
Benfica1
Mar 30, 9:41am
Someone on ESPN said Duke's team is the tallest in college basketball.
DeepCCoug
Mar 30, 10:02am
"Their personnel and how they used them definitely helped too." - OP
Undefeated
Mar 30, 10:16am
Not a contradiction.
Benfica1
Mar 30, 10:34am
Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that because I thought you were contradicting
Undefeated
Mar 30, 10:51am
Duke also has an elite defense with the most length in college basketball.
davidmj10
Mar 30, 11:32am
it was obvious heading down the stretch run the BYU D would be the
qwerew
Mar 30, 11:44am
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