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KP - Report Duke Blue Devils - Tuesday ESPN 7 pm

I love watching Wake-Duke games with DM as the coach. The last one I remember vividly (because I was sitting about 20 feet from the final shot) was when he thought it would be a good idea to put Mitchell on Kennard. Can't wait to see what he's got planned for tonight.
 
One AP writer hasn’t listed Duke in his top 25 this year because they haven’t played a true road game. But Duke hasn’t played a true road game other than in the mandatory ACC-Big 10 challenge game in many years. Why do you think Duke sucks most years in the NCAAT (they either win it about every 5-7 years or lose very early) and K wins 30 games per year? The most talented players and 20 games in Cameron.

How many major programs are out there playing any non-conf road games outside of such challenges?

The one that springs to mind that does it occasionally is Kansas, but they haven't exactly been known for cleaning up in March either
 
You're probably thinking about Miami, who was #2 in '12-'13 when Bz pulled off the late February upset.

Bz beat UNC and Duke in '13-'14, and was still (deservedly) shitcanned.

OMG, so Manning has technically fallen BEHIND Bz ?????????????????
 
This game does not count as a 'true road" game either. A true road game means that the home team has a legitimate chance to win.

A true road game requires that the home team have more fans attending than the away team. It's conceivable that Duke will have more fans in LJVM than they can squeeze into their little arena. Tonight might be their biggest "home crowd" of the season due to the mix of venue size, location, and lack of interest from the home team.
 
How many major programs are out there playing any non-conf road games outside of such challenges?

The one that springs to mind that does it occasionally is Kansas, but they haven't exactly been known for cleaning up in March either

Schools with an in-state rival in another Power 6 conference typically play road OOC games every other year (KY/L'ville, Florida/FSU, Wisconsin/Marquette, Iowa/Iowa State, Clemson/SC, UGA/GT, Creighton/Nebraska, TN/Memphis), but other than that, the recipe is pretty much load up on home games and play in a November tournament for many power teams. Villanova did play at Kansas, and Michigan played at Villanova, but true road OOC are a rarity for many power teams.
 
ESPN college b-ball home page literally looks like Duke Athletics site, just amazing. Tonight will be brutal
 
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Well, I was wrong. There is a Duke NCCU Joint Program on African, African-American and Diaspora Studies. But it appears to involve courses taught jointly by faculty of the two institutions. Here is a description from the Duke Website:

One of the two schools in this joint North Carolina Central University and Duke University program is a noted HBCU whose alumni have been highly influential in Durham and beyond. The other is a private research institution with national and international reach. We are only four miles apart from each other. The premise of this program is that we have more to offer each other.

The program is organized around the common interests and complementary contributions of the two institutions to African, African American and Diaspora Studies. Its primary goal is to foster interaction between students from the two campuses, through its capstone undergraduate research course on race in Durham, jointly taught by an instructor from each; through the scholarships for NCCU students to participate in the summer study abroad program Duke in Ghana; and through other initiatives described in the pages of this website.

Secondarily, the program aims to bring faculty and administrators from the two institutions together, in co-teaching, collaborative ventures, and social interaction, through the annual lecture series featuring paired talks, one at each institution by a faculty member from the other; through the listservs informing those at each institution of upcoming events at the other; and through additional initiatives describe in the pages of this website.
 
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So apparently WF decided to hand out white pom poms. Which I guess is good in a way as the large presence of Duke fans can use them to cheer for their team or any WF fans in attendance can use them to signal surrender.
 
ESPN college b-ball home page literally looks like Duke Athletics site, just amazing. Tonight will be brutal

all that was on the front page at the top before Tottenham-Chelsea pushed it down a bit

I'm sure during tonight's broadcast someone will talk about Zion's dad asking Arizona for money, right?
 
One AP writer hasn’t listed Duke in his top 25 this year because they haven’t played a true road game. But Duke hasn’t played a true road game other than in the mandatory ACC-Big 10 challenge game in many years. Why do you think Duke sucks most years in the NCAAT (they either win it about every 5-7 years or lose very early) and K wins 30 games per year? The most talented players and 20 games in Cameron.

That's dumb. Duke has played Kentucky, Auburn, Gonzaga, and Texas Tech all on a neutral floor.
 
Duke has lost early when they haven't bought in defensively.

Kenpom defensive rankings + how far they advanced:
2018: #9, Elite 8
2017: #47, Second Round
2016: #86, Sweet 16 (beat a #13 and a #12 then got run by #1 seed Oregon)
2015: #11, Champions
2014: #86, First Round
2013: #26, Elite 8
2012: #79, First Round

Who and where they play in November and December has fuck all to do with it
 
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Or MSNBC and Hillary. Works both ways.

Pretty sure FoxNews talks more about Hillary nowadays.

Are people really freaking out because Duke has a joint African Studies program with the local HBCU? C’mon now.
 
i am more interested in seeing the number of duke fans in attendance than the game.
 
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