View Full Version : Duke's remaining schedule
phideltdj
12-10-2012, 01:25 PM
I happened to see Duke's remaining schedule and I just don't see how they will lose a game. The difficult games for them are over and the ACC is horrible this year. Maybe Carolina might beat them but I don't think so and the only other team could be NC State. They already have a number one seed in the tourney locked up with what is left for them.
tupacbiff
12-10-2012, 01:31 PM
Got news for you duke has a 1 or 2 seed locked up pretty much every year. They don't play anyone challenging on the road but pick a few "neutral site" games that they know will be 95% or more duke fans.
They also get tremendous favoritism from the refs.
Add those facts to a consistently overrated ACC year after year and you get great seeding.
FYI- they will lose a game
madgator
12-10-2012, 01:32 PM
I happened to see Duke's remaining schedule and I just don't see how they will lose a game. The difficult games for them are over and the ACC is horrible this year. Maybe Carolina might beat them but I don't think so and the only other team could be NC State. They already have a number one seed in the tourney locked up with what is left for them.
truth be told, the ACC has been sub-par for the last couple of years.
NC St. is a nice team. UVA is also a quality squad.
It's just real tough to go undefeated
REM08
12-10-2012, 01:33 PM
They'll lose a game or two that they're not supposed to. Maryland, NC State, something like that. I don't see anyway they're not a 1 seed. The only real question remains if Lehigh (sp?) will be their first opponent.
ArtVandelay
12-10-2012, 01:44 PM
FSU beats them...
InstiGATOR1
12-10-2012, 04:47 PM
I happened to see Duke's remaining schedule and I just don't see how they will lose a game. The difficult games for them are over and the ACC is horrible this year. Maybe Carolina might beat them but I don't think so and the only other team could be NC State. They already have a number one seed in the tourney locked up with what is left for them.
Yeah, I glanced at a few schedules over the weekend too to see who might be the last unbeaten this year. Heck Duke might go unbeaten this year until the NCAA tourney.
I guess they will be upset at some point, but you are right they don't play a very tough schedule from here on out.
FSU beats them...
And Hamilton will get a contract extension
GatorsGators
12-10-2012, 06:16 PM
They're not going undefeated. Someone will trip them up eventually.
NorthCaptivaGator
12-10-2012, 09:20 PM
Let them be a 1 as long as we can be the two in their bracket
LabraGator
12-11-2012, 08:38 AM
Let them be a 1 as long as we can be the two in their bracket
Screw that. I'll take the other 1 on the same bracket side.
brolowe
12-11-2012, 08:48 AM
Somebody will trip them up, I'm sure. If NC State can play to their potential by then, they could stand a chance. UNC, maybe, but rather doubtful. As I live in ACC territory, it is a special time when the SEC womps up on ACC basketball. Its really fun to watch when I wear GATOR stuff. Special time! It does seem the ACC is finding parity probs these days and are becoming human on the courts. I hope it keeps up! Its a lot more entertaining.
themistocles
12-11-2012, 08:29 PM
I will admit that, try as I do to be as objective as possible, it certainly appears to me that Duke is consistently given some real advantages both from the referees and the seeding committees.
As was noted, the ACC has been down the past few years, of course, one can pretty much say the same about the SEC in basketball (almost nothing else, however).
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