National Championship: Duke vs. Butler

• Non

  

  Jukes having a game
  
  33-32 Duke
• killer_ewok

  

  Jukes=unsung hero
• wildcats20

  

  Get a stop here....
  
  
  Or not...
• Non

  

  Avery Jukes
  
  2.7 ppg
  
  already matched his season-high of 10
• killer_ewok

  

  Duke 33
  Butler 32
  
  Halftime
  
  Good half for Butler. Howard on the bench for a while and they're still right there with Duke.
• wildcats20

  

  33-32 at half....
  
  I'll be honest, not what I expected at all.
• wes_mantooth

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: Butler is playing the games of their lives and still down one.
  
  Whats that tell ya?

  That they need to outscore Duke by 2 in the 2nd half.
• killer_ewok

  

  Non wrote: Avery Jukes
  
  2.7 ppg
  
  already matched his season-high of 10

  He might be the answer to a trivia question someday if he keeps this up.
  
  This is one of the great things about the NCAA tournament and the Final Four/title game in particular....a guy unexpectedly stepping up and having the game of his life.
• centralbucksfan

  ccrunner609 wrote: Butler is playing the games of their lives and still down one.
  
  Whats that tell ya?

  Your smoking crack if you think that was the game of their lives. Their second best player on the bench for most of the half...and their best player hasn't done much at all either. If those two get going.....
• Cleveland Buck

  

  Butler's missed a bunch of layups that they normally make and they're only down one. They have to keep after it on the boards and Mack has to attack whenever one of the white boys switches on him. Scheyer and Singler have no chance of staying in front of Mack. If Howard settles down and they do the rest, Butler has a chance.
• killer_ewok

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: Butler is playing the games of their lives and still down one.
  
  Whats that tell ya?

  They're playing the games of their lives????? Really?
  
  I think that they could play better. They've played well but it's not like they were unconscious in the 1st half. Maybe Jukes was. LOL
• wildcats20

  

  Butler has missed a bunch of bunnies, missed open shots, gave up wide open shots to Duke. That is NOT playing the game of their lives.
• sportswizuhrd

  ccrunner609 wrote: Butler is playing the games of their lives and still down one.
  
  Whats that tell ya?

  Umm....Their big three have 13 points combined on 5-19 shooting. Not the best game of their lives.
• Terry_Tate

  

  Great first half. Butler is showing they belong and Scheyer and Singler are hitting big shots. Can't ask for a better game so far.
• Non

  

  Howard could still have a key offensive spurt in him, like he had against Syracuse.
  
  Only having two fouls is big.
• Footwedge

  Duke has not been getting offensive boards from Zoubek for the kickout, wide open 3's. Nobody should be surpised by this score.
• SportsAndLady

  

  CCrunner is literally the worst human being alive
• Non

  

  It's been an even game actually.
  
  Both teams are excellent defensively but that hasn't prevented either team from running their sets and finding the open shot.
  
  Just a matter of make or miss at this point, IMO.
• Non

  

  9-3 Butler on the offensive boards
  
  that's a big stat
• Footwedge

  I still think Butler will snip down the nets. The usual Duke ref advantage hasn't reared it's ugly head...at least not yet.
• killer_ewok

  

  SportsAndLady wrote: CCrunner is literally the worst human being alive

  Not sure about that, but he does come across as that obnoxious fan who doesn't even know what the fuck is going on out there. He thought Butler got two possession arrows in a row. Pay attention....they overturned one of them and gave it to Duke due to a mistake with the possession arrow.
  
  His team is playing in the national title game and it's like he doesn't know what's going on. LOL
• Non

  

  Da'Sean Butler
  
  Butler
  
  Butler Cabin on Sunday
• Terry_Tate

  

  Duke won the first half, and will surely win the second.
  
  And you can take that to the bank.
  
  
• wildcats20

  

  Why the FUCK are they going to talk to Nolan Smith's mom at half?!?!? Did she do something special??? Or did Coach K get her a job within the school too??
• SportsAndLady

  

  killer_ewok wrote:

  SportsAndLady wrote: CCrunner is literally the worst human being alive

  Not sure about that, but he does come across as that obnoxious fan who doesn't even know what the fuck is going on out there. He thought Butler got two possession arrows in a row. Pay attention....they overturned one of them and gave it to Duke due to a mistake with the possession arrow.
  
  His team is playing in the national title game and it's like he doesn't know what's going on. LOL

  K fine it was a bit of a hyperbole lol
  
  He's still absolutely clueless about basketball.