Presbyterian vs Duke

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College hoops: Plays will be from 1 to 3 units. I won't always have time to post this much info on a game but when I have the time I will try to post reasons why I Like the game. I coach high school hoops so sometimes I may not be able to get back to the board for discussions. They are always welcome along with any kind of info. There are many good people on here that I respect their capping abilities. Too many good cappers to mention all your names but I sure hope you all comeback.

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Presbyterian @ Duke -36 (2)

Presbyterian finished at 5-25 last year. This will be their 1st year in the Big South conference. They are picked to finish last in the conference. They are very young with 1 senior, 1 junior, 3 sophomore's, and 8 freshman on the roster. They were 2-1 ats in lined games and actually played well against WF and Georgia. This team played 24 games on the road last year and went 0-24. I don't know if everyone over looked them, felt sorry for them, or what but Ohio ST was the only team to beat them by more than 40. I read the bios on every player and they are very small. Most of them were described as scrappy, smart, good shooters, and a lot of will to help build a program. They do have a red shirt freshman who is 7'0 and weighs only 220. They were very balanced in scoring. Coleman led them with 11.2 ppg and 5 rebs. A core of players were around 5 to 10 ppg. They only averaged 62 ppg. Anyway, enough about the Blue Hose and why I like Duke in this game.

Duke finished the season with a 28-6 record. More important they were 9-4 -2 ats at home. They return 4 starters and have one hell of bench. Duke returns 11 letter winners and are already ranked at a lofty 5 to start the season. That is 76 % of their scoring back from last year. I know the 2 practice games were just that, but they beat their foes 114-50, and 95-42. The bench is strong this season and very athletic. The Duke D held their opponents to 14 % shooting in the practice games.

Duke has won 8 straight season openers by an average of 33 ppg. Duke reserves averaged 26.9 ppg last year.

Duke scored 564 points from the ft line last year for 12th in the country. They attempted 799 for 65.8 % but expect that to be much better this season. They ranked 4th in scoring at 83.2 ppg. I really look for that total to be up about 5 points higher this season.

If this game comes down to reserves, and it probably will, Dukes will continue to increase the lead. Their will be no stalling this early in the season as coach wants to see what they can do in this opener. Dukes bench averaged 46 ppg in the 2 practice games. Duke averaged 114 ppg in the 2 games and this just looks like a very bad spot for the young visiting team. If this game fell later on in the season no way I spot this many.

Let's tip it off

[Hoosiercatdaddy]

give em hell this year bro