Then Duke re-inserted Dereck Lively II, a defensive-minded big man who scores through movement and activity moreso than back-to-the-basket moves. Yet both Hubert Davis and first-year Duke coach Jon Scheyer mentioned another telling sequence after UNC had hit back-to-back 3-pointers to take a 49-45 lead.įirst UNC defender Puff Johnson allowed left-handed Duke wing Mark Mitchell drive to his strong hand and score on a layup. UNC missed multiple shots for the lead or to tie late, the last being Caleb Love’s leaning 3-pointer down 60-57 with 8 seconds left. Take Saturday’s 62-57 loss to the Blue Devils. Yet there have also been trouble with details and closing out games, a surprise for a team that returned four starters. Some problems are obvious, such as flirting with setting a program record for the worst 3-point shooting (.309) in a season - which has made it difficult to space the floor for driving lanes or Bacot inside unlike last year’s late run. … Sometimes you put too much stress on yourself and you try to meet those expectations (instead of) just going out there and just play freely.” “Just the expectations that were being upholded, just out there in the media, just the noise. “We knew since the start of the season,” starting guard R.J. Second-year coach Hubert Davis has mentioned his team looking weighed down by some of the high expectations to repeat last year’s run, which included spoiling retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game at Duke and then handing him the final loss of his career in the Final Four during an epic first-ever in the NCAA Tournament between the storied rivals. There are multiple answers for what has gone wrong. 7 seed in a second-round game against the Louisville-Boston College winner.
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