Yep. They used to do it a lot with Reddick and last year with Winslow and Jones (especially Jones) --- made me ****ing sick how he'd lunge into a defender and flop and most times they'd give him the damned call, (and make no mistake, you lurking dookies, it is the WRONG call by rule) and if they didn't give him the call the Rat would go apoplectic and browbeat the zebras. That chicken-sh**, cheating-a$$ tactic STOLE the national championship game from a better and deserving team.
Travesty and a disgrace to the game of basketball.
F*** them. Good on ya, Clemson!
Duke players are taught this, you see it every season, add drama to a no call and K will work the refs to the point they will give duke the call many more times than not. When you play duke you just have to accept this or else it gets in to your head, exactly what K wants it to do. K wants defenders to give his players that extra bit of space that allows them to drive by and he baits the refs in to being his allies.
The problem this duke teams has is the same that Ky has this season, the one & done can be high reward but it is as well high risk. High risk in that you are forced to replace your one & done star talents with similar one & done star talents every season, if you miss one or 2 then things can fall apart rapidly. Neither Skal nor Jeter have lived up to the hype for their programs, that is important because they were both key big men from this recruiting class and so far both are BUSTERS.
When Jefferson went down for duke they lost their by far most experienced front court guy, not like he was a game changer by any accord but he was a guy that should have been able to settle down that inexperienced front court. Huge problem now is k has not played his bench, the rust from Plum3 shows, Obi may as well dress in a suit as sweats. They are now totally guard driven, no front to back court balance, they go 7 deep, 1 guy picking up foul trouble sinks them. Ingram picked up his 3rd just before half time and finished with 1 point in the second half?
The dukies have to beat you with BOTH taking and MAKING a lot of treys and the occasional drive looking for the foul call because they get nothing inside from their bigs. Allen and Ingram want to put the ball on the floor and try to drive on you, take away Allen's right hand on the drive and he gets in to trouble. The one that concerns me is kennard, he is a jump shooter and can be deadly but he is not overly athletic, more of a spot up jump shooter, can't give him clean looks. Ingram is talented but I don't think I want my power forward putting the ball on the floor 30ft in front of the rim and trying to drive against guards.
W@E all know that by the time we face them they will be playing much better but this particular duke team does not seem to have much of a higher ceiling. Jefferson back would help them but Jefferson has never been a game changer. His experience gave them more than jeter gives them for sure but not like he was a all acc first teamer by any measure.
