Two defensive questions for tonight...

[gary-7]

...that I am interested to see answered:

1. Will K play zone, and how much? This is not a very good defensive dook team. They have struggled guarding the ball, and they've hed some success playing zone this season. I suppose the answer will come down to a combination of K's ego and what kind of offensive start we get off to.

2. How will Roy play Okafor? Personally I hope we play him pretty much straight-up with doubles only coming from baseline Bigs. We have more inside size than most of their opponents and you just can't enable their constant kick-outs to 3-point shooters.

We shall see...

 

[notashelbyfan]

Stright up if he gets 50 he gets 50 but guard the 3!

 

[berens007]

Read a quote from Brice the other day where he was talking about hoping to force some kickouts and hoping they miss some shots. I wish I was kidding. I am all for playing him straight up and NOT fouling b/c we do not know how to foul hard enough to make someone miss. On their end i'd be surprised not to see zone at least some

 

[UNC-75]

I predict both teams will play some zone tonight maybe for longer than one would think.

 

[WoadBlue]

3rd D question about tonight: Will we be able to defend against the 3?

 

[bleeduncblue]

If Roy does NOT double down on the post and allow kick out three's, it will be the first time .... don't count on it. Drives me CRAZY!!!

Rat would be an idiot not to play zone against our sorry shooting team. I expect to see zone from dook immediately.

 

[UNC71-00]

I think we have a good advantage here in not being able to defend the 3. Duke's shooters are going to be much more wide open than usual and as such, they will end up off balance when they go up for a shot and try to kick the defender in mid air, as no one will be within 10 feet of them.

No one ever said Roy wasn't sneaky.