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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 784014" data-attributes="member: 2299">Well to be fair, the computers also missed us putting on a performance that should probably warrant accusations of point shaving (kidding obviously).&nbsp; This game was huge because of the situation of being on the bubble and the name of our opponent (not the quality) and is a big win for those reason.&nbsp; However it&#039;s not exactly a win I would point to and say, see, we&#039;re top 25.&nbsp; And not just the sloppy play at the end, but the poor ball pressure allowing far too many easy lobs, settling for too many threes without movement, carelessness with the ball, etc.&nbsp; Also, Duke has a bunch of 5* recruits.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t a 5* team computers and evaluations don&#039;t, and shouldn&#039;t, care about highschool rankings.&nbsp; Duke is a bubble team at best this year and we went to OT at home against them.&nbsp; That isn&#039;t to say we aren&#039;t better than 40th.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t think we played better than 40th yesterday.&nbsp; Take care of the ball like we normally do, pressure their guards like normal, have our normal decision making, and close out the game like we&#039;ve come to expect and we win by 15+ in regulation and we can make this argument.&nbsp; But we didn&#039;t.&nbsp; We won while having an off night which is great in and of itself, but I don&#039;t think it&#039;s reasonable to expect much movement from where we were after the way we played.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 784014, member: 2299"] Well to be fair, the computers also missed us putting on a performance that should probably warrant accusations of point shaving (kidding obviously). This game was huge because of the situation of being on the bubble and the name of our opponent (not the quality) and is a big win for those reason. However it's not exactly a win I would point to and say, see, we're top 25. And not just the sloppy play at the end, but the poor ball pressure allowing far too many easy lobs, settling for too many threes without movement, carelessness with the ball, etc. Also, Duke has a bunch of 5* recruits. They aren't a 5* team computers and evaluations don't, and shouldn't, care about highschool rankings. Duke is a bubble team at best this year and we went to OT at home against them. That isn't to say we aren't better than 40th. But I don't think we played better than 40th yesterday. Take care of the ball like we normally do, pressure their guards like normal, have our normal decision making, and close out the game like we've come to expect and we win by 15+ in regulation and we can make this argument. But we didn't. We won while having an off night which is great in and of itself, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect much movement from where we were after the way we played. [/QUOTE]

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