UPSET ALERT: Miami early 15 pt lead on the Dookies

Submitted by MichiganMan_24_ on

Its early but its building..I know it doesnt mean much but i want to see Michigan with that #1 next to them..its been too long.

Don

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^

I'm just keeping the seat warm until he shows up tonight.

And it's not pessimism anyhow... I don't give a damn whether Duke wiins or loses, I've just seen the script in football and basketball a million times when the underdog gets out to a big lead early and then gets reeled in by the better team. Tonight is one of the exceptions, and I'm wrong bigtime.

 

Wolvercane

January 23rd, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^

C-A-N-E-S....CANES! 

Miami is playing well and lighting it up from three, but Duke has been struggling big time on offense to help Miami build the big lead. Let's hope they can keep it up. Remember, Miami beat Duke last year at Cameron. 

goblue16

January 23rd, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^

Duke down by 25 points at the half!!! Dot forget we still have to beat Purdue and Illinois in Champaign so lets stay focused either way though go Canes!!

LSAClassOf2000

January 23rd, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^

Select Duke statistics at halftime - Amile Jefferson and Mason Plumlee are tearing it up with 5 and 4 points respectively. They are 8-36 in the FG department for a whopping 22.2%, 2-11 from 3-point land and have made 1 free throw in 4 tries. 

Miami, on the other hand, is shooting 58.6% and Durand Scott has nearly outshot the entire Duke squad, including the bench. 

 

ShockFX

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:13 PM ^

How are they overrated when they lost 1 (and maybe 2) to good teams without their best player? They rolled a bunch of top 15 teams prior to that.

WolvinLA2

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^

What top-15 teams did they roll?  Kentucky, who they beat by 7 and just lost to Alabama (for their 6th loss)?  Lousville by 5 who just lost by 9 to Villanova?  OSU by 5?  They did roll Minnesota.

Point is, their UK win doesn't look good anymore, and Louisville is looking like a paper tiger, and those were both close wins.  They pulled out OSU after trailing the whole game, and yeah, Minnesota.

I'm not saying they're not good or anything, but to say they rolled a bunch of top-15 teams isn't stretching the truth.

WolvinLA2

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^

I agree with you, but that group isn't as good as it looked before, since both Lousville and Kentucky, the latter especially, are worse than originally thought.  That, and the fact that this game is Duke's second away game all year (NC State was the first).

kung

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:10 PM ^

Leading by 30 points with 18 minutes left. This means: If Michigan beats Purdue and Illinois soundly this week, Michigan WILL BE #1.

keep_em_honest

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:30 PM ^

The transitive property does not work for college basketball.  It's all about what have you done recently.  We moved up after beating a ranked Minn.  Kansas wil move up after beating a ranked K-State. Simple as that.

justingoblue

January 23rd, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^

They only have the one game this weekend. With a big win on Sunday on the road, that might help mitigate their better win. Also, M was 56 points ahead of them in the most recent AP poll, and had four more first place votes.

The Coaches Poll will probably belong to Kansas, though. They have a twenty point and seven first place vote advantage as of Monday.