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Duke
Dec 17, 2012 16:10:03 GMT -5
Post by elonfirefighter on Dec 17, 2012 16:10:03 GMT -5
Duke moves to number 1 in the final ranking before we play them. Is this our first game vs the #1 team in the nation? Would be nice to play them close and not get blown out.
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Duke
Dec 17, 2012 16:50:52 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 16:50:52 GMT -5
Was UNC #1 when we played them last year? I just hope we can play solid D, get some rebounds and keep it within 20. If we play Duke with the same intensity as we played Butler & have a similar outcome I will be very proud of our team. Not that I wouldn't like a win if we can pull it off...
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Duke
Dec 17, 2012 16:59:28 GMT -5
Post by elonfirefighter on Dec 17, 2012 16:59:28 GMT -5
Nope #5 if i remember correctly
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Dec 17, 2012 17:14:34 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 17:14:34 GMT -5
Nope #5 if i remember correctly In that case, no, I don't think we've ever played a #1.
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Duke
Dec 17, 2012 17:21:14 GMT -5
Post by euphoenix99 on Dec 17, 2012 17:21:14 GMT -5
The game will also be on ESPNU. One weird thing I noticed is Duke plays Cornell on Wednesday. Rarely do you see games scheduled two nights in a row outside of a tournament.
Go Phoenix!
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Duke
Dec 17, 2012 17:31:15 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 17:31:15 GMT -5
Last year I predicted we would lose by around 40 to UNC. The main reason I predicted that is UNC last year was VERY athletic, which was something we really had struggled with in the past. Not that Duke isn't athletic, they are, but not like UNC was last year. They are a much more technical team though. I think we can play more effectively against that type of team. So, I think, (hope), we keep it much closer against Duke than we did against UNC.
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Duke
Dec 18, 2012 8:07:42 GMT -5
Post by elonfirefighter on Dec 18, 2012 8:07:42 GMT -5
actually if i read elons facebook post correctly Duke was #1 2 years ago when we played them. So Duke was our first #1
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Duke
Dec 18, 2012 8:08:58 GMT -5
Post by elonfirefighter on Dec 18, 2012 8:08:58 GMT -5
The game will also be on ESPNU. One weird thing I noticed is Duke plays Cornell on Wednesday. Rarely do you see games scheduled two nights in a row outside of a tournament. Go Phoenix! Colud be to our atvantage, though they havent played in a week or so due to exams
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Duke
Dec 18, 2012 8:26:48 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2012 8:26:48 GMT -5
We played them pretty close two years ago as I remember. We actually let early in the game. Also as I remember we were only down by 11 going into the last two +/- minutes. That was with essentially the same team. Drew & Chris are the only two missing from the starters.
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Duke
Dec 18, 2012 9:06:35 GMT -5
Post by elonpride on Dec 18, 2012 9:06:35 GMT -5
As much as I would like to see a close game, I don't think it will be.
We'd need a darn good shooting night to keep it close, and the team has been cold recently. Defense is what has kept them in the games recently, and led to the huge win over Dartmouth.
BTW, has anyone checked the RPI recently? The current predictor has the team going 20-8 on the year.
Matheny has made some big strides with this program. I hope we can find a way to keep him for the long term.
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Duke
Dec 18, 2012 19:35:19 GMT -5
Post by phoenixfc on Dec 18, 2012 19:35:19 GMT -5
I was thinking that Stanford was #1 when we played them several years ago...anybody remember?
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Duke
Dec 18, 2012 23:16:58 GMT -5
Post by euphoenix99 on Dec 18, 2012 23:16:58 GMT -5
Stanford was #6 that year according to the Elon website. There is a season-by-season pdf on the site.
Looks like Duke was #1 when Elon played them in 2010. I don't remember them being #1 then. Looks like the next highest ranked team was #5 Wake in 2004 and #5 UNC last year.
Go Phoenix!
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Duke
Dec 19, 2012 11:02:54 GMT -5
Post by elon1985 on Dec 19, 2012 11:02:54 GMT -5
I'll be at the game, sitting a few rows back behind the Duke bench wearing my Elon swag. Hopefully it'll be a good game following a tough loss. MM has this team playing well, but Duke is Duke. Here's to some good things in conference this year, at least we might be relevant.
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Duke
Dec 19, 2012 11:12:14 GMT -5
Post by elonfirefighter on Dec 19, 2012 11:12:14 GMT -5
At least make it respectable so I can show up to work friday
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Dec 19, 2012 11:26:25 GMT -5
Post by elon1985 on Dec 19, 2012 11:26:25 GMT -5
Yeah, losing by 15-20 I can live with (winning more so ;D), but going down by 35-40 would be a hard one to live with...
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