if okafor cant beat north carolina he damn sure cant beat duke

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I like Duke also but it concerns me about how they were having trouble with Xaviers big man yesterday. If that guy didnt foul out it might have been a different story. How is Duke going to handle Okafor and Uconns front line?
 
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BIG ASS SHELDON WILLIAMS CAN HANDLE OKAFOR. XAVIER IS BETTER THEN UCON, LOOK WHO THEY HAVE BEEN BEATING AND LOOK BY HOW MUCH. UCON BEAT VANDY AND ALABAMA TWO TEAMS WHO WERE NOT EVEN AT THE TOP OF THE SEC. XAVIER KILLED ST JOES, LOUISVILLE, MISSIPI STATE, CINCINATTI AND TEXAS. UCON LOST TO G TECH BY 20 ON A NEUTRAL COURT. OKAFOR DIDN'T PLAY BUT HE CAN'T HANDLE CARROT TOP ANYWAY CARROT TOP IS SEVEN FEET TALL. UCON BEAT PITT WHICH IS TRASH. IT ALL SETS UP FOR A 4TH GAME BETWEEN G TECH AND DUKE
 

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I think you have simplified this a bit. If you think Sheldon williams is better than Okafor your wrong. Okafor changes games. Uconn also rotates 4 6'10 guys in Boone, Armstrong Okafor and Villenuva. This game is way to close to call. When you look at the back court of T. brown and gordon and jj reddick and Duhon it's tough but edge would go to Duke cause Brown is not a scorer. However Gordon is on a tear and Uconn has D. Brown on the benc recently. Uconn also cause match up prblems with Villeenuava. The key to this game is Uconn has a better front court. NO questions. If uconn shooters keep going off from outside Uconn wins easily not even close, cause they should dominate the paint
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bigdaddyfromcincinnatti:
BIG ASS SHELDON WILLIAMS CAN HANDLE OKAFOR. XAVIER IS BETTER THEN UCON, LOOK WHO THEY HAVE BEEN BEATING AND LOOK BY HOW MUCH. UCON BEAT VANDY AND ALABAMA TWO TEAMS WHO WERE NOT EVEN AT THE TOP OF THE SEC. XAVIER KILLED ST JOES, LOUISVILLE, MISSIPI STATE, CINCINATTI AND TEXAS. UCON LOST TO G TECH BY 20 ON A NEUTRAL COURT. OKAFOR DIDN'T PLAY BUT HE CAN'T HANDLE CARROT TOP ANYWAY CARROT TOP IS SEVEN FEET TALL. UCON BEAT PITT WHICH IS TRASH. IT ALL SETS UP FOR A 4TH GAME BETWEEN G TECH AND DUKE<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If Xavier was 10-9, sounded like all they did was feast on the A-10 for the majority of their run...and Duke had matchup problems with them.

If you want a simple way of capping this game, I would say who scores more between Gordon and Reddick is whos team will win.
 
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duke will get all the calls plus luol deng is way better then charlie vilianueva charlie is all hype. luol deng can dribble, shoot the three, and any nba team will take deng way faster then charlie.
 

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Interesting Fair warning, I think that you might actually be right about that. Here is my concern about laying heavy on Duke - who do they have to go head to head with Uconns front line? Williams and Randolph pretty much. After yesterdays game it's pretty apparent that Coach K has no confidence in Horvath. And Randolph was abused by Xaviers big man yesterday.

Duke has no size and Uconn has great size. Although I guess that Uconn's big men really arent scorers.

I just dont know. I want to take Duke because I think they have an awesome starting five but I can see them having some serious problems with Uconn on the inside potentially.
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bigdaddyfromcincinnatti:
duke will get all the calls plus luol deng is way better then charlie vilianueva charlie is all hype. luol deng can dribble, shoot the three, and any nba team will take deng way faster then charlie.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm sure right now Deng goes higher but that has nothing to do with this game. If Okefor is healthy, they will rotate big guys on Deng and wear him down. I would love to see Horvath in there since I toon UConn.
 

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