Duke Men's B-ball: A Down Year

This past week on "Around the Horn," two panelists were asked if Duke's loss to Marquette was a big deal. For me, not really. I'm sure X-Man is delighted (Temple fan), but this year's Duke team is Duke only because of the name on the front of the jerseys.

Duke shot 38% and had 16 turnovers, and were out-rebounded 29-28. Not going to win too many games with those stats.

Let's see - they start two forwards and three guards. The only guys with any muscle appear to be McRoberts and Nelson. Paulus is still slow, recovering from his ankle injury, and as a result, he's going to have a bundle of TO's. Thomas looks pretty good, but like Henderson and Scheyer, he looks really thin. Carolina is going to eat these guys for lunch. We're looking at 9-11 losses this year, and they're lucky they have Duke on their jerseys to squeak into the NCAA field.

-P

UNC 45, Duke 44

Double ugh. Duke just finds ways to lose. This time, a blocked extra point (kicking hasn't really been a point for this time, has it?). The good thing is, no more losses this year.

Season record: 0-12. ACC record: 0-8.

Georgia Tech 49, Duke 21

Ugh.

Next loss: November 25 vs. UNC

Boston College 28, Duke 7

Ugh x 2. Even Temple and Stanford have 1 win each. Duke's down with Florida International now.

Next loss: at Georgia Tech, November 18.

Navy 38, Duke 13

Ugh. Next loss: at Boston College, November 11.