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March 26th, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
Mar 26 2009 - 10:07pm
CBS saves what is perhaps the night's best and most evenly matched game for last (10:05 start). Both teams have similar guard heavy rosters and lineups, can push the tempo if needed, and start without a true center on the floor. As you'll see, both teams have thin benches, though Villanova has a clear edge off the pine. As I see it, Scheyer and Henderson are the key performers for Duke, the pair will need to combine for 40+ as Singler & Cunningham play to a stand-still.
Hopefully you stay up late and enjoy the action, especially with Bill Raftery providing his usual funny color.
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#2 Duke |
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#3 Villanova |
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Elliot Williams A revelation at first. Inconsistent since.
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PG |
Scottie Reynolds In a mini-slump, but capable of taking over. |
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Jon Scheyer Underrated player. Can even play point.
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Reggie Reading Solid defender and glue guy. |
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Gerald Henderson Rising star needs to bring A game.
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Dwayne Anderson Underlooked player. Rebounds well and can heat up from three. |
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Lance Thomas Just asked to rebound and defend.
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Shane Clark Solid player who has never lived up to potential. Will lose time to Pena. |
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Kyle Singler Highly versatile. Hits 40% from downtown.
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Dante Cunningham Rock solid forward capable of 20 and 10. |
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Smith/Paulus Nothing wrong at all with these backups. Still not as good as Fisher though. |
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Corey Fisher Basically gets starter minutes. Offensive spark. |
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David McClure Can D-up and rebound. Useless on O.
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Wings |
Corey Stokes Will average 15 ppg next year.
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Brian Zoubek Makes an impact once every 2 weeks. |
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Antonio Pena Minutes have shrunk, but a capable reserve.
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Comments
Reynolds
Scottie was hurt, not in a "slump" for the first 2 rounds of the torney. It wasn't known to the public until recently. Expect reynolds to be back in normal form and nova to march on because of the oustanding play of cunningham fish stokes redding and anderson. Nova by 4.
NOVA
I am tried of hearing all the excuses. Nova was soooooo much better then Duke. You guys get hung up on reputation.
It was men against boys last night. The best was WFAN's Mike Francesa who guarnteed a Duke win. Today on his show he will be arangant and make a million excuses. Mike your are clueless
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