Cards vs. Blue Devils tonight!

[Tim_T]

Who ya got and why? I will take Louisville by 7, better play at nearly every position and a deeper bench. It will be interesting to see what Plumlee can do against Louisville's front line. Also Siva vs. Curry should be a great match up. Two Hall of Fame coaches battling it out as well. Speaking of coaching, I think coach K could be the best coach I have seen in my lifetime. The guy flat out wins. I honestly think if he would have taken the Lakers job a few years ago he would have won an NBA title to go along with all his other hardware. He obviously can get superstars to play together based on his Team USA squads.

[Tim_T]

Also forgot to ask for the UK fans on the board: Who do you want to win between your two hated rivals?

[Fishin is life]

Honestly i hope all players involved get suspended before the game and nobody wins haha. I think ul probably wins by 11 and it might not be that close. After watching several games this year i think ul has the best team in the country. In a one and done situation anybody can get beat, so i dont think they win it all but they have just as good of a shot as anybody

[MrSplitshot]

Sorry, I just can't pull for Louisville...LOL...even against Ratface and The Floppers!

That said, I think Duke is quite beatable and Louisville will prevail, even when the foul calls inevitably go Duke's way. Kentucky would have beaten Duke in Atlanta with a healthy Ryan Harrow at point and a few less dumb freshman moments.

I'll have to admit, all of the Duke fans I met and conversed with in Atlanta were class. Many said that they were glad they were playing us early and didn't want to meet again in March.

Coach K does it a different way, with different kinds of kids, but flat out wins...gotta respect him for that.

[pontooner]

Wish I knew which UofL shooting team was going to show up tonight, would make things a lot easier. lol


I say Russ Smith gets into early foul trouble (you are playing Duke and the refs won't let you touch them) and has to sit an extended amount of time and the Cards can't put enough points on the board to win this one without him.


So Duke by 4 in a low scoring affair.


God I hope I'm wrong, no team I hate worse than Duke.

[pontooner]

Sigh, Duke catches all the breaks.

Just heard Gorgui Dieng is out for tonights game.

[DJD]

Dang duke! I'm just not a fan of theirs. ;(

[MrSplitshot]

Dieng might have been the difference...

Duke is pretty good though.

[Tim_T]

Duke is a very good team with solid post play and really good guards. I wish we could have seen Deing playing. Plumlee and Kelly got a lot of easy baskets in the paint that would have been challenged shots if Gorgui in there. Not sure if it would have made a difference in a win or loss, but wish we could have found out.

[mhall]

Deing out for forseeable future with a broken wrist. Louisville can not catch a break with injuries. Deing plays in this game Louisville wins by 5 to 7 points. Duke is very good and Louisville played pretty well without having their starting Five man.

I hope he's back by the time we play the Cats. I want to beat Kentucky like an unwanted step kid this year, that will be my only wanted Christmas present is to send Pay Pal Cal home with the red ass.

[Fishin is life]

Deing out for forseeable future with a broken wrist. Louisville can not catch a break with injuries. Deing plays in this game Louisville wins by 5 to 7 points. Duke is very good and Louisville played pretty well without having their starting Five man.

I hope he's back by the time we play the Cats. I want to beat Kentucky like an unwanted step kid this year, that will be my only wanted Christmas present is to send Pay Pal Cal home with the red ass.

UK was without their starting point guard when they played Duke and I didn't hear any UL fans saying anything about that, so **** it up and take it on the chin just like we did against them

Honestly, I think UL beats UK if everybodys healthy for both teams, and I hope Dieng is back for that game, just in case UK surprises them all the UK haters can't blame it on him being out....UL is better at 4 positions (I'll take Nerlens over Dieng, especially in another month)....This UK team seems to be taking steps backward instead of improving the way everybody thought they would....I'll still stick with my prediction of UL by 12, and that UK is a sweet 16 team and UL makes the Final 4 if Pretty Ricky doesn't injure the starting 5 and most of the backups as he seems to do every year.....He did it at UK, and his pattern hasn't changed at UL

[mhall]

Can't blame this injury on him as it happened in a game. I myself didn't mention it on here but did take note that Harrow was out during the Duke game. My buddies and I talked about that in some length. No way Noel is as good as a healthy Dieng, no way. He's bigtime overrated. I think Cauley Stein is better than he is now and will get better as the year progresses. I also think that Polytheus...''spelling'' is better than Nerlins. The guy just hasn't impressed me at all to this point.

UK plays out of their skull against the Cards always has, while UofL seems to sputter. Being in the Yum helps especially against freshmen who are playing like it at times. I say Cards by 4 in a See Saw battle.

Word on the street is Harrow can't stand being screamed at and had his bottom lip pushed out for awile, just rumor mill stuff. I think Archie Griffin is better than he is and will steal his job anyway as the starter.