Duke is really fun to watch, one of the best college basketbal teams ever in my opioion
From The Athlete concerning their victory over Alabama on Sunday...
Had Sears been hitting at the same scintillating rate as he did in the Crimson Tide’s Sweet 16 blowout over BYU, things might’ve gone differently. But the waves of defenders Duke threw at the All-American stymied Sears’ typical impact, relegating him to a scoreless first 17:43 of the game that included as many turnovers (three) as shots. Sears finally got a middy to fall minutes before the break, but it was obvious that Duke’s length — as the tallest team in the country, per KenPom, with no rotation players under 6 feet 5 — was just as much of an impediment as it was all season.
“It’s not really something that we haven’t done before,” Duke guard Caleb Foster said. “Contest every shot, don’t get strung out too far and (don’t get) riled up if they hit a few.”
There’s a reason why Scheyer and one of his closest friends in basketball, Boston Celtics general manager Brad Stevens, agreed on the best college roster-building philosophy back in the preseason: There’s no substitute for length.
