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Walkin` Willie

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Biggest difference between us and Duke is not talent but they show up


every single game almost without exception - they play hard as all get out. Their movement without the ball on offense is the best I have ever seen from any program ever. Doesn't matter who they play they are going to get hard after it and you can choose to do the same or stuff like tonight will happen.

Duke has developed a culture and they now have the luxury of substituting with somebody really good if one of the starters isn't getting it. Everybody who plays for Duke knows that if they aren't giving all they have then they will be taken out of the game - period. We don't have the years of sustained success nor the depth now to be like that. So talent is a factor but not the delta we saw tonight.

Regardless we have seen that we can play at a high level but as Coach Buzz says, we haven't learned to handle success. There are three games where we were really passive on defense - St. Louis, Miami and now Duke. There are other lackluster defensive games like FSU but these three stand out the most to me.

The only thing I want from this team the rest of the way is to compete at a high level consistently - not concerned with wins and losses.

Posted: 02/14/2018 at 9:15PM



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