Random College Basketball Thoughts: 2016-17
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So you aren't capable of even fully defend your logic. Gotcha.You're an IU fan so you obviously hate Duke.
Hiding behind the "other people think so too!" thing doesn't work when those people who are in that category are not knowledgeable about the sport of basketball and are just causal fans.
No NBA scout, college coach or analyst who actually played basketball thinks this Kansas team would beat a fully healthy Duke team. Check the stats and actually analyze the boxscore/re-watch the game.
The reason KU won is entirely due to 2nd chance pts and having a higher defensive & offensive rebounding percentage. That isn't a sustainable way to beat a team like Duke who when healthy has the best frontcourt in college basketball and multiple NBA lottery picks who can dominate the paint.
Kentucky will beat this KU team later this season as well.
I dig what you're saying for the most part, but you want everyone to look at Duke's best case scenario without looking at KU's. With 6 Burger Boys on the floor, Duke still lost (and again, minus Frank Jackson's spurt would've lost by double digits) to a team that didn't have Mason all first half and no Josh or Azibuke for a significant portion of the 2nd due to foul trouble. Duke's lack of a point guard will be a thorn in their side all year. Not saying Duke won't be great, but just transposing high school rankings onto a college basketball season is irresponsible. Otherwise the #1 recruiting class would win every year, and we know that's not the case.
JP_614
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People still arguing about Duke vs Kansas 
It was a great game Duke was just under handed they had experience but lacked depth at the center/forward position thier guards did okay but it's hard to stop mason getting into the paint he did the same thing agasint IU
When Duke is fully healthy watch out though they will be great they had a 6 man rotation and took kansas to the wire that should say something about the depth without Tatum and Giles and the center
It was a great game Duke was just under handed they had experience but lacked depth at the center/forward position thier guards did okay but it's hard to stop mason getting into the paint he did the same thing agasint IU
When Duke is fully healthy watch out though they will be great they had a 6 man rotation and took kansas to the wire that should say something about the depth without Tatum and Giles and the center
yeah, just ignore the #1 ranked recruit in all of basketball...so convenient to do when he's a blue devil.
you guys are fukking clueless, ignore the fact that this Duke team can be one of the best ever going by total efficiency ratings...y'all lucky we can't neg cause y'all deserve it just off your pure ignorance.
can't wait to see you pathetic haters throwing tantrums when Duke demolishes teams en route to the title...
Josh was number 1 on EVERY SITE but espn and that's cause he wasn't on the Nike circuit.
JP_614
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Cmon OSU
JP_614
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Greg oden on that OSU bench 
wish he never got injured
wish he never got injured
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GEORGETOWN SUCKS
JP_614
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I WISH OSU WOULD STOP fukkING PLAYING THE PLAY AND THE THE DEFENDER PROVIDENCE IS RUNNING A EASY ASS FLEX OFFENSIVE AND THEY GOING FOR STEALS CAUSE THEY KNOW THE PLAY JUST PLAY D AND PRESSURE WHO EVER HAS THE BALL
its over for John Thompson 3.On a brighter note SJU has the highest ranked RPI in the country.
NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings - ESPN
I doubt this will continue, but for a brief moment
let me absorb this SJU goodness.ReturnOfJudah
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KU-Duke draws ESPN's largest ever college basketball streaming audience | Tale of the Tait | KUsports.com
KU-Duke draws ESPN's largest ever college basketball streaming audience
While many local Kansas basketball fans were rejoicing over the Champions Classic being televised on ESPN and not one of the handful of early-season games that KU fans have a difficult time getting through their cable systems, a good chunk of the rest of the world was watching the game online.
I'm sure several KU fans went this route, too, but regardless of the demographic make-up, KU's 77-75 victory over No. 1 Duke on Tuesday night set a record for ESPN's online streaming services.
The streaming audience of 83,000 average viewers per minute made KU-Duke ESPN’s most streamed men’s college basketball game of all-time, topping last year’s Kentucky-Duke Champions Classic game, which drew 78,000 steaming viewers per minute.
According to ESPN, the total live audience for the game, which includes television viewers and the streaming audience, topped 2.4 million, up 28 percent from last year's KU-Michigan State game, which drew a combined audience of 1.9 million.
For comparison, the first game of Tuesday's Champions Classic doubleheader, No. 2 Kentucky’s 68-49 win over No. 13 Michigan State, picked up a total live audience of 2.15 million viewers, including a streaming audience of 67,000 average viewers, making that game one of the top five largest men’s college basketball regular season streaming games on ESPN.
The two Champions Classic games combined had a streaming average minute audience of 76,000 viewers, up 21 percent from the 2015 event.
The Champions Classic is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, and recently signed a three-year extension to play the event through 2019.
With the way people are watching their sporting events changing by the day, with more people abandoning cable and going with online streaming services, the numbers figure to continue to rise into the future, as consuming games in this manner, be it at home on the couch or on the go on a tablet or cell phone, certainly seems to be a sign of the times and a legitimate part of the college sports experience.
KU-Duke draws ESPN's largest ever college basketball streaming audience
While many local Kansas basketball fans were rejoicing over the Champions Classic being televised on ESPN and not one of the handful of early-season games that KU fans have a difficult time getting through their cable systems, a good chunk of the rest of the world was watching the game online.
I'm sure several KU fans went this route, too, but regardless of the demographic make-up, KU's 77-75 victory over No. 1 Duke on Tuesday night set a record for ESPN's online streaming services.
The streaming audience of 83,000 average viewers per minute made KU-Duke ESPN’s most streamed men’s college basketball game of all-time, topping last year’s Kentucky-Duke Champions Classic game, which drew 78,000 steaming viewers per minute.
According to ESPN, the total live audience for the game, which includes television viewers and the streaming audience, topped 2.4 million, up 28 percent from last year's KU-Michigan State game, which drew a combined audience of 1.9 million.
For comparison, the first game of Tuesday's Champions Classic doubleheader, No. 2 Kentucky’s 68-49 win over No. 13 Michigan State, picked up a total live audience of 2.15 million viewers, including a streaming audience of 67,000 average viewers, making that game one of the top five largest men’s college basketball regular season streaming games on ESPN.
The two Champions Classic games combined had a streaming average minute audience of 76,000 viewers, up 21 percent from the 2015 event.
The Champions Classic is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, and recently signed a three-year extension to play the event through 2019.
With the way people are watching their sporting events changing by the day, with more people abandoning cable and going with online streaming services, the numbers figure to continue to rise into the future, as consuming games in this manner, be it at home on the couch or on the go on a tablet or cell phone, certainly seems to be a sign of the times and a legitimate part of the college sports experience.
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