MD - Duke Notes

- NCAA Chances: 20% (this will drop to 5% if they lose to UVA at home on Wednesday; something I don't think will happen)
- NBA Chances (to play at least 82 games): Gist (60%), Vasquez (40%), and Osby (2%).

- Stat of the game: 22 Turnovers. Surprisingly, Vasquez only had two. The Vegas over/under was 5.

- Tough to lose a game at home when MD shoots 54% from the floor.

- MD's inbounds plays from under the basket are a freakin' circus. Year after year, we end up relying on the Hail Mary. In the past, it didn't hurt; it just made us look stupid. Tonight, it made us look stupid and it hurt with two turnovers and two fast break Duke run-outs.

- Dave Neal's missed lay-up was painful to watch. He did have a nice hook in the first half; however, Tim Brando gave the credit for that shot to "John Neal".

- 24 assists for MD (on 31 FGs); 9 for Duke (on 32 FGs). It seemed MD could get what they wanted, whenever they wanted on the inside. Great interior passing by Vasquez (7 assists) and Hayes (9 assists).

- Henderson and Nelson were a combined 19 for 31. The defense on them (particularly help-side on penetrations) was less than stellar.

- Vasquez had another excellent game. He has significantly lowered his WTF average over the past two games (The number of times I say "What the F__ is he doing?" during the game).

- Osby continues to impress. His improvement this season has been nothing short of amazing. He went for 20 and 15. This means Hansborough will have 30 and 20 next week against Duke.

- Duke is better than UNC; however, neither will make the final four.