Duke beats UConn

If I had to make a list of college basketball teams I hate, it would go:

1. UNC
2. Tyler Hansbrough
3. UConn
4. Maryland
5. Villanova

So watching Duke take care of UConn today to win the pre-season NIT was enjoyable, to say the least. However, I almost come out of this game a bit discouraged for a few reasons:

a) Apparently, Coach K read my last post begging him to use more than 7 players this year. He responded by...basically playing only 7 players in this game. Ok K, you won this game with 7 players, but I am 100% guaranteeing you that if you continue to use this strategy, Duke is not making it past the Sweet 16 again this year. You have 10 incredibly talented players, for the love of God, use them.

b) Another typical Duke problem reared its ugly head again today. The team doesn't know how to put teams away. They were up by 20, completely in control, and let UConn come back into the game. And this was a UConn team that played terribly on offense today. Duke just looked awful offensively in the last 10 minutes or so. A better opponent would have come all the way back.

c) Whatever those ugly designs are on the back of the uniforms, get rid of them, please.

But hey, a Duke over UConn win is a Duke over UConn win, and all in all, a great start to the season.