First, hats off to Paulus for the 15-assist night. Those 3 turnovers don't look so bad now! And how did JJ manage a quiet 30? Was it just me, or was everyone surprised when the announcer said "Redick has 29, and can knock this free throw down for 30"? Shelden was good for his regular 19 and 11 and finally Melchionni scored some much-needed points. You can tell Coach K told him to shoot. And Dock turned in another solid effort with 14 points, 4 boards, 4 steals, and 2 assists in 29 minutes.
Onto my beef: DBR is fast losing its credibility. Just a few goofs from the Duke-Valpo recap: they applaud Melchionni for going 8-8 from the line, when in fact he was 8-9; they say Dockery had three steals, when in fact he had four; they claim Coach K yelled "Get over here!" to Paulus during a defensive breakdown, when in fact it was Pocius receiving the wrath of K; they say Pocius fouled out in 8 minutes, when in fact he fouled out in 17. And this is all just in one article. Hopefully at the very least, the DBR guys will start fact-checking with the box score for each game. Their stats are sketchy and their commentary is getting more and more meaningless. They claim, "the holiday break, and what is accomplished then, will go a long way towards determining the trajectory of Duke's season." Over the holiday break, we play St. John's, UNC-Greensboro, and and Bucknell. How does that determine anything? I'm going with the BC-FSU-Carolina-Maryland-Wake stretch from Feb. 1-Feb. 14 as our true test.
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