This is early January and there is plenty of time for Duke to correct problems, but Temple showcased the Blue Devils main achilles heel: playing an athletic, tall and experienced backcourt. Now Temple is loaded in that category with Juan Fernandez, Ramone Moore and Khalif Wyatt, et al, and they also feature the lean and tough frontcourt players that can battle the bigger Blue Devils. Most teams cannot do that to Duke, but the better teams can and Duke does not look like a team deserving of a high ranking nor high seed come March.
Meanwhile two other respected programs made statements in their favor last night as Georgetown rallied from 17 points down to stun Marquette and Kansas blew out Kansas State. Both teams played at home and will continue to have doubters, but for night they did what they had to do. The Hoyas shot 76% in their second half rally while the stat that jumps out at me regarding KU's performance was their 48-24 rebounding domination.
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