Duke/EMU
the executer
Senior Member
Well I guess we all know about Duke. Holy crap!
What you might not know about is EMU. They're 3-0 and I will list their amazing accomplishments thus far.
1. Beat NAIA Rochester college, at EMU, by 10. A game they trailed in with 8 minutes to go. Oh and thats Rochester MI. in case you were wondering.
2. Beat Drexel at EMU by 4 points, a game in which was tied with just over a minute to go.
3. They DEMOLISHED another NAIA-member team, Goshen, by 23 points in their last game, again at EMU
Now they are going to play the #1 team in the land at Cameron Indoor Stadium. A team that beat Kentucky by damn near 40. The line on this game is 25.5 and we all know they could cover 55 if they wanted to but I am not sure how Coach K will play the second half on this one. The halftime line is 15.5 If Duke is not up by 25 at the half I would be as shocked as anything that could happen in sports.
THE PLAY.... DUKE -15.5 first half
glta
What you might not know about is EMU. They're 3-0 and I will list their amazing accomplishments thus far.
1. Beat NAIA Rochester college, at EMU, by 10. A game they trailed in with 8 minutes to go. Oh and thats Rochester MI. in case you were wondering.
2. Beat Drexel at EMU by 4 points, a game in which was tied with just over a minute to go.
3. They DEMOLISHED another NAIA-member team, Goshen, by 23 points in their last game, again at EMU
Now they are going to play the #1 team in the land at Cameron Indoor Stadium. A team that beat Kentucky by damn near 40. The line on this game is 25.5 and we all know they could cover 55 if they wanted to but I am not sure how Coach K will play the second half on this one. The halftime line is 15.5 If Duke is not up by 25 at the half I would be as shocked as anything that could happen in sports.
THE PLAY.... DUKE -15.5 first half
glta
Comments
Sorry for being a jerk.
EMU is 318th in adjusted tempo on Kenpom and they play a Boheim style zone(their coach is a Boheim disciple). They are able to anchor this zone with a capable 7 footer. I think they slow this down and make Duke a jump shooting team, which they are capable of lighting it up, but baskets will not be nearly as easy. That Army game was not that impressive. With that being said, I have not bet EMU yet. I am looking very hard at the under though.
Shot 51% from field, including 46% from 3 on 26 attempts
Had 20 assist in the game
35 rebounds in the game
8 blocks.
That sounds pretty solid to me.
Im not sure this is the time to step in front of Duke and back the pup, but the contrarian in me is sure liking the set up. Many of the consensus sites have Duke tickets at over 80%. The public is not always wrong and blindly betting against the public is not a long-term winning strategy, but it is definitely a tool you want to use in your overall handicapping. I hope you win the first half bet. I have no plans of backing EMU in the first half. We'll see.
You are right about EMU's SOS. It is complete dog shit.
BOL
Thank you for the conversation. You also might be spot on with the under in tis game, although its hard to judge.
It's a team heavily reliant on freshman, so its hard to throw away 1 of their 2 games. I would say that you should discard the UK more, since the cats are way overrated and probably had the worst game plan possible.
Good call. Easy winner
I don't underestimate your advice on being too high on Duke though and there will definitely be a game to get on their opponent as oddsmakers will eventually make the lines too high.
Thanks to all. I was persuaded by both your arguments - EMU will be hapless but also try to clog things up.
First half Duke and the full game under both hit.