Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Duke Loses to St. Johns

Hey everybody today I am going to tell you about the game where Duke Men's basketball lost to St. Johns. This game was a pretty big upset to Duke. They had been ranked number one until there loss to Florida State but coming into this game they were ranked within the top 10 in the nation. Everyone was expecting Duke to blow St. Johns out of the water because they weren't even a ranked team going into the game. Although by halftime St. Johns had a 46-25 lead over Duke. In previous games Duke had a 40 percent average in the 3 point range. You wouldn't have thought that watching this game. At halftime Duke was only one of thirteen from behind the 3 point line. That's pretty bad considering how highly ranked they were. Going into the second half St. Johns was very confident and ready to win. Duke just did not come to play that night. They committed 11 turnovers which was a season high for them. St. Johns had more heart and desire to win in this game causing turnovers with the full court trap. Overall St. Johns had a great game while Duke did not and they better step up if they want to win back to back championships.

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  1. I have always wanted to go to Duke and like watching their basketball team play other ACC teams but however I did not enjoy this game. This was a major upset like you said before. They gave the ball away to easily and did not capitalize on their scoring oppertunities.

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