This was my first Duke basketball game in awhile. For some reason, I kept on forgetting what nights they were playing -- thinking they were playing on one night when they were actually playing on another, for example.
This was an interesting game as Duke scored 34 of their 78 points from the free throw line. I am actually surprised that only two Florida State players fouled out.
Plumlee really looks like he could turn into a beast some day. He really played some solid minutes.
Parker looked like a non-factor in this game -- in the sense that you never felt like he was taking over the game. That was driven in part by his poor shooting.
Interesting that Hood was announced as a starter and then was pulled due to illness. I can't help but wonder if he's one of those players that gets so nervous before a game that he has a need to vomit before hand. Just a thought.
My interesting observation. As the game was coming to an end, two Florida St players came up behind Hood and pulled him down as he was going for a layup. As Hood was on the ground, one Florida St player ended up in front of him while one remained behind. Hood was not pleased with the situation and was about to leap up and confront the player in front of him. The player behind him held on to him, preventing him from charging. Who knows what might have happened. Perhaps techs flying left and right. I thought it was a solid move by the Florida State guy to keep things from potentially escalating.
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