There is concern about potential damage to the eye socket of Alex O’Connell. Cancel the rest of the week.

This is perfectly placed. :lol2:

Zion had 29 points, 13 rebounds, 3/4 from deep, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 0 turnovers. Granted they played an NAIA school from Canada but considering the only real play we had seen from Zion was YouTube highlights I’m pleased with how he looked.

Alex O’Connell caught an elbow to the eye within the first two minutes of the game and left the game. He’s currently at the hospital getting examined. If he isn’t a starter for Duke he’ll likely be the sixth man so Duke played tonight without three of their top 6-7 players. RJ and Zion showed out. I’m good with that. Bring on November 6th!!!!!!

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These games are meaningless. Bring on November 6th. I’ve seen enough.

I’m glad you brought this up because this is the one thing UK talking heads focused on all day. Can Zion shoot. Well, he could tonight.

I don’t care where he shoots from if he puts up 34 points and shoots 50% from the field.

The hype train began when Zion signed his LOI.

No they wouldn’t. Two starters aren’t playing and like the UK exhibition games these results are meaningless. Meaningless.

Nope. The only concern anyone had tonight was what Zion’s game looked like. We are all pleased.

ESPN Plus is trash.

RJ Barrett was 11-21 with 5 minutes left in the game. 50% from the floor isn’t shooting good? Tough crowd.

Is it? I haven’t seen any title predictions from the many Duke accounts I follow. I have seen and participated in endless gushing over Zion’s game but I haven’t seen any title predictions tonight. Granted Duke accounts were making title predictions in June after the #1 Class was secured but knowing that Tre Jones and Cam Reddish didn’t play tonight I have yet to see any title predictions from anyone tonight. Who was saying it?

Doesn’t matter. Why is a kid who is academically eligible to participate in an extra curricular activity at his school being restricted from doing so is a much better question IMO.

I’ll be surprised if he isn’t ruled eligible. More often than not the kid is ruled ineligible initially and then wins the appeal.

sweet16 is on the clock.

Jumper Dad is on the clock.

Same here. I’m more interested in the thought process behind possibly going to Trinity but staying at Western Hills. Do his youth league records get an asterisk by them now or something? The Youth League Hall of Fame voters will hold it against him when he is eligible, won’t they?

Not mine.

I think overall they are even as well. I expect it to be a close and exciting game.

It doesn’t take top notch college basketball knowledge to predict a good year for Duke and UK. That’s every season. Every year there are different levels of hype and expectations for UK teams. The hype and expectations for this team are louder than any team since 2015 and I’d argue that it is louder than 2015 as well. Maybe it is because I am on twitter a lot but for it to be August and UK fans are loudly jumping for joy and thumping their...

It’s gotten a whole lot louder since the Bahamas trip. Folks thought it before last week. Now they scream it to the rooftops for everyone to hear.

UK has more talented depth than Duke. Duke will have the top 3 players on the floor and 4 of the top 10 players but UK has more talent when you take in all of their depth.

Depends on who you talk to. I’ve seen and heard plenty say that the addition of transfer Reid Travis along with Hagans reclassifying gives them the better class. I’ll also add that there will be plenty of concern from Duke if Reddish and Jones don’t heal properly from their injuries.

I definitely agree here which is why I felt like the tone coming from some of UK’s most vocal mouthpieces was interesting. They seem to be pumping up the hype as opposed to keeping it even tempered. If Duke beats UK by double digits or vice versa there will be folks who will be losing their minds when in reality a loss on November 6th means very little in the grand scheme of things. That’s a bragging rights game.

FSU- no prediction on wins. I just want to see them make a decent bowl game, beat Florida and Miami, play with Clemson but most importantly, just improve on overall team attitude from last year. UK- if they win more than 4 games then I’d call it a successful season.

Good. Glad he is back out there.

Is Grant Hotchkiss practicing yet?