Duke was rolling all Saturday night

What else can you say about Duke’s crushing victory over UNC? The Blue Devils dominated UNC from beginning to end, except late running from Tar Heels, which lowered the end result from humiliating to just disturbing. And then the Duke coach John Sheyer said it was partly because Cooper Flag, who pulled 38 minutes, was tired at the end.

Duke received a lot of props to take the ball from UNC, but less discussed was Elliot Kado’s poor performance: he had five of the 14 rpm of UNC, only three assists and fired 3-10. But as bad as it is, this is part of a trend for Kado, which has had at least four turnover in five of its last eight games.

It was quite clear to us that with four UNC guards there would be problems with comparison. Cadeau is 6-1. RJ Davis is 6-0. Seth Trumb is a delightful player who has been asked to do too much at 6-3. Ian Jackson is 6-5. Drake Powell, which is a top reserve, is 6-6.

Duke counted with Zion James (6-5), Tirese Prector (6-6), Kon Knupel (listed on 6-7, but says it is 6-6), flag (6-9) and Haman Maluach (7- 2).

UNC’s tallest starter was Ven-Alln Lubin.

Is it possible to overcome this? Yes, and we offer two words to prove it: Rick Pitino.

If Pitino had this list, he would have made them defend them fanatically, forcing speeds and working as a geupardi at speed.

Chaos, in other words.

But this UNC can’t do this, at least not now. And it was a more problem that they could not use the basketball form of the Equalizer of Smith & Wesson, The Three Point Shot.

Duke shoots much better than deep at 10-20 to 7-19 on UNC. But when everyone in your team is looking for a much higher defender, it becomes unscrupulous. And the Duke constantly switches, so Davis often saw a mallach, flag, Knupel or Malik Brown in his face. That makes it difficult. Davis struck three over Maluach, but there were times when he tried to blow from him and couldn’t. Maluach, can I remind you of 7-2. Usually a little boy should be able to burn it around the perimeter. It didn’t really happen.

Then there is Ian Jackson.

He is a talented player, but he is young and ACC trains him: in his last five games, Jackson has hit six against Stanford (thanks to former Duke Pitbul Jalen Blex), seven against Wake Forrest, 19 against Boston College, nine, nine against Pete And now eight against Duke.

Throw BC where he hit 8-13, and in the other four games he shot 10-35. He has a bright future, but he is not doing too well at the moment.

We also noticed a game where Knueppel simply ruthlessly gave him back to the tape and Jackson had no protection. He will be fine in the long run, but he is currently struggling.

One of the interesting ones if the subtle changes to the Duke in this game were the return of Malik Brown, who missed several games as a knee injury suffered against Notre Dame.

Duke coach John Sheyer called Flag a Savant. In the case of Flag he is a savant of the whole game. Brown is not this, but it has an exceptional sense of how to break the passing sails and how to kill the ball from its opponents. Frankly, we’re not sure Duke ever had someone who is better at that.

When you think about the great defenders of the Duke, names such as Billy King, Shane Batier, Tommy Amaker and Steve Voychihovs come to mind. Although it is only in February and he is a freshman, you will have to add a Flagg to the list, and Kenny Dennard, who still owns a duc-one game, steals the record with 11, deserves mention.

Maybe Batrier had a similar skill, but he was more universal and had more responsibilities.

Brown is quite unique. The best bet for any opponent? Keep the ball away from it. He is like Rainman of Takes.

As you probably know, UNC installed a decent return late, which began after they went to 2-3 zone with under 8:00 to play.

UNC did not stay in the area all the time, but Duke’s only points from 6:57 to 2:43 were a pair of free flag throws.

This will be carefully examined. There were some bad solutions and incorrect communications in this section, and the fact that Duke, as far ahead, did it irrelevant to victory or loss, but it was not good.

In the end, it seems that two programs are going in different directions. Duke won your 15th right and seems to be improving. UNC has lost four of its last five, with the only victory being an overtime win over a Boston College team, which could not manage the incoming game at the end of the regulation.

Tar Heels will see Pete at home and Clemson on the road next and they will both be difficult.

Meanwhile, Duke will go to Syracuse before visiting the tigers themselves. From here Syracuse looks like a classic trap game and Clemson will be very difficult. If Duke can pass both, the inertia for the closing section can be huge.