From: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu (R.CLOUGH)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Duke's Blue-White Game
Date: 8 Nov 92 01:58:20 GMT
Reply-To: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Organization: Duke U. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC

Duke had its Blue-White scrimmage on Saturday, and one word came to mind as
I watched it: defense.  The game itself had one twenty minute half, and it 
was a deadly serious affair; very little fun & games, with a lot of work on 
the boards.  
  Here were the lineups and scoring totals:

-White 48:

Parks, 16
Moore, 8
T.Hill, 6
Blakeney, 11
Hurley, 7
Brown 0 (this was the walk-on, who played for about 2 minutes)

-Blue 37:

Meek, 6
Lang, 2
G.Hill, 16
Clark, 8
Collins, 5

***Positives***:

**Rebounding** A weakness in recent years, the Devils in general were very
aggressive on the boards.  Special mention goes to Cherokee Parks and Grant
Hill, who both were dominant.  Tony Lang and Tony Moore were fairly aggressive
on the offensive rebounding end.
**Defense**  Outstanding, for both teams.  The White's team defense, and 
especially perimeter defense, were incredibly advanced for this part of the
season.  Special mention goes to Hurley, who prevented Collins from getting
open on the perimeter and driving by him; G.Hill, who shut down T.Hill for much
of the game; Parks, with two blocks as well as perimeter defense; Moore, who
was very active in going after loose balls and had good positioning; Meek is
slow but hustled all over the court.  
**Passing/Fast Breaks** Hurley was very sharp, notching several assists and
leading the break well.  He worked well with Parks, who got a couple of Hurley's
passes and who is an excellent outlet passer.  G.Hill's passing was very sharp
in the halfcourt set, but the Blue team had trouble in transition.

***Negatives***:
**Three Point Shooting** This is supposed to be a team strength, but the team
was ~ 1-10 from three range.  This was partly due to the smothering perimeter
defense thrown on by both teams, but T.Hill, Collins & Hurley missed some wide
open shots.  Both teams seemed to be concentrating on their interior offense.

**Surprises**:
 Blakeney:  He hit open jumpers, he posted up a taller Marty Clark, he hit 
free throws.  A solid offensive performance from someone who has a chance to
get some minutes this year.  Of course, he's still a black hole, but he's
regained the quickness he lost with his knee injury.
 Moore:  Scored the first bucket of the game.  Extremely quick; on one sequence,
he drove the baseline, lost control of the ball, out-quicked two other guys
to get it back, and scored on a layup.  

**Disappointments**:
 T.Hill: He lacked aggressiveness, missed some open shots, and was held in check
the entire game.  I expected him to be the White's offensive leader, but he
was inconsistent.  He did play good defense on G.Hill, though.
 Lang: He looked confused and out of place on offense.  Tony Moore outplayed him
on both ends of the court.  He needs to step up again, because he is one of the
more vocal and emotional players Duke has.
 Collins: He was out of control for the most part.  Hurley schooled him the 
whole game.  His shots were mostly well-selected, but they didn't fall.  His
defense was questionable.  He was aggressive on the whole, and did mangage to
draw a charging foul on Hurley.

**Overall**:
 A solid but unspectacular effort.  Both teams worked hard and played good D.
Parks looks like he's ready to become a big contributor.  G.Hill was very
aggressive, and looks like he's ready to be a 20 pt scorer.  The Nov 18
exhibition against High Five America (who will hopefully feature Jon "5 fouls,
no socks" Anderson) should give more clues as to Duke's perimeter prowess.

	Robert Clough, DUMC (though still not speaking for them)
"Next to Keith Richards, Sacramento looks great."--Pete Vecsey, on the Kings'
  chances this year.