Still refusing to feel bad for the players after that performance. Quotes from Doyle:
"The Blue Devils outrebounded Indiana 38-25. Duke missed 35 shots and grabbed the offensive rebound on more than half of them (19).
“We thought we could drive and get offensive boards if we were patient and strong,” said Krzyzewski.
The Blue Devils spent the game diving all over the court, diving over press row, diving into the cameras on the baseline. I saw IU sophomore James Blackmon Jr. hit the floor once, but he tripped. And while the ball was on the court near him, he just sort of reached for it. Duke’s Matt Jones then dived on the ball and passed it to a teammate for a bucket that gave Duke a 25-point lead.
Here’s a stat that illustrates what I’m talking about: Indiana’s starting frontcourt – Troy Williams, Thomas Bryant and Hartman – played 41 combined minutes in the first half and combined for zero rebounds.
None.
Another stat: Duke entered the game No. 1 in the country in points per possession at 1.18 – and were much, much better against Indiana. The Blue Devils scored 1.49 points per possession, their most efficient offensive game against a major-conference opponent in 20 years. Coach K tried to be diplomatic about that."
"Defense is effort. So is rebounding. And late in the second half, after nearly 36 minutes of basketball, the Hoosiers’ leading rebounder was someone called “TEAM.” That’s who gets credit for the rebound when it goes out of bounds. The team gets the rebound, not a player. And with 4 minutes left, “TEAM” was Indiana’s leading rebounder with five. Robert Johnson was next with four."
Zero heart from anyone outside of the first 8 minutes of the game until the second half of the second half when Yogi and Troy started playing like the experienced NBA-hopefuls they are. Crean was god awful in every regard, but every single player who set foot on the floor last night, and in Maui, failed.