After a six day break, the longest remaining on the schedule, Duke takes the court again tonight against Miami in their second road game of the season. The last one didn’t go so well, as the Blue Devils fell to NC State in their first game without senior forward Ryan Kelly. The game against Georgia Tech last week showed that this Duke team still has a lot of work to do for it to be talked about in the same conversation as the one with Kelly in the lineup. Hopefully the week of practice they’ve had since last Thursday will have been enough to get the win against a tough Miami team (4th in RPI, 19th in Kenpom).
*Be sure to check out the link Duke Of Hoops found at the bottom of this post. A ridiculous notion that the state of Kansas is the best college basketball state in the nation.
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Duke, Miami to battle in ACC basketball showdown
Duke is No. 1 in the country, but the team that the Blue Devils meet Wednesday night is tops in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke goes...
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PLAYERS:
Ryan Kelly,
Amile Jefferson,
CJ Leslie,
Achraf Yacoubou,
Ryan Arcidiacono,
JayVaughn Pinkston,
Mouphtaou Yarou
TEAMS: Duke Blue Devils, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Villanova Wildcats, Kansas State Wildcats, Wichita State Shockers
TEAMS: Duke Blue Devils, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Villanova Wildcats, Kansas State Wildcats, Wichita State Shockers
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