By Tommy D — Did I say that the Virginia Tech game last week was a crossroads game for Duke? Was that me? No, no, no, that must have been someone else. Oh? It was me? Well, it couldn’t have been what I meant then. What I really meant was that the first meeting with UNC was the game that could or would decide what kind of season the Blue Devils were going to ultimately have. That is not often the case, and it feels strange to even say it, because of everything else that this game means year in and year out. Both teams are usually playing at such a high level that a poor performance, a bad loss, rarely has felt like it would or could be a season-changer.
But with the Devils coming off a very poor effort in losing at home to Miami, on the heels of the solid effort against Virginia Tech, which was preceded by the major second half letdown and escape against St. John’s, the apparent Jekyll and Hyde nature of this team was getting to be pretty disconcerting for all, espe...
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Miles Plumlee,
Tyler Thornton,
Seth Curry,
Austin Rivers,
Ryan Kelly,
Andre Dawkins,
Quinn Cook
TEAMS: Virginia Tech Hokies, Duke Blue Devils
TEAMS: Virginia Tech Hokies, Duke Blue Devils
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