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7-0 Duke travels to 6-0 Ohio State

 

              Newly crowned Maui Champs Duke now ranked # 3 will travel to Columbus, Ohio to take on # 2 Ohio State on Tuesday night. Ohio State is 6-0 in Thad Matta's 8 year at the helm of the Buckeyes. Ohio State is coming off a 34-3 season in 2010-2011.

           The Buckeyes are a deep team that has averaged playing 11 players better than 10 minutes in their first 6 games.

            Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-9 Soph. Jared Sullinger  18.8 points, 10.7 rebounds

6-6 Sr.  William Buford  17.7 pts, 4.2 rebs.

6-7 Soph.  Deshaun Thomas  12.3 pts, 3.7 rebs.

6-2 Soph.  Aaron Craft  9.2 pts, 5.5 assists

6-4 Soph.  Lenzelle Smith Jr.  5.8 pts, 4.8 rebs.

 

6-6 Soph. J.D. Weatherspoon  5.6 pts.

6-8 Jr.  Evan Ravenel  5.3 pts.

6-4 Soph. Jordan Sibert  3.7 pts.

6-7 Fr.  Sam Thompson  3.5 pts.

6-1 Fr.  Shannon Scott  2.8 pts.

6-11 Fr.  Amir Williams  1.6 pts.

   

           The Buckeyes are averaging 85.2 points a game and are giving up 54.7. They are shooting 51.5% from the field and allowing 37.4 %. The Buckeyes are shooting 31.0% from three on 4.5 made per game and are allowing 32.8 on 6.7 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 9.2 per game and are committing 11.5 turnovers, while forcing 20.7.

Notes: Duke is 11-1 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The game is at the Schottenstein Center which hold 18,809 for basetball. The game is scheduled for 9:30 and will be televised on ESPN.

 

 

 

Duke 6-0 takes on 3-1 Kansas in the Maui final

 

 

 

The Duke Blue Devils will take on an old foe in the Kansas Jayhawks who they haven't played since the 2003 NCAA round of 16 The Jayhawks are 3-1 with their only loss being a 72-65 loss to Kentucky in New York the same night Duke beat Michigan State.

Bill Self is in his 9th season at Lawrence where he has won a national title and won nearly 84% of his games. Self brings in a thin,but very experienced team that starts 4 juniors and a senior.

Here are the starters and key reserves.

 6-10 Jr. Thomas Robinson 16.0 points, 11.3 rebounds

 6-3 Sr. Tyshawn Taylor 15.8 pts, 3.8 assists

6-4 Jr. Elijah Johnson 12.0 pts,4.5 assists

 6-6 Jr. Travis Releford. 9.0 pts.

 7-0 Jr. Jeff Withey. 6.3 pts.

 

 6-6 Sr. Conor Teahan. 7.0 pts.

6-9 Soph. Justin Wesley 3.8 pts.

 5-11 Fr. Nadir Thorpe. 2.0 pts.

       The Jayhawks average 76.2 points a game and give up 62.0. They shoot 48.8% from the field and allow 40.8%. They are shooting 37.1% from three on 6.5 made per game and allow 40.3% on 6.3 made per game. They are out rebounding their opponents by 5.5 per game are forcing 16.8 turnovers,while committing 12.3.

 Notes: The game is scheduled for 10pm and will be televised on ESPN. Duke is seeking their 5th Maui title.

Duke 5-0 takes on 4-0 Michigan in the Maui Semifinals

 

  Duke will take on a familiar foe in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational in the Michigan Wolverines. Duke got by Michigan last year in the round of 32, but the Wolverines return 4 of 5 starters and are poised for a break out season in Coach John Beilein's 5th campaign at Ann Arbor.They are coming off a 21-14 season in 2011-2012.

  The Wolverines advanced with an impressive 73-61 win over number 8 Memphis. Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-6 Soph.  Tim Hardaway Jr.  16.0 points, 3.5 rebounds

5-11 Fr. Trey Burke  11.0 pts, 3.0 rebs.

6-9 Soph. Evan Smotrycz  9.3 pts, 4.3 rebs.

6-8 Soph.  Jordan Morgan  7.0 pts, 4.3 rebs.

6-4 Sr.  Zach Novak 6.5 pts, 4.0 rebs.

 

6-3 Sr. Stu Douglas 6.3 pts.

6-10 Soph. Jon Howard  3.0 pts.

6-4 Jr. Matt Vogrich 2.8 pts.

       The Wolverines are averaging 63.8 points and giving up 49.0 in the young season. They are shooting  46% from the field and holding their opponents to 37.4%. They are making 7.0 three pointers per game and holding their opponents to 4.3.

 

Notes: The game is scheduled for 7pm and will be televised on ESPN.

 

 

 

Duke 4-0 takes on 2-0 Tennessee at the Maui Invitational

 

       The Duke Blue Devils 4-0 fresh off a win over Davidson on Friday night traveled five times zones to Hawaii and will take on 2-0 Tennessee in Maui tonight. Coach Cuonzo Martin the former Purdue star is in his first year at Tennessee taking for the fired Bruce Pearl. Tennessee was 19-15 last year and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

       Martin who coached at Missouri State for three years has a very athletic team that has wins over ULM and UNC Greensboro to begin the season. He will start one senior, two juniors and two sophomores.

     Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-1 Soph.  Trae Golden 23.0 points, 4.5 rebounds

6-7 Jr.  Jerome Maymon  13.0 pts, 7.5 rebs.

6-5 Soph. Jordan McRae  11.5 pts.

6-7 Sr. Cameron Tatum 10.0 pts.

6-9 Jr.  Kenny Hall  3.5 pts.

 

6-3 Jr. Skylar McBee  10.5 pts.

6-6 Fr. Josh Richardson 7.0 pts.

6-9 Sr. Renaldo Woolridge  5.5 pts.

6-1 Fr. Wes Washpun  2.0 pts.

 

Notes: Duke and Tennessee are 7-7 all time, but have not played in the Mike Krzyzewski era. The game is scheduled for 5:30 pm and will be televised on ESPN2.

 

 

 

      

 

Duke 3-0 hosts 2-0 Davidson

 

   The Duke Blue fresh off polishing off Michigan State for Coach  K's 903rd win in New York on Tuesday night will host the 2-0 Davidson Wildcats at 6pm tonight before jetting off to Hawaii for the Maui Classic.

 Davidson is coming off a 18-15 season as highly respected Coach Bob McKillop begins his 23rd year. The Wildcats have easy wins over Guilford and Richmond to begin the season.

 Here is the starting line up and key reserves.

6-7 Soph. De'mon Brooks  19.0 points, 8.5 rebounds

6-10 Jr. Jake Cohen  13.5 pts, 9.5 rebs.

6-4 Jr. J.P. Kuhlman 12.0 pts.

6-3 Jr.  Nik Cochran 9.5 pts, 5.0 assists

6-6 Soph. Tom Droney 8.5 pts, 3.0 assists

 

6-7 Soph. Chris Czerapowicz  12.5 pts, 8.5 rebs.

6-4 Fr. Tyler Kalinowksi 8.0 pts.

6-7 Jr. Clint Mann 5.0 pts.

 

    Notes: The Wildcats are averaging 92.5 points a game in their 2 wins and are out rebounding their opponents by 17.5 per game,while averaging 8.5 made three's. The game will be televised on ESPNU at 6pm.

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS COACH K ON WIN NUMBER 903

Duke 2-0 travels to New York to take on Michigan St. 0-1

 

 

      The Duke Blue Devils will travel to New York City for a Tuesday battle with Michigan State in Madison Square at 7pm.

      Duke will face a team that is coming off a 67-55 loss to UNC in San Diego on Friday night. The Spartans led by Coach Tom Izzo is coming off a very untypical season in which they were 19-15. They also lost several key players like Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers and Korie Lucas to graduation and Delvon Roe to a career ending knee condition.

     Here are projected starters and key reserves.

6-1 Soph Keith Appling 6.4 points

6-6 Fr.  Branden Dawson

6-7 Sr. Draymond Green  12.6 pts, 8.6 rebounds

6-10 Soph  Adrein Payne  10.0 pts, 7.6 rebs

6-2 Sr. Brandon Wood

 

6-9 Jr. Derrick Nix  2.7 pts.

6-5 Sr. Austin Thornton 2.0 pts

 

  Notes: The Spartans are their usual great rebounding team. They out rebounded the Tar Heels 49-34 in the loss on Friday. Senior Draymond Green had 18 of those rebounds. The game will be televised on ESPN as Coach K goes for win number 903.

 

 

Duke 1-0 takes on Presbyterian 1-0

 

     The Duke Blue Devils coming off a hard fought 77-76 win over Belmont will try to give Coach Mike Krzyzewski his 902nd win this afternoon when they face an experienced Presbyterian Blue Hose team that is coming off an impressive 103-73 thrashing of  Montreat last night.

    Coach Greg Nibert is in his 23rd year at the Clinton, S.C. university has probably his best team since the school joined Division one for the 2007-08 season.The Blue Hose are members of the Big South Conference and are coming off a 13-18 season.

    Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-8 Sr. Al'Lonzo Coleman 14.1 points, 8.1 rebounds

6-4 Jr. Khalid Mutakabbar 13.5 pts.

5-10 Sr. Pierre Miller  9.6 pts.

6-3 Sr.  Josh Johnson 7.7 pts.

6-10 Jr. Jay Reynolds 2.0 pts.

 

6-6 Jr. Ryan Hargrave 3.9 pts.

6-5 Soph. Jordan Downing 2.0 pts

5-10 Soph Tyler Diehl 1.9 pts.

5-10 Fr. Eric Washington

  Notes: Duke is 1-0 against Presbyterian with a win 3 years ago 80-49 in Cameron. The game is scheduled for 4:30 pm and will be televised on ESPNU.

 

 

 

 

     

 

Duke hosts Belmont in their opener

 

 

   Duke in one of their toughest openers in recent memory will host the Belmont Bruins a tough mid major from the Alantic Sun Conference. The Bruins located in Nashville, Tennessee are coming off a 30-5 season in which they went 19-1 in their conference and advance the to the NCAA tournament for the 4th time in 6 years.

        Rick Byrd is beginning his 26th year at Belmont having won over 600 games in his career with more than 500 coming at Belmont. Byrd will welcome back 9 of his top 11 players that comprise 93% of the scoring from last years team.

 

 The Bruins play a lot of players with 11 playing over 10 minutes per game last year and no one played more than 25 minutes on average. Here are the probable starters and key reserves.

 

6-9 Sr.  Mick Hedgepeth 10.8 points, 5.9 rebounds

6-3 Jr. Ian Clark  12.2 pts.

6-10 Sr.  Scott Saunders 9.9 pts, 5.2 rebs.

6-1 Jr.   Kerron Johnson  7.9 pts.

6-6 Soph.  J.J. Mann 6.0 pts.

 

6-7 Jr. Trevor Noack  5.2 pts. 

6-6 Jr. Brandon Baker 3.1 pts.

6-5 Soph Blake Jenkins  3.8 pts.

6-2 Jr. Adam Barnes 1.1 pts.

Notes:  The game will be televised at 9pm on ESPNU. This is the second meeting between Belmont and Duke with the first being the thrilling first round game in the 2008 NCAA tournament in which Duke won 71-70 in the final seconds on a Gerald Henderson coast to coast drive. Belmont will not slow the ball down they averaged over 79 points a game last year and made over 9 threes per game while shooting 37.5% from behind the arc.

Duke takes on the Shaw Bears in the final Exhibition game

 

 

    The Shaw Bears will visit tomorrow night for a 7pm game against Duke. The Bears are coming off a 23-9 season in division 11. Coach Cleo Hill  Jr. leads the Bears as he is in his 3rd season at the Raleigh school and he his coming off a coach of the year award last year in the CIAA in which they finished 11-6.

   The Bears are led 6-5, Senior Tony Smith who is a preseason all CIAA pick. The Bears will be without four of their players who are sitting out games for suspensions, including big time 6-8 forward Karron Johnson who originally played at Oklahoma State.

Duke starts the regular season November 11th against Belmont at Cameron.