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Duke 17-3, 7-2 travels to Notre Dame 14-6, 7-2

       

    Duke will travel to South Bend, Indiana  for the second leg of their 3 game road trip tonight to take on a  hot Notre Dame Fighting team who is 9-0 at home with wins over Kentucky and North Carolina. They have won 10 of 11 and 4 in a row. They are led by Mike Brey who is in his 22nd season at Notre Dame.  As in most cases the Irish are experienced with 4 seniors and 2 juniors in their 7 man rotation.

Here are their starters and key reserves.

 

6-6 Jr.  Dae Goodwin  15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds.

6-5 Fr.  Blake Wesley  15.0 points, 3.1 rebs, 2.1 assists

6-9 Sr.  Paul Atkinson  11.6 pts, 6.3 rebs.

6-10 Sr.  Nate Laszewski  8.4  pts, 7.3 rebs, 2.3 assists

6-3 Jr.  Prentiss Hubb  8.1 pts, 2.8 rebs.

 

6-5 Sr.  Cormac Ryan  8.0 pts, 4.2 rebs.

6-5 Sr.  Trey Wertz  4.8 pts, 2.0 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Irish are averaging 71.6 points a game and allow 66.6. they are shooting 46.% from the field and hold their opponents to 44.% They are shooting 37.5% from three on 9.3 made per game and allow 35.4% on 7.1 made.  They are out rebounding their opponents by 0.6 per game and are 10.5 turnovers while forcing 10.9. The game is scheduled for 7 pm and will be televised on ESPN.

Duke 16-3, 6-2 travels to Louisville 11-9, 5-5

 

 

            The Duke Blue will travel to Louisville on Saturday as they continue their NBA like schedule when they the Cardinals. The game will be the first of a long stretch in which they will play 8 of their next 11 on the road before finishing with their last regular season game at home. The Cardinals are in turmoil as they parted ways with head coach Chris Mack on Wednesday and made assistant Mike Pegues who is a former player of former Duke assistant Mike Brey when he was at Delaware. Pegues a 2000 graduate is a well thought of assistant. The Cardinals are losers of 5 of their last 6 games.

    Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-3 Sr.  Noah Locke  10.2 points, 2.5 rebounds

6-11 Sr.  Malik Williams  10.0 pts, 8.5 rebs.

6-6 Soph.  Dre Davis  7.4 pts, 3.3 rebs.

6-1 Sr.  Mason Faulkner  5.4 pts, 1.6 rebs.

6-8 Jr.  Sydney Curry  4.6 pts, 3.0 rebs.

 

5-11 Sr.  Jarod West  6-8 pts, 3.1 assists

6-3 Jr.  El Ellis  7.2 pts, 1.7 rebs.

6-7 Soph.  Matt Cross  7.1 pts, 3.7 rebs.

6-7 Jr.  Samuel Williamson  5.7 pts, 4.3 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Cardinals are averaging 68.5 points per game and allow 67.7. They are shooting 42.2% from the field and are holding their opponents to 41.4%. They are 32% from three on 7.9 made per game and hold their opponents to 32.7% on 7.4 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 2.6 per game and are committing 12.6 turnovers and holding their opponents to 11.6. The game is scheduled for 12 noon and will be televised on ESPN.

                   

                   

 

 

 

                           

         

Duke 15-2, 5-2 hosts Clemson 11-8, 3-5

 

           

 

   Duke returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday night one more time before finishing the season with 8 of their last 12 on the road. The opponent will be the Clemson Tigers who are having an up and down season so far, with a mediocre 11-8 record and 3-5 in the ACC.  The Tigers as usual are very experienced with 6 of their 8 rotation players being juniors or seniors. The Tigers are led by Coach Brad Brownell who is in his 12th year at Clemson. 

  Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-10 Soph.  PJ Hall  14.8 points, 5.8 rebounds

6-2 Jr.  Al-Amir Dawes  11.6 pts, 3.1 rebs, 2.2 assists

6-5 Sr.  David Collins  11.5 pts, 6.8 rebs, 2.3 assists  San Franciso grad transfer.

6-8 Sr.  Hunter Tyson  10.7 pts, 5.7 rebs.

5-10 Jr.  Nick Honor  8.4 pts, 1.6 rebs.

 

6-4 Jr.  Alex Hemenway  5.1 pts, 1.4 rebs.

6-6 Sr.  Naz Bohannon 4.7 pts, 4.0 rebs, 2.2 assists  Youngstown St grad transfer.

6-4 Soph.  Chase Hunter  4.5 pts, 1.9 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Tigers are averaging 73.2 points per game and are allowing 66.8. They are shooting 46.7% from the field and are holding their opponents to 41.2% and are shooting 38.4 % from three on 8.3 made per game and are holding their opponents to 32.5% on 7.6 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 2.8 per game and committing 11.4 turnovers while forcing 11.9. The Tigers have lost 3 of their last 4, but routed Pittsburgh in their last game. The game is scheduled for 7 pm and will be televised on ESPN2.

 

Duke 14-3, 4-2 host Syracuse 9-9 , 3-4

 

   

 

   Duke returns to the friendly confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium to the Syracuse Orangemen. Syracuse is off a lackluster start overall and in conference play. Syracuse has one of the most experienced teams in the country starting 3 seniors and 2 juniors, yet they are only .500 and they have some bad losses to likes of Colgate at home by 15 points.  They are led by Coach Jim Boeheim who is in his 46th year.  The Orange did lose 4 players to the transfer portal, but picked up three themselves including Boeheim's oldest son Jimmy. All of their starters average in double figures.

   Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-6 Sr.  Buddy Boeheim  19.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists

6-8 Sr.  Jimmy Boeheim  14.2 pts, 6.4 rebs. a transfer from Cornell.

6-1 Jr.  Joe Girard  13.9 pts, 2.5 rebs, 4.4 assists

6-9 Sr.  Cole Swider  12.7 pts, 7.1 rebs, a transfer from Villanova.

6-11 Jr.  Jesse Edwards  12.2 pts, 6.8 rebs.

 

6-3 Jr.  Symir Torrence   2.0 pts, 1.4 rebs, is a Marquette transfer.

6-8 Fr.  Benny Williams  2.0 pts, 1.4 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Orange average 78.7 points per game and allow 75.7. They are shooting 45.9% from the field and allow 43.2%. They are shooting 38.0% from three on 8.8 made per game and allow 34.2% on 10.7 made.  They are out rebounding their opponents by 0.2 and they are committing 11.8 turnovers while forcing 12.7.  The game is scheduled for 12 noon and will be televised on ESPN.

 

Duke 14-2, 4-1 travels to Florida State 10-5, 4-2

 

 

   Duke will travel to Tallahassee on Tuesday for road game with the Florida State Seminoles. The Seminoles who have won 3 in a row and coming off a road win at Syracuse. They are led by Leonard Hamilton who is in his 20th year.  As usual with Hamilton's teams they are big, deep and experienced.  They return only two starters from last season's 18-7, but they have had transfers. 

     Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-5 Soph.  Caleb Mills  13.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, Houston Transfer.

6-9 Sr.  Malik Osborne   11.1 pts, 7.2 pts, Rice Transfer

6-6 Sr.  Anthony Polite  9.2 pts, 5.6 rebs, 2.9 assists

6-4 Sr.  Rayquan Evan  7.2 pts, 2.3 rebs.

7-1 Fr.  Johm Butler  5.0 pts, 2.7 rebs.

 

6-7 Fr.  Matthew Cleveland  10.7 pts, 4.2 rebs.

6-7 Soph.  Cam'Ron Fletcher 5.9  pts, 2.4 rebs, Kentucky transfer.

6-8 Sr.  Wyatt Wilkes  4.1 pts, 1.4 rebs.

7-4 Jr.  Haheem McLeod 3.8 pts, 1.5 rebs.

 

  Notes:  The Seminoles average 73.2 points per game and allow 68.1. They are shooting 44.8% from the field and hold their opponents to 42.5%. They shooting 34.9% from three and make 7.5 per game and allow 34.1% on 8.3 made. They out rebounding their opponents by 0.5 and are committing 13.0 turnovers and force 16.4. The game is scheduled for 9pm and will be televised on ESPN.

 

    

Duke 13-2, 3-1 host N.C. State 9-8, 2-4

 

 

     Duke will return to Cameron Indoor Stadium for their 4th conference game in 5 after downing Wake Forest on Wednesday night.  The Blue Devils will take on N.C. State who is coming off an impressive road win at Louisville also on Wednesday night. The Wolfpack are led by Kevin Keatts who is in his 8th year in Raleigh.  The Wolfpack have been an enigma losing all their home conference games and winning two on the road. 

     Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-7 Soph.  Dereon Seaborn  19.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists

6-7 Sr.  Jericole  Hellems  14,5 pts, 4.6 rebs.

6-4 Fr.  Terquavion Smith  14.4 pts, 3.9 rebs.

5-3 Soph.  Cam Hayes  9.0 pts, 2.7 rebs.

6-11 Soph.  Ebenezer Dowuona  3.8 pts, 3.5 rebs.

 

6-3 Jr.  Casey Morsell 7.3 pts, 3.5 rebs. is a Virginia transfer.

6-1 Sr.  Thomas Allen  4.2 pts, 1.3 rebs. is a Nebraska transfer.

6-10 Soph.  Jaylon Gibson  1.8 pts, 2.1 rebs,

 

  Notes:  The game is scheduled for 2pm on Saturday and will be televised on ABC.  The Wolfpack are averaging 76.2 points per game and allow 74.2. They are shooting 42.3% from the field and are holding their opponents to 45.1%. They are shooting 32.8% from three on 7.9 made and are allowing 34.3% on 6.9 made per game.  The are being out rebounded by 0.2 per game and are committing 10.3 turnovers while forcing 13.3.

 

 

 

         

Duke 12-2, 2-1 travels to Wake Forest 13-3, 3-2

 

 

    Duke travels to Winston Salem on Wednesday night for their first ACC road game against a revitalized Wake Forest team. They are led by 2nd year Coach Steve Forbes who had an outstanding 6 year stint at East Tennessee State before replacing Danny Manning in April of 2020. The Deacons were only 6-16 last year and 3-15 in the ACC and suffered a lot with shutdowns because of the pandemic.

    Forbes did not sit still in the offseason. After losing nine players to the portal and only returning four, Forbes went out and signed 5 players via the portal and brought in 4 freshmen.  He has completely transformed the Deacons have doubled their wins from last year already and added experience and athleticism.

     Here are their starters and key reserves.

6-8 Sr.  Alondes Williams 20.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists is a grad transfer from Oklahoma.

6-8 Jr.  Jake Laravia  14.9 pts, 6.2 rebs, 3.5 assists  is a Indiana State transfer.

6-2 Jr.  Daivien  Williamson  12.9 pts, 2.4 rebs, in his second year originally transferred from East Tennessee St.

6-8 Jr.  Isaiah Mucius  10.3 pts, 3.8 rebs.

7-0 Sr.  Dallas Walton  8.2 pts, 5.2 rebs,  is a grad transfer from Colorado.

 

6-10 Sr.  Khadim Sy  7.1 pts, 4.5 rebs, is a grad transfer from Misssissippi.

6-5 Fr.  Cameron Hidreth 4.8, 3.6 pts.

6-3 Fr.  Carter Whitt  2.6 pts.

 

Notes:  The Deacons are averaging 80.0 points a game and are allowing 68.6. They are shooting 47.8% from the field and are holding their opponents to 40.6%.  They are shooting 33.1% from three on 8.4 made per game and are giving up 31.2% on 7.4 made.  They are out rebounding their opponents by 2.9 per game and they are committing 13.1 turnovers per game. The Deacons three losses came against  LSU, Miami and Louisville. The game is scheduled for 7pm and will be televised on the ACC Network.

 

            

Duke 12-1, 2-0 hosts Miami 12-3, 4-0

 

     

 

    Duke will return home on Saturday night to host the number one team in the ACC in The Miami Hurricanes who are 4-0 in the conference and are on a current 8 game winning streak and haven't lost since November. The Hurricanes are led by Jim Larranaga who in his 11th at the Coral Gables school.   The Hurricanes are arguably the oldest team in America as they start 3 6th year seniors.

   Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-5 Sr.  Kameron McGusty  18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds 6th yr. transfer from Oklahoma.

6-3 Soph.  Isaiah Wong  16.3 pts, 3.9 rebs.

5-11 Sr. Charlie Moore 12.9 pts, 2.8 pts, 3.9 assists  6th yr. transfer from Depaul, Kansas and California.

6-7 Jr.  Jordan Miller 8.7 pts, 5.7 rebs, 4th yr, transfer from George Mason.

6-10 Sr.  Sam Waardenburg  7.4 pts, 3.9  rebs.

 

6-9 Soph.  Anthony Walker  5.9 pts, 2.3 rebs.

6-1 Fr.  Joseph Bensley  2.9 pts, 1.5 rebs.

6-5 Fr.  Wooga Poplar  4.1 pts, 1.3 rebs.

 

 Notes:  The Hurricanes are coming off three consecutives losing seasons. They are averaging 77.7 points per game and allowing 73.7. They are shooting 47.4% from the field and holding their opponents to 45.9%. They are shooting 35.4% from three on 7.3 made and are allowing 37.6% on 9.6 made per game. They are being out rebounded by 3.5 per game and are committing 9.8 turnovers per game and they are forcing 13.5. The game is scheduled for 8pm and will be televised on the ACC Network.

 

 

 

Duke 11-1 , 1-1 hosts Georgia Tech 6-6, 0-2

 

 

 

    Duke will return to the court tomorrow night after a 13 day break precipitated this time by Covid infections to most members of the Duke team and staff. They will take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, the defending ACC Champions who are coming off a close 77-74 loss to Louisville on Sunday night and are now 0-2 in the conference. The Yellow Jackets are led by Coach Josh Pastner who is in his 6th year in Atlanta. Tech returns 3 starters from last year, but they are the two best players on the team with one being Moses Wright the ACC player of the year.  But they are still an experienced team that will start 3 seniors and 2 juniors.

      Here are the starters and key reserves.

 

6-5 Sr.  Michael Devoe  21.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists

6-7 Sr.  Jordan Usher  15.1 pts, 7.1 rebs.

6-2 Jr.  Kyle Sturdivant  7.6 pts, 2.3 rebs.

6-10 Jr.  Rodney Howard  6.2 pts, 5.5 rebs.

6-7 Sr.  Khalid Moore  5.8 pts, 4.4 rebs.

 

6-6 Fr.  Deebo Coleman  6.2 pts, 1.8 rebs.

6-1 Soph.  Deivon Smith  5.4 pts, 3.4 rebs.

6-5 Fr.  Miles Kelly  2.9 pts, 1.1 rebs.

 

         Notes:  Ga. Tech averages 68.8 points per game and allows 67.6. They are shooting 44.8% from the field and are holding their opponents to 42.3% and are shooting 37.4% from three on nearly 7 made per game and are allowing 31.3% on 7 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 2.1 per game and committing 13.8 turnovers per game and forcing 13.2. The game is scheduled for 9pm and will be televised on The ACC Network.