Of course, I am referring to Duke and the NCAA Tournament. After nailing down their 7th ACC win by stinging back the Yellow Jackets on Sunday and couple that with their strength of schedule and low RPI and Duke is just about in the tourney barring a monumental collapse that would probably mean Duke losing the rest of their games and bowing out in the 1st Round of the ACC Tournament.
Duke came out inspired and although Tech crawled back in the game in the 2nd Half, I never felt like they were going to lose, mainly because Greg Paulus answered the bell every time they made a big run. Paulus was amazing today and with good contributions from Sheyer, Nelson, and Lance Thomas defensively, Duke would not be denied. They outplayed Tech from the opening tip and that effort earned Coach K his 700th win at Duke, a feat that must be recognized.
This post will be brief because BRB is currently swamped with school work but great win for Duke, congratulations to Coach K, and hopefully they can keep this momentum going into Clemson, a game that will be a payback game for Clemson after ClockGate. This season has been a year of streaks for Duke. They started off winning their first four games before losing to Marquette. Then, they won 9 straight until they lost two in a row to open ACC play against VA Tech and Georgia Tech. Then, Duke went on a 5 game winning streak only to give it back by losing 4 in a row. Now, Duke has won two in a row and hopefully they can turn that into 3, 4, 5 etc...
Next up is Clemson on Thursday night. Even though it will be a revenge game, I see Duke winning this game. Clemson has clearly lost their confidence and after starting the season off 17-0, they are 19-7 and coming off a blowout loss to Maryland at home. If Duke can stay out of foul trouble, I see Duke locking up an NCAA bid on Thursday night.
Prediction: Duke 70 Clemson 58
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