As if the ACC weren’t already in shambles, its guiding mild for relevance, Duke, has seemed extra uncovered than ever. The Blue Devils are coming off a two-point residence win over Clemson, a squad that shot just one free throw the entire recreation.
With Duke trending within the mistaken path and Louisville utterly crumbling, this matchup provides the Blue Devils a much-needed get-right spot. Will head coach Chris Mack’s firing breathe new vitality into the Louisville locker room? I don’t assume so.
Whereas Duke has proven extra cracks in its protect, it would simply pose an excessive amount of of a problem for a disheartened Louisville squad.
Duke, paced by by Paolo Banchero’s 17.9 factors and seven.9 rebounds per recreation, has benefits in each class and can look to remind everybody why it’s the alpha of the ACC this 12 months. Louisville merely doesn't have sufficient scoring choices to maintain up with Duke’s tempo. The Cardinals are twelfth within the ACC in offensive effectivity and declining during the last month.
Even when Duke is slowed to a halt and succumbs to half-court woes, I don’t see Louisville stringing collectively sufficient profitable offensive possessions to make it shut.
Take the Blue Devils in a rout and look so as to add on the reside Beneath in case Louisville begins out sizzling below the brand new regime.
The play: Duke, -8.5
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