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THE FLATS — Georgia Tech males’s basketball pushed No. 2 Duke to the brink, but a scoring drought over the ultimate three minutes doomed it in the seventy three-64 loss on Wednesday at McCamish Pavilion. James Banks III has averaged 12.four points and eight.eight rebounds in opposition to ACC groups this season, hitting fifty three.three % of his photographs from the ground. Black stars corresponding to Hill, Williams and Boozer in all probability would have been one-and-performed in right now’s game. As the school basketball landscape shifted, Corey Maggette left Duke after one season. Elton Brand left after two and became an NBA All-Star.

Duke held Jordan Nwora to six factors, on three dunks. However Louisville coach Chris Mack prompt that Duke’s consideration to Nwora opened up lanes for his teammates. Mike Krzyzewski didn’t dispute the assertion. After getting their first win ever in Chapel Hill in 60 tries in opposition to North Carolina on Saturday, the Tigers upended the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils 79-seventy two Tuesday night time at Littlejohn Coliseum.

The Blue Devils have appeared within the NCAA Match 43 occasions. Their mixed record is 111-36. Iowa, which has been out and in of the poll all season, made the largest jump again in at No. 19 after its win over then-No. 19 Michigan. The Hawkeyes had been joined by No. 22 Arizona — which beat a ranked team in Colorado — and No. 25 Houston, which romped by SMU after which-No. 16 Wichita State final week.

If he can stay wholesome and play someplace close to this level for the rest of the season, then this Louisville staff is much, rather more dangerous. Tre Jones and Cassius Stanley both took sick-advised shots and Louisville was in a position to drop the hammer down on the Blue Devils within the closing seconds, successful 79-73. Two of the very best teams within the ACC, if not the country, will meet for the first time this season as No. three Duke (15-2) hosts No. eleven Louisville (14-3) inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. Here is every thing it’s good to know concerning the matchup, together with the game time, TV channel and preview info.

Duke had not lost a non-convention game at Cameron from 2000-2019, until SFASU beat Duke in additional time(eighty five-83), and maintains a convention of hosting the earlier season’s Division II nationwide champion in an exhibition game every November. Jordan Nwora has executed particular things all season, however Louisville needed to win without his scoring on Saturday. He completed with just 6 points on three-12 capturing. Louisville did have some success running Johnson of screens Nwora set, as a result of it knew Duke wasn’t going to leave him.