Duke vs. UNC

I have been a die-hard Duke fan all of my life, so it pains me to say this... there is absolutely no way Duke should beat UNC tomorrow night. Of course anything can happen - that's the beauty of college basketball - but UNC is just too good and Duke really isn't playing well right now at all.

With the team Carolina has with Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Tyler Zeller and Kendall Marshall, they should never lose a game. I fully expected this team to go undefeated this year, but (as usual) UNC has games in which they just don't show up (a.k.a. the Florida State game). But, there is no chance of this happening against Duke.

Austin Rivers -- Photo courtesy Google Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the other hand, Duke does not look good right now, mainly defensively. The guards - Austin Rivers, Seth Curry and Andre Dawkins - are all offensive-minded players who aren't great defenders. They continuously get beat off the dribble, forcing the bigs to help off their man. Then comes the other problem in the Duke D; they are not rotating well after the big man goes to help. This has led to lots of wide open layups, quite unusual for a Duke team.

Duke's only hope to topple this UNC team that basically already has an NBA roster is to knock down threes, lots of threes. They will need to catch fire tomorrow night. But, to be honest, I am just praying that it's not a blowout, especially since they are already coming off of a loss to Miami on Sunday.