Duke at Louisville Prediction

It was just a really, really special performance”, coach Rick Pitino said.TV: “Noon ET, ESPNABOUT DUKE (20-6, 9-4 ACC): Jones sprained his left ankle “pretty badly” according to coach Mike Krzyzewski and has already been ruled out for Saturday. Duke received two goals apiece from sophomore Justin Guterding and senior Chad Cohan, but the Blue Devils will need to work on their extra-man offense in preparation for the Pioneers. After North Carolina, Miami gets No. 7 Virginia, No. 18 Louisville, and No. 19 Notre Dame. “We had a 13-8 lead with two minutes to go, and then we throw the ball away on man-up and we pick up a foul”. He did not return to the game and spent the second half using crutches to get around. The Fighting Irish outrebounded the Cardinals by 12 in that matchup-a disturbing sign for a Louisville team that typically excels on the glass and ranks 11th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game.

Roy Williams walked into the North Carolina locker room and apologized to his players, some of whom had been bent over and sobbing moments before after the Tar Heels’ stunning 74-73 defeat against Duke on Wednesday night. But Louisville is a different animal (an animal in a revenge spot after the Blue Devils beat the Cardinals a couple of weeks ago) and Duke is likely to fade in the second half today.

A four-game stretch that figured to make it nearly impossible for Duke to win the ACC regular-season crown for the first time since 2009-10 has instead almost singlehandedly created a logjam with six teams within a game of the conference lead. Both Allen (23 points) and Ingram (20 points, 10 rebounds) played all 40 minutes to lead a depleted Blue Devil roster.

PRINCETON 75, YALE 63 (at New Haven, Conn.) – Devin Cannady scored 20 points to lead four Tigers in double figures to snap Yale’s 12-game winning streak. “It was a close game and they hit some shots and we didn’t”. As of Saturday morning Duke is a seven point underdog and while we expect the Blue Devils to put up a terrific fight, the lack of depth and the toughness of the opponent and the environment could prove to be too much to overcome.

“We’re celebrating [Wednesday’s win] right now, but we know we have another tough test”, said freshman Brandon Ingram, who notched a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in the first meeting against the Cardinals.

On Saturday, Allen was having a great game against Louisville and being his usual, pesky self when he took a vicious elbow to the grill from Jaylen Johnson.

“The hope is it will get better”, Danowski said. “Tonight we were the better the team, Crum said to Knight”.