Predicting Duke basketball record in ACC play next season
Predicting Duke basketball record in ACC play next season: Group Three
The Yellow Jackets haven’t beaten Duke in Cameron since the 2003-04 season. The Devils are a perfect 10-0 at home during that span. The Jackets haven’t scored more than 67 points in Durham in nearly two decades, and so perfection prevails as the Blue Devils pound Georgia Tech:
79. 434. Prediction. 60. 436
The Cardinals have only traveled to Durham four times in the Coach K era and split those four contests with the Blue Devils. Such a small sample size makes this prediction somewhat imprecise. Duke narrowly escapes with a win at home over Louisville:
438. 76. 434. Prediction. 73
Duke’s second trip to the state of Florida results in another win. The Devils are 9-4 against the Hurricanes under Mike Krzyzewski and sweep the Sunshine State series with a victory over Miami in their only meeting of the season:
Duke makes its first and only trip into the state of Virginia to visit the Hokies in Blacksburg. The Devils are just 7-5 against Virginia Tech in Cassell Coliseum and more recently have dropped three of the last four. Duke suffers its second road loss of the year by the slimmest of margins:
434. 73. 447. Prediction. 72
Record: 10-2
In the Blue Devils’ fourth group of four ACC contests, they draw Clemson and Virginia at home and the Yellow Jackets and Cardinals on the road…