
Predicting the final score of the 22nd Duke basketball game this season
Opponent: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Date: Feb. 16 or 17
Time: To be announced
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. (Lawrence Joel Veterans Coliseum)
Wake Forest’s record last season: 13-18 (6-14 in ACC)
Head coach: Steve Forbes (130-43 overall record in five seasons as a coach, now entering his first season at Wake Forest)
Outlook on Wake Forest from Matt Norlander of CBS Sports: “The only coaching change in a major conference happened at Wake Forest, where Steve Forbes was pulled out of East Tennessee State to replace Danny Manning. Forbes has a mixture of characters to work around, but this is a 100% freebie of a season.”
Predicted final score: Duke 87, Wake Forest 75
Duke’s predicted overall record to date: 17-5 (12-3 in ACC)