Perfectly predicting the scores of every Duke basketball game this season
By Matt Giles
Predicting the final score of the 27th Duke basketball game this season
Opponent: North Carolina Tar Heels
Date: March 6
Time: To be announced
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. (Dean E. Smith Center)
North Carolina’s record last season: 14-19 (6-14 in ACC)
Head coach: Roy Williams (885-253 overall record in 33 seasons as a head coach, including a 467-152 clip in 17 seasons at North Carolina)
Why Duke will win: “The Tar Heels will be a lot better than last season…This team is rightfully loaded in the frontcourt (it’s a joke: Garrison Brooks, Armando Bacot, Leaky Black, Sterling Manley, Day’Ron Sharpe, Walker Kessler)…But the backcourt has a lot of discovery awaiting itself, so let’s see how Roy Williams — tutor of so many great points in Chapel Hill — can inspire freshman Caleb Love, who’ll be tasked with taking over for Cole Anthony.”
Predicted final score: Duke 88, North Carolina 77
Duke’s predicted overall record in the regular season: 22-5 (17-3 in ACC)